This week, a message from AUSU New AUSU Executive Elected Sooner than expected, AUSU has a new executive. The new President and VPs were elected at Monday’s regular council meeting, just before the Special General Meeting, which was attended by several AUSU Members. AUSU had recently been working on a plan to re-elect the executive… Read more »
Edmonton, AB – Yesterday’s introduction of Bill 1 by the Government of Alberta established a $3 billion post-secondary education endowment, an amount that surpassed students’ expectations. In August 2004, the Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) presented the idea of establishing a $1 billion endowment to the government. The extent of the government’s commitment to… Read more »
AU 2005/06 Tuition and Budget As promised by Ralph Klein in February’s televised Fireside Chat, the tuition of Alberta students will not rise one cent for the 2005/06 school year. This is a simple proposition for students at the other three Alberta universities, but here at AU, things need a little more explaining. First, as… Read more »
PART 1: Two years ago I found myself on a plane to a country I had not, until then, given much though to. What I knew about Zimbabwe was that it is somewhere in Southern Africa and it used to be quite prosperous, but then something went wrong. What I also knew, after some minor… Read more »
Wearing my Breakfast Pardon me while I scrape a little egg off my face. I promised you all that the Voice was being held pending the release of some budgetary information from AU that would let you all know how the tuition increases and new Alberta subsidy would be affecting you in 2005/06. I do… Read more »
This week, a guest editorial… by Peter Tretter Former Ontario NDP Premier Bob Rae was recently invited by the Ontario government to do a review of post-secondary education in Ontario. Most of the submissions were from student groups, colleges and universities in Ontario. AU submitted comments and suggestions, as did our students’ union. [read the… Read more »
Tuition! The U of A has raised tuition again, as expected, and soon to follow, no doubt, is AU. But these aren’t cost-of-living increases, oh no, these are massive cost hikes that exceed inflation by 300% or more. Even with six years of part-time university under my belt, I have to admit that I don’t… Read more »
Early this morning, AU held a press conference in Edmonton to announce the hiring of the next AU president. As of June 2005, the President’s position will be filled by Dr. Frits Pannekoek, currently Director of Information Resources at the University of Calgary, with academic appointments in the Faculty of Communication and Culture and the… Read more »
Choosing a degree When I started at AU I had lofty goals. No way was I going to be one of those indecisive, underachievers who went for a bottom of the barrel, 3-year general studies degree. No, I had to be a four year degree with not one, but two majors, completed in just under… Read more »
On This New Year I Resolve… Yeah, right. Like there is any point to making resolutions. Let’s face it, if you were motivated enough to do it, you would have done it by now. Swearing out a hasty resolution at five minutes to midnight, on the last day of the year, whacked out of your… Read more »