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Let’s Go to Prison Giveway!

Let’s Go to Prison Giveway! The Voice has prize packs for the new Universal DVD Let’s Go to Prison to give away to 10 lucky Voice readers. To enter, simply email voice@ausu.org with your name, email address, and a daytime contact number, and tell us what kind of new column you’d most like to see… Read more »

AUSU This Month – AUSU Handbook/Planner

AU Students Applaud Affordability Framework New policy addresses many concerns, but barriers still exist Athabasca University Students’ Union – Friday’s press release on the Affordability Framework for Post-Secondary education included a number of surprises and addressed many of the concerns expressed in AUSU’s 2005 submission to the A Learning Alberta Steering Committee’s post-secondary review. Requests… Read more »

Hockey Time at AU

Now that the All-Star Break is over, the real games begin. Speaking of the All-Star game, the West won by a miniscule point spread of 12-9. The East played strongly on the offensive, making good use of all the scoring opportunities given -? although they were few and far between. The West’s defence was on… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Money Matters

Do the names David Chilton, Suze Orman, David Bach or Charles Givens mean anything to you? Are you familiar with the term Latte Factor? Double Latte factor? Pay yourself first? Maximize your contribution? Do you know your credit score? Are you living today on tomorrow’s money? Do you know how much you need for retirement?… Read more »

Lost & Found – Promises

Well, naturally, when I said I would “keep my word,” I didn’t specifically mean that I would “keep it exactly to the letter.” What I meant was, all things being equal, etc., etc., I would try very hard to do what I said I would do. It’s just that things don’t always turn out just… Read more »

The Good Life – The Importance of Play

It has often been said that play is “the work of children.” It is how they interact with and learn about the world. Playing with building blocks and train sets, hula hoops and skipping ropes. Splashing in mud puddles, creating masterpieces in finger paint, and running through mid-summer sprinklers. We take it for granted that… Read more »

Sun Signs – Aquarius: January 21 – February 19

Aquarius January 21 – February 19 The glyph (written symbol) for Aquarius is two ridged wavy lines representing the spiritual water of heaven, electric energy and the wisdom of the future. Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the zodiac, is a masculine, fixed-air sign and is ruled by the planet Uranus. The symbol for Aquarius is… Read more »