Did you ever write an AU assignment on a tablet? Me neither! While touch screen keypads might be suitable for kibitzing with family and friends and dolling our faces up with filters ranging from Capuchin Monkey to Octogenarian Granny, nothing beats the tactile nature of a physical keyboard. Traditional keypads contain ample space for flourishes… Read more »
The fictional child prodigy had cropped up in earlier decades, but it wasn’t until Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel Matilda that the gender-neutral trope was popularized among children themselves. Inspiring many young readers and imaginative minds worldwide, Matilda Wormwood shows resilience when confronted with adversity – namely, her unsupportive parents and fearsome headmistress, Miss Trunchbull –… Read more »
Artist: David Ottestad/The Workday Release Album: Like the Light of the Stars Southern California singer/songwriter David Ottestad’s music project, The Workday Release, is debuting a new album on April 16, 2021 via Enci Records. The album is titled Like the Light of Stars and contains eleven tracks. The LP’s single, “Say A Lot With Light” has… Read more »
With the vaccines rolling out and many more people are being vaccinated, we can now see a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. With that said, while we are waiting to be vaccinated (kudos to those who have been vaccinated!), try one of these books during your free time this month. On… Read more »
Edith Dircksey Cowan was a social worker and politician whose focus was the welfare and rights of women and children. She fought against domestic violence and openly discussed venereal disease, contraception, and prostitution at a time when these things were kept in the dark. In 1921 Cowan was the first woman to serve as a… Read more »
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Dear Barb: I am just approaching my fortieth birthday and having a difficult time. I am the mother of two teens. My life seems to be changing so much and even my relationship with my husband is not what it used to be. My kids are being typical teenagers: they have no interest in family… Read more »
As temperature depends on our local micro-climate, so too do the feelings of our personal life remain irreducible to a series of facts. Nowhere is this clearer than our lives as AU students, which, for the most part, appears to others in the abstract. We might be feeling the heat of a deadline, or the… Read more »
If you have a course that you would like to see a Course Exam article written for or you recently took a course that you would like to recommend to other AU students, please feel free to reach out with the course name and number, and any questions or feedback you may have. We’ll be happy to… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am from a family of three girls and I’m in the middle. Our family has had many issues with drugs, alcohol and abuse. My older sister and I seem to always be arguing and competing over stupid things. We are all on our own now, but it seems the problems still come… Read more »