Have you ever been baffled by life? I don’t mean the really big life questions; just the niggling little ones. Like why Roy and I can be in a car on our way to file income tax in a town 50 kilometres away, and be in that comfortable, relaxed silence (born of 37 years of… Read more »
AUSU Executive Election AUSU has recently held its internal election for the Executive. We wish to congratulate Barbara Rielly (President), Bethany Tynes (Vice President External and Student Affairs) and Sarah Kertcher (Vice President Finance and Administration) on their election and thank those that ran for their willingness to serve. Internal elections are being held to… Read more »
Serena Koons is the Senior Administrative Assistant in Learning Services Tutorial (LST), and has been with Athabasca University since the fall of 2003. She started out in the Office of the Registrar, ?then went to the School of Business, where [she] worked as an Undergraduate Student Advisor. In the fall of 2007, [she] came to… Read more »
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A Sweet Newness in the Exchange of Musical Traditions Wajdi Cherif, Fuzzy Colours, 2009, Jasmine, 2006 Wech Records ?I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we… Read more »
Annual General Meeting ? Your Say about Our Way AUSU will be holding It’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, April 6th, at 5:00pm MST by teleconference, free to you from around the globe. There is one planned change to the bylaws as well as the presentation of the annual report that tells you where AUSU… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am in my early twenties and have been having a hard time since my mother died. She was diagnosed with breast cancer about 10 years ago and went through treatment. Fortunately she was well for a long time. All of a sudden the cancer came back and the doctor said there was… Read more »
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Some days—okay, maybe quite a few days—this past winter stretched out before me like rich, perfect bolts of silk. They were pristine and pure except for the tiny, nubby blemishes inherent in any natural fibre. Just as every day begins with promise and opportunity. The usual encroachments to this chunk of time are built-in responsibilities… Read more »
A Sweet Newness in the Exchange of Musical Traditions Wajdi Cherif, Fuzzy Colours 2009, Wech Records Wajdi Cherif, Jasmine 2006, Wech Records ?Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don’t agree with what they’re playing. It teaches you the… Read more »