Columns

Dear Barb – On Hiatus

The Dear Barb column is on hiatus this week and next. Look for more new columns from Barb beginning in the June 1st Edition of The Voice. In the meantime, Barb would love you to send more questions for upcoming columns to her email box at: dearbarb.voice@ausu.org.

From Where I Sit – Follow The Signs

After work on Friday the 13th, I set out to Jackfish Lodge in Saskatchewan, the site of a board/management planning session. Each participant had been provided, about a month earlier, with a description of the facility and a website address for more information. More recently, we received a photocopy of a Saskatchewan road map. The… Read more »

Gay and Lesbian Update

This monthly column features news and issues affecting gays and lesbians in Canada and around the world. Look for it on the second week of each month, only in The Voice. The legislation to legalize same-sex marriage has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, 164 to 137. The bill now goes to… Read more »

The Good Life – Food as Adventure

It seems strange to say so now, but growing up in small town Southern Alberta in the 1970s and coming from a family of German and Norwegian heritage, there was a time for me when authentic Italian cooking was something that seemed indescribably exotic. I still remember going for dinner at the home of my… Read more »

AUSU This Month

AU SPORTS CLUB SEEKS NEW EXECUTIVE The AU Sports Club is looking for AU students who are interested in serving on the AUSC executive. All that is required is a few hours a week to respond to emails, add new members to the discussion forum, and locate information to update the website or forum sections…. Read more »

Dear Barb – Cooking on a Shoestring

Dear Barb, A few months ago, your column included fast and easy recipes. I tried a couple of them and they were great, my roommates also enjoyed them. We want to know if you have any more main course recipes that would be fast and economical for struggling students. We would really appreciate it if… Read more »

Canadian Fedwatch! News Across the Nation

Meeting of the Minds Back in March, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, had a meeting. Why am I telling you now? Because on May 5th, the Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat finally put up a notice(http://www.scics.gc.ca/cinfo05/860499004_e.html) informing people of this. I know I’m not the world’s fastest worker but this has taken them nearly… Read more »