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Free textbooks! Can you imagine the excitement a sign like that would cause on campus? It might seem like the stuff of fiction, but free textbooks are the latest entry on the open-source landscape?and they’re set to give the traditional market a run for its money. Much in the way the software market once operated,… Read more »
Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (IFC Films 2011) Director: Werner Herzog Genre: Documentary The Chauvet-Pont-d?Arc Cave Drawings: A Faithful Originality ?Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.? Morris West Once upon a time, before the… Read more »
As I write this, I’ve just consummated my first Kijiji sale. And it feels good. It couldn’t have happened without my daughter-in-law, Carrie. She’s a pro?and more conveniently located than our farm, which is a hundred kilometres from Edmonton. No one will travel that distance for anything but the biggest items. Carrie offered her help,… Read more »
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ELECTION RESULTS! AUSU Elections were held March 3-6, 2012, and 17 candidates appeared on the ballot. Thank you to all who ran, and all who voted! The nine candidates who have been elected to form the 2012-2014 AUSU Council are: Wendy Barnard, Bethany Tynes, James Ramsbottom, Evan Schmidt, Ashley Charlton, Toni Fox, Kim Newsome, Jason… Read more »
Film: Project Nim (2011) Director: James Marsh Genre: Documentary ?The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men’s apples and head their cabbages.? Cyrano de Bergerac How do you make a sociopath?… Read more »
A mysterious monument. Whispers of a conspiracy. Grisly murders and a search for clues. It’s the stuff of darkened theatres, the type of thing we love to sit back and enjoy. But what if you could join the search?and never be quite sure how much is real and how much is pure invention? Guidestones, an… Read more »
?I live on a farm about an hour and a half away,? I said to the Edmonton sales clerk. ?Ahhh, I wish I lived on a farm,? was the wistful reply from the 20-something girl. ?My dad always said if we won the lottery, we’d buy a farm.? ?Well, yeah, It’s a pretty good place… Read more »
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