NEW VOICE COLUMN — HELP FOR YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER Have you seen those pesky advertisements that appear while browsing the internet? I’m sure you have, and that like me, you have found them extremely annoying. But, we can stop them! To do this, first I must classify them into 2 categories. Browser Pop-ups — ads… Read more »
THIS WEEK Check out the Voice Letters section for reader responses to recent articles on Mel Gibson’s Passion of The Christ. SCHOLARSHIP NONSENSE I’m on a rant today because I’ve read yet another story about a student who applied for every scholarship she could find, and walked away with enough funding to buy a new… Read more »
SECURITY RUN AMOK Everyone is tired of electronic junk mail. We are at the point where most of us get more spam than legitimate emails, where viruses come into our mailboxes on a weekly (or daily) basis, and every website seems to generate a pop-up or two. It can be hard to wade through your… Read more »
YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED: If you visit the AUSU and Voice websites mostly to read articles, check out what’s new, and browse AUSU services, you might not notice anything different. If you spend any time in the AUSU forums, or the AUSU chatroom, you will surely notice the changes to the software, but not… Read more »
FINDING A TOPIC Why is it so hard to find an essay topic, when we are given the opportunity to write about anything we choose? What’s the phrase? A-holes and opinions — everybody’s got one. True enough, and the evidence is abundant. Take a look at any online forum or e-newspaper that allows readers to… Read more »
Gitanjali Mitchell A council meeting was held on March 23/2004. All members of the student council were in attendance, as were some members of the new student council and a couple of reporters for the Voice. First on the agenda was the results from the recent student council elections which were held on-line between March… Read more »
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AUSU ELECTION DRAWS FEW VOTERS – RACE WAS AS CLOSE AS THEY COME The 2004 AUSU election drew scant interest this week. The final vote total was based on a mere 87 eligible ballots, out of a possible 33,000 AUSU members. Council had hoped that online voting might increase participation in the election process. In… Read more »
The 2004 AUSU election closed at midnight on March 20, marking the end of a successful online voting project that was in the works for many months. Mail-based election were an incredibly costly endeavor, at about $30,000 per election, with most of that money going to postage. The very low response rate and small number… Read more »
AUSU needs two scrutineers for the 2004 AUSU elections. Applicants must be able to be present in the AUSU offices in downtown Edmonton from 9:00 am until 12:00 noon on Sunday, March 21st. Scrutineers will assist the Chief Returning officer in counting and verifying votes from the current AUSU council election. An honorarium of $20… Read more »