?Lose 2,000 lbs. overnight,? a local ad promises. It’s part of the city of Arlington, Virginia’s Car-Free Diet program?an initiative encouraging people to use public transportation, walk, or bike rather than driving everywhere. I became an unwilling participant in the program this year when my husband and I temporarily relocated to Virginia. My car is… Read more »
The magnitude of the glacier is overwhelming. Miles of ice roll in solid waves, a frozen monument to the incomprehensible immensity of time. It makes the knowledge that these massive blocks of ice are disappearing all the more staggering. Common wisdom, and most science, holds that cracking Arctic ice shelves and melting glaciers are the… Read more »
One of the most interesting things in the news this week is an article about the hit Canadian television show Corner Gas. Yes, I know. Protests on the Olympic torch relay are wreaking havoc; the price of oil keeps climbing; the RCMP deputy commissioner, Barbara George, has been found in contempt of Parliament; and we’re… Read more »
When it comes to finding places to buy essays, there isn’t much confusion. Essay-writing services do a booming business, and they’re not shy about selling themselves. ?Let professionals take care of your papers,? boasts one. Term papers, lab reports, admission essays, theses?name your deadline, they’ll name their price. Other sites offer advice?and standard text?so students… Read more »
Let’s get this straight: this is not a pro-seal hunt piece. Nor is it anti-sealing. Instead, It’s a question. A question that I don’t have the answer to, but one that, amid the rhetoric and heated emotions swirling (as they do every year) like a snowstorm around the Canadian seal hunt, needs to be asked…. Read more »
There’s a cultural dichotomy coming, arguably the first of its kind. It is unforeseen but quickly emerging, a direct result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the clash of pseudo-perfection and reality, and it is a change that will profoundly affect us all. As any sitcom, movie, commercial, or print ad will… Read more »
It seems that everyone is media savvy these days. Corporations are jumping on the social-networking phenomenon in attempts to leverage the latest trends. The Internet teems with sites featuring amateur music and video producers, and even grade-school kids have at least a passing knowledge of the power of media and advertising. Now, the Vancouver Police… Read more »
Study group or organized cheating forum? That’s the question facing the engineering faculty appeals committee at Ryerson University after a student there was charged with academic misconduct for running an online study group. As the Toronto Star reported, the first-year student administered a Facebook group that was ostensibly a place where chemistry students ?swapped tips… Read more »
The votes have been cast, the ballots have been counted, and the results are in! The 2008 AUSU elections were held March 9 to 12, and results were announced March 13. The new AUSU council will be a dynamic mix of experience and fresh perspectives, with five returning councillors and four other councillors ready to… Read more »
It’s raining elections. Albertans just made a trip to the polls. In the U.S., the names Obama, Clinton, and McCain are being discussed with a fervour usually reserved for major sports events. On March 9, voting begins in the Athabasca University Students’ Union (AUSU) election, and discussions are vigorous and abundant. Everyone, it seems, recognizes… Read more »