It’s probably easier for me to get excited about back to school season because I don’t have to buy shoes, clothes, and school supplies for anyone. When I wander the special displays of stationery I can cherry-pick a few items for my own use and reminisce about the rest. I can avoid the $12 three-ring… Read more »
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AUSU Joins ASEC! On Friday, July 15, AUSU was officially accepted into membership by the Alberta Students? Executive Council. ASEC is a provincial lobby group that now represents students from fourteen post-secondary institutes across Alberta, including schools from five of the six categories described in Alberta’s Post-Secondary Learning Act. ASEC is focused on advocating on… Read more »
Film: Public Speaking (HBO 2011) Director: Martin Scorsese Genre: Documentary ?The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.? James Baldwin ?The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.? Dorothy Parker… Read more »
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Anyone paying serious attention to the news is likely to be calculating the shortest distance to the nearest bridge. You’ve got weather phenomena that are flooding, scorching, or rearranging the planet. You’ve got a human disaster unfolding in Africa; a financial crisis brewing in America, boiling over in Europe; and corruption and war in too… Read more »
Film: Another Year (2010) Writer/Director: Mike Leigh Genre: Drama, Comedy Cast: Jim Broadbent, Leslie Manville, Ruth Sheen ?For you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness . . .? 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Among the most precious scenes in this film are the ones that show… Read more »
Truth might be stranger than fiction, but what happens when fiction meets reality? Or, to put it another way, how far would you go in your devotion to your favourite fiction? Sure, people camp out for days to get concert tickets, but there’s no shortage of diehard fans in the literary world, too. If you… Read more »
AUSU Joins ASEC! On Friday, July 15, AUSU was officially accepted into membership by the Alberta Students? Executive Council. ASEC is a provincial lobby group that now represents students from fourteen post-secondary institutes across Alberta, including schools from five of the six categories described in Alberta’s Post-Secondary Learning Act. ASEC is focused on advocating on… Read more »
AUSU Joins ASEC! On Friday, July 15, AUSU was officially accepted into membership by the Alberta Students? Executive Council. ASEC is a provincial lobby group that now represents students from fourteen post-secondary institutes across Alberta, including schools from five of the six categories described in Alberta’s Post-Secondary Learning Act. ASEC is focused on advocating on… Read more »