The more science learns what life is, the more reluctant scientists are to define it. – Leila M. Coyne, 1985 March 3, 1678 – heroine, Marie Madelaine Jarret de Vercheres was born in Quebec Canada. When only a teenager, she became an unlikely heroine when she and her siblings defended the family fort against attack…. Read more »
Health Plan for AUSU Members – Announced Finally, AUSU members can save on health and dental benefits in Canada! Your council has struck a deal with Student Benefits Administrators, an affiliate of Ingle International and Imagine Financial Ltd., to provide great rates to AUSU members on their commercial insurance products. The program offers a range… Read more »
ELECTION 2006 – NEW COUNCIL ELECTED AUSU election 2006, is over! The new council has begun a 30 day orientation period, after which it will become the new representative board for AU undergraduate students. Five incumbents will be returning for another term, and four new members have joined the AUSU ranks. This new council is… Read more »
As all of us who have said goodbye to our early-thirties are aware, it truly does become more and more difficult to stay in shape, as you get older. Gone are the days when all that was required to stay lean and healthy were a couple of hours every weekend of dancing at the discotheque… Read more »
My flight to Salt Lake City was not my first one since 9/11. I knew what to expect. Allow 2 to 2 ½ hours time for check-in and customs on international flights. Have a passport to make the security checks go easier. Don’t pack your handgun, heroin or nail file. No ignorant remarks about explosives… Read more »
Dear Barb: I think I may have a problem. About a year ago, a casino opened in my city. Prior to that, I was not exposed to much gambling. My husband and I started going weekly for entertainment. We had a lot of fun and were able to gamble only a certain amount of money…. Read more »
Take a six-inch by six-inch square cutting from the black coat of a scarecrow at midnight during the dark of the moon when the corn is high. (For this, you will need to sneak out of your bedroom window with your son’s Swiss Army knife tucked into the pocket of your jeans.) For one month,… Read more »
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ELECTION 2006 – POLLS OPEN – VOTE NOW VOTING IS UPON FROM NOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 20TH. Follow the links from the AUSU front page, or go directly to our candidate sheet at http://www.ausu.org/election/candidates.php for more info on all of the candidates. There you will find links to a variety of materials to help… Read more »
I was recently walking with a friend through her neighbourhood. We were passing by this beautiful Victorian-style heritage home that both of us have admired and envied for some time. Over the past few years, it has been extensively and meticulously restored from a state of more-or-less neglect to a state of eye-catching beauty. It… Read more »