Dear Barb: I have recently become engaged and plan to marry next year. I love my fiancé very much and we get along well. However, both of our parents have divorced and we don’t want this to happen to us. I know there are no guarantees, but we both want to try to do the… Read more »
There is a girl who grows up with five brothers and sisters in a one bedroom apartment in a dangerous part of town. The fields and forests of her ancestors are now paved over with mile after mile of grey asphalt. The alleys are littered with broken bottles. In high school, she studies the words… 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 »
Sometimes in our lives, there are days when the world threatens to overwhelm us. The new supervisor at the office seems to be harboring some sort of grudge against you. You’ve just had a fight with your husband about whose turn it is to take your daughter to soccer practice. The cheque that you wrote… Read more »
When it was disclosed that a young bookkeeper had (allegedly) bilked Salvation Army of more than one million dollars, I didn’t call to cancel the donation debited from my bank account each month. I don’t think the illegal actions of one individual take away from the good work the organization as a whole is doing…. Read more »
AUSU Election, Now Under Way THE DATES OF THE AUSU ELECTION HAVE BEEN EXTENDED – VOTING WILL BE OPEN FROM MARCH 13 THROUGH MARCH 20TH, TO ALLOW VOTERS TO VOTE OVER A WEEKEND.The 2006 AUSU election is now open, and members can expect to see campaign materials from candidates on this website and in our… Read more »
Dear Barb: My 75-year-old mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago. My father is 82 and not in good health. He has been taking care of my mother for the most part, but I don’t believe he will be able to continue this. This disease is talking a toll on my family members. I’m… Read more »
In the middle of the night, when he’s trying to sleep, he hears the binners in the alley below the bedroom window of his townhouse. They’re yelling and laughing. They’re sorting their bottles and cans, spreading them out on the ground in a corner of the gravel lane just beyond the security fence. When he… Read more »
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