AU Press discounts at the movies, bookstore, or train station! According to the AU Student Calendar, every ?active Athabasca University student? is eligible to request a photo student identification card. To apply, you need to complete the required form and submit a photo. Acceptable photos are ?taken by an Athabasca University staff member whenever possible.?… Read more »
At Home: Calling the Cops If you’ve got concerns about your personal property, you should call a security expert, and if there’s an immediate threat, the police. But you might want to rethink this if the property You’re trying to protect is illegal?as one Ontario woman recently learned. As the Toronto Sun reports, the 46-year-old… Read more »
AU Press discounts at the movies, bookstore, or train station! According to the AU Student Calendar, every ?active Athabasca University student? is eligible to request a photo student identification card. To apply, you need to complete the required form and submit a photo. Acceptable photos are ?taken by an Athabasca University staff member whenever possible.?… Read more »
If you had clear skies this past week, you were treated to the stunning sight of a rare blue moon. But there’s more to this rare occurrence than meets the eye?or camera. These aspects of moon lore might have confused some, but they’re certainly entertaining: The Blues Popular understanding is that a blue moon is… Read more »
At Home: Shipping Route Sneaking over the border by swimming has happened before, but agents near the Sarnia, Ontario?Michigan border experienced something new when they captured a Canadian scuba diver trying to smuggle marijuana across the water from Canada into the US. As the Sun News Network reports, officials intercepted a ?frogman swimming across the… Read more »
At Home: No Ticket With all the congestion of downtown Toronto, it’s no surprise that frustrated residents and visitors resort to illegal parking’and no surprise that they get ticketed for it. What may come as a shock, however, is just how long the ticket process can take. As the Toronto Star reports, one man has… Read more »
AU Press discounts at the movies, bookstore, or train station! According to the AU Student Calendar, every ?active Athabasca University student? is eligible to request a photo student identification card. To apply, you need to complete the required form and submit a photo. Acceptable photos are ?taken by an Athabasca University staff member whenever possible.?… Read more »
Still trying to figure out what to do with the photos from the trip to the cottage last long weekend? Looking to put together a photo montage? Want to do something a little more extraordinary with all the shots you know you’ll take over Labour Day? Check out these great photo-film projects for a little… Read more »
Did you know that Athabasca University has its own scholarly press? AU Press has recently published its Fall 2013 catalogue of offerings, but many students don’t know about the Press, its offerings, and its mission. Like most university presses, AU Press publications are peer-reviewed; editors subject all submissions to heavy scrutiny and only publish ?scholarship… Read more »
At Home: Wet Paint ?The medium is the message,? famously said Marshall McLuhan, and while the expression is typically applied to a communications setting, It’s equally relevant in the world of visual art; the choice of pastels, charcoals, oil paints, or ink can change the impression given by an artist’s work. For one Montreal artist,… Read more »