In 1969, when Zager and Evans’s song In the Year 2525 became a hit, the prospect of choosing our sons and daughters from the bottom of a long glass tube looked a long way off. Today, that sci-fi vision is reality?complete with complex debates about ethics versus experimentation. Yet for all the exciting breakthroughs and… Read more »
AUSU Election 2008 – Message from the CRO Dear AU Students: My name is Rehan Qureshi and I am pleased to have been appointed your Chief Recruiting Officer (CRO) for the Athabasca University Students’ Union (AUSU)’s 2008 General Election. It is my position to accept and verify nominations for the election; field any questions and… Read more »
J.D. Miner is a B.C.-based acoustic folk trio comprising singer-songwriters Darryl Klassen and Joel Klingler and bassist Joe Worst. Click here to read the Mindful Bard article on their CD, Ain’t No Ordinary Hillbilly. What personally brought you to the place where you could write about such serious subjects in such a lighthearted way? DARRYL… Read more »
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The biggest distraction I face when I’m home alone is the TV. Most days It’s on for hours, providing background noise while I read, write, do paperwork, housework, or exercise. At its worst it splits my focus and makes everything else take longer. At its best it provides me with information and inspiration for story… Read more »
Release date: June 2007 Label: Hype Music Tracks: 10 Rating: 7 Pleasure Shop is an Ontario band that originally began its musical life playing the blues; front man Chris Chown says when he started singing and writing music he hadn’t even listened to the radio, just his mother’s blues records for inspiration. Eventually, Pleasure Shop… Read more »
Athabasca University’s Centre for Science has expanded its Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics with a new introductory course on the subject. This course, titled Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTR 210), provides students with a ?general overview of everything in the universe, from a science student’s point of view,? says course coordinator and developer of AU’s Geophysical… Read more »
Aesop Rock ? None Shall Pass Constantly defying hip hop convention has worked for Aesop in the past, with underground hits like Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives, and this album doesn’t see him settling down. Between brilliant wordplay, totally original samples and beats, a gorgeous digipack illustrated by Jeremy Fish, and an array of… Read more »
STUDENT: Katie Tippelt This week, we introduce AU student Katie Tippelt, a single mom in her first year of Athabasca University’s Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations program. Katie, who lives about an hour east of Toronto, is enthusiastic about AU and the opportunity it provides for single parents. She explains why AU’s flexibility… Read more »
OTTAWA, WINNIPEG (CUP) — A recent projection of post-secondary enrolment is predicting an acute shortage of students in Canada’s colleges and universities. Non-traditional applicants are the key to survival, says the report. ?We wanted to put forward a series of what-if scenarios,? said Patrice de Broucker, one of the authors of a Statistics Canada report…. Read more »
Watch for a brand new look, coming to the Athabasca University website soon! AU is working with Yellow Pencil, an Edmonton company specializing in website construction. Yellow Pencil has been evaluating the existing content on the AU site to help develop ideas for a new look and feel. Their creative director has also been looking… Read more »
At Home: Canada’s aboriginal population has risen at an exceptional rate A recent report released by Statistics Canada shows that the total number of Aboriginal Canadians has reached the one million mark?an increase of 45 per cent over the last ten years. Comparatively speaking, this means that the native population (this includes people grouped under… Read more »
It’s no secret that you can do just about anything online these days, but all that variety gets buried under itself. Here are a few things you might have missed. DaniDraws It’s not so much a do as it is a collection of how to. Drawing tutorials in text and video. Zoho A host of… Read more »
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