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Click of the Wrist – Bee Mine

Tired of chocolate, flowers, and the same old displays of affection that the commercial world’s been selling us for years? Maybe we could take a few cues for originality from nature?or perhaps not. This week, in honour of Valentine’s Day, we look at a few of the more unique (and downright bizarre) mating rituals from… Read more »

Did You Know? – MERLOT

Do studying and Merlot mix? They do if we’re talking about the web-based MERLOT, also known as Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and Teaching, a ?continually growing Open Educational Resource (OER) of online teaching tools and support resources.? The free resource, a project of California State University, is a goldmine for those who want… Read more »

Did You Know? – Field Study Opportunity

Interested in ethno-cultural studies or biodiversity? Appreciate humanitarian efforts? Enjoy travelling? How about experiencing all three?and earning university credit? This May, AU students have the opportunity to participate in a ?unique field study opportunity? in Borneo. In addition to receiving field lectures, students will either ?participate in an ethno-ecological study with the Wehea Dayak? people… Read more »

Click of the Wrist – Tell Me the Future

This past week, communities across North America celebrated Groundhog Day, the February 2 ?holiday? on which local groundhog celebrities predict whether or not there will be another six weeks of winter. Fun aside, weather predicting is serious business; it affects farming, commerce, urban development, and whether or not you’ll need a jacket today. This week’s… Read more »

NOTICE: AUSU GENERAL MEETING

AUSU will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at 2:30 pm MST (4:30 pm EST). The meeting will be held via teleconference; all currently active students may attend. If You’re interested in issues affecting AU students, you won’t want to miss the teleconference. Plus, all student participants will receive a packet… Read more »

Click of the Wrist – Diet of Worms

Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Diet of Worms in 1521. Despite the intriguing name, It’s really quite prosaic: ?Worms? is a city in what’s now Germany, ?Diet? refers to a meeting of the heads of the Imperial States of the Holy Roman Empire, and the 16th-century assembly itself discussed the heavy… Read more »