If You’re looking for ways to connect with your fellow AU students, AUSU Clubs and Social Groups are a perfect place to start. Club members ?interact through websites and discussion forums, while social groups meet in cities around the world and have forums to keep in touch.? Current clubs include AUGSS (AU Gay Students? Society),… Read more »
EDMONTON (CUP) ? In an age where technology dictates and influences every aspect of our lives, Athabasca University is moving forward with research dedicated to the creation of new technological teaching methods. A big part of that initiative includes the appointment of a new position: the iCORE/Xerox/Markin industrial research chair for adaptivity and personalization. Professor… Read more »
With prices on everything falling, it seems like there are incredible deals everywhere?including holidays. Along with packing the sunscreen and passports, smart travellers know it always pays to brush up on your destination, so here’s a look at the odder side of tourist life. 20 Stupid Questions Asked by Tourists It may seem obvious to… Read more »
At Home: Government-brand beer gets controversy brewing In an effort to stop people from crossing the border to buy discount beer, the New Brunswick government has launched its own brand of suds. But the subsidized brew has many people upset, including ?local brewers and at least one Quebec business owner,? as the CBC reports. Selection… Read more »
The AUSU council meeting on March 9 was a full one, so let’s get straight to the highlights. First, several policies were up for review as part of council’s regular activities, and they concerned everything from copyright to finances. Of note is a change to policy 4.02, Copyright, which has been expanded to include multimedia… Read more »
TORONTO (CUP) ? ?It’s a recession when your neighbour loses his job; It’s a depression when you lose yours,? US President Truman once quipped. So what’s it called when you can’t afford the education you need to get that job in the first place? Massive tuition fee increases will likely be necessary over the next… Read more »
Crayons are a little like paper clips: one of those everyday objects that are so familiar they’re often overlooked. These artists saw something more in those coloured sticks of wax, though?and their creations speak for themselves. Amazing Crayon Art Artist Christian Faur creates intricate images with crayons. But he doesn’t colour with them. Instead, he… Read more »
If You’re looking for ways to connect with your fellow AU students, AUSU Clubs and Social Groups are a perfect place to start. Club members ?interact through websites and discussion forums, while social groups meet in cities around the world and have forums to keep in touch.? Current clubs include AUGSS (AU Gay Students? Society),… Read more »
At Home: Website exposes tenants? private data When the director of a tenants? hotline in Toronto was asked to help with a dispute, he discovered that not only was the client’s personal information available on the Internet?so were private details about nearly 1,400 other tenants in the city. Geordie Dent, director of the tenant hotline… Read more »
NANAIMO (CUP) ? L-A Shibish, a Vancouver Island University student, will be joining her peers from around the world in Antarctica next month. ?I’m in disbelief that I am actually going to Antarctica,? said Shibish, who is in her second year of VIU’s Tourism Studies Diploma program. ?I’m ecstatic.? Shibish is one of 80 students… Read more »