Caravan - November 6, 2005 Edition
News
November 6, 2005Student Council: Only AUCians may lead clubs and conferences
The student council has implemented new rules for non-AUCians who want to participate in university activities and student conferences to ensure that all decision-makers in student activities are AUC students.
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The student council has implemented new rules for non-AUCians who want to participate in university activities and student conferences to ensure that all decision-makers in student activities are AUC students.
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November 6, 2005SU hopes to standardize club benefit packages
In an effort to resolve fundraising problems between clubs and conferences, representatives from campus organizations joined to propose a resolution that would standardize fundraising regulations for all activities.
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In an effort to resolve fundraising problems between clubs and conferences, representatives from campus organizations joined to propose a resolution that would standardize fundraising regulations for all activities.
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November 6, 2005JRMC, business departments seek accreditation
The departments of business administration (BADM) and journalism and mass communication (JRMC) are currently seeking accreditation from their respective international associations.
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The departments of business administration (BADM) and journalism and mass communication (JRMC) are currently seeking accreditation from their respective international associations.
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November 6, 2005‘Legendary Leila’ lights up the stage in theater classes
Charismatic laughter rings. Her spiky silver boy-cut hair devilishly beckons you. Clearly, Leila Saad is no run-of-the-mill theater professor. Defying all age constraints, at 68 she still has a keen lust for life, something that is obvious in all she does. And the best part is that her students love her.
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Charismatic laughter rings. Her spiky silver boy-cut hair devilishly beckons you. Clearly, Leila Saad is no run-of-the-mill theater professor. Defying all age constraints, at 68 she still has a keen lust for life, something that is obvious in all she does. And the best part is that her students love her.
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November 6, 2005New center promotes more philanthropy in Arab world
In an effort to support civic engagement and strengthen civil society, AUC recently launched the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement on Sunday, Oct. 30.
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In an effort to support civic engagement and strengthen civil society, AUC recently launched the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement on Sunday, Oct. 30.
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November 6, 2005Resala sells old clothes, raises LE 2,500 for poor
AUC’s community service organization, Resala Club, raised LE 2,500 to help the disadvantaged children of poor districts in Cairo and their families, said Amira Maamoun, club president on Oct. 29.
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AUC’s community service organization, Resala Club, raised LE 2,500 to help the disadvantaged children of poor districts in Cairo and their families, said Amira Maamoun, club president on Oct. 29.
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November 6, 2005ICIT aims to connect technology, life through interactive workshops
The activities and conferences at AUC are usually fairly standard affairs where delegates learn something about any given topic, debate it and come out with a few good friends.
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The activities and conferences at AUC are usually fairly standard affairs where delegates learn something about any given topic, debate it and come out with a few good friends.
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November 6, 2005A new voice for WebCT
After requests from various departments in AUC, the Academic Computing Services (ACS) has launched a voice-activated WebCT system with four different tools to facilitate communications between students and faculty members.
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After requests from various departments in AUC, the Academic Computing Services (ACS) has launched a voice-activated WebCT system with four different tools to facilitate communications between students and faculty members.
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November 6, 2005AUC installs new cameras, beefs up security at gates
The AUC security office has recently installed new surveillance cameras and implemented a new photo ID system for students passing through the campus gates. According to General Ashraf Kamel, head of security, the university has merely replaced the old cameras with new ones. “The old ones were outdated and analog, and they weren’t working properly,” he said.
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The AUC security office has recently installed new surveillance cameras and implemented a new photo ID system for students passing through the campus gates. According to General Ashraf Kamel, head of security, the university has merely replaced the old cameras with new ones. “The old ones were outdated and analog, and they weren’t working properly,” he said.
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November 6, 2005UN director awards three students for classroom work
In order to motivate her students and introduce them to practical politics, political science professor Nihal Fahmy is working with international organizations to add a professional component to her students’ learning experience.
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In order to motivate her students and introduce them to practical politics, political science professor Nihal Fahmy is working with international organizations to add a professional component to her students’ learning experience.
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Inside Scoop
November 6, 2005‘Pure and delicious’: Campus and Euro Deli launch joint venture in Maadi
Campus magazine and the Euro Deli restaurant in Zamalek have teamed up to bring to Cairo yet another café. Situated in a secluded and quiet area of Degla, Maadi, Campus Euro Deli is the ideal escape, offering a hip environment with good food in a comfortable lounge.
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Campus magazine and the Euro Deli restaurant in Zamalek have teamed up to bring to Cairo yet another café. Situated in a secluded and quiet area of Degla, Maadi, Campus Euro Deli is the ideal escape, offering a hip environment with good food in a comfortable lounge.
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November 6, 2005The new pink
Is pink slowly becoming the next black? Is it slowly settling into the category of iconic colors of fashion and style in a man’s world?
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Is pink slowly becoming the next black? Is it slowly settling into the category of iconic colors of fashion and style in a man’s world?
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Editorial
November 6, 2005The Voice
The summit of student leaders from clubs, conferences and the SU last week was meant to help campus organizations solve some of their problems. The result of the meeting was a resolution designed to ease competition over sponsors from outside the university by standardizing the benefit package these groups can offer to sponsors.
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The summit of student leaders from clubs, conferences and the SU last week was meant to help campus organizations solve some of their problems. The result of the meeting was a resolution designed to ease competition over sponsors from outside the university by standardizing the benefit package these groups can offer to sponsors.
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Letters to the Editor
November 6, 2005New campus location lacks culture, reality
The Caravan article, ‘Start Packing: New Campus Well Underway,’ (Oct. 2) made it clear that the university is far progressed in its plans to move all undergraduate activities to New Cairo in the fall of 2007. Assuming that there are sound justifications to give up a prime location in the heart of Egypt’s capital, I think the students deserve a further explanation: how does the university ...
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The Caravan article, ‘Start Packing: New Campus Well Underway,’ (Oct. 2) made it clear that the university is far progressed in its plans to move all undergraduate activities to New Cairo in the fall of 2007. Assuming that there are sound justifications to give up a prime location in the heart of Egypt’s capital, I think the students deserve a further explanation: how does the university ...
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November 6, 2005Caravan should promote more political dialogue
It is my opinion that the Egyptian government is simply using a facade of gradual democratization to appease any underlying discontent and that the government will not deliberately give up any of its power. It is my belief that political change will not come to Egypt without either a vast public demonstration of dissatisfaction, a larger freedom of the press, a fall of ...
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It is my opinion that the Egyptian government is simply using a facade of gradual democratization to appease any underlying discontent and that the government will not deliberately give up any of its power. It is my belief that political change will not come to Egypt without either a vast public demonstration of dissatisfaction, a larger freedom of the press, a fall of ...
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November 6, 2005If you do not want to be interviewed, just say ‘no’
It seems that a central requirement for any mass communications student is to be able to conduct interviews. Interviewing complete strangers is one of the most degrading and humbling experiences a college student can have. I’ve had to modestly ask, coax, beg and pay people to get them to do an interview with me. So when given an assignment to interview AUC students, I ...
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It seems that a central requirement for any mass communications student is to be able to conduct interviews. Interviewing complete strangers is one of the most degrading and humbling experiences a college student can have. I’ve had to modestly ask, coax, beg and pay people to get them to do an interview with me. So when given an assignment to interview AUC students, I ...
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Columns
November 6, 2005Do women have higher expectations than men?
So there I was, flipping through the channels, watching a documentary on spontaneous combustion, when it hit me.
I was on fire with all the thoughts that were burning my mind, so naturally, to cool myself off, I phoned one of my chill pals. Rather ironically, my thoughts centered on high expectations. Do women in general have higher expectations than men do?
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So there I was, flipping through the channels, watching a documentary on spontaneous combustion, when it hit me.
I was on fire with all the thoughts that were burning my mind, so naturally, to cool myself off, I phoned one of my chill pals. Rather ironically, my thoughts centered on high expectations. Do women in general have higher expectations than men do?
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November 6, 2005Take the hard way out
All AUCians do is complain. We constantly nag and whine that professors don’t teach us anything. And when we find professors who do teach, we complain that they give us too much work or that they’re not fair.
The best part, though, is that you have people who complain and bad-mouth professors for their teaching methods and say that the standards at AUC have gone down hill over ...
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All AUCians do is complain. We constantly nag and whine that professors don’t teach us anything. And when we find professors who do teach, we complain that they give us too much work or that they’re not fair.
The best part, though, is that you have people who complain and bad-mouth professors for their teaching methods and say that the standards at AUC have gone down hill over ...
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Funnies
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TRICK OR TREAT
From left: Mohamed Ahmed, Sherry Arnold and Zizi Derbala give candy to Lidya Salib and Mohamed Bassem during a Halloween celebration that took place at the AUC Daycare Center last Monday. (Ethar Shalaby / THE CARAVAN)
From left: Mohamed Ahmed, Sherry Arnold and Zizi Derbala give candy to Lidya Salib and Mohamed Bassem during a Halloween celebration that took place at the AUC Daycare Center last Monday. (Ethar Shalaby / THE CARAVAN)
CALLING FOR JUSTICE
Two children wear signs asking where their father is during a protest that took place on the morning of Oct. 26 near the Ministry of Interior. The protesters were asking for the release of family members who were allegedly imprisoned by the Egyptian government for political reasons. (Omneya Osman/THE CARAVAN)
Two children wear signs asking where their father is during a protest that took place on the morning of Oct. 26 near the Ministry of Interior. The protesters were asking for the release of family members who were allegedly imprisoned by the Egyptian government for political reasons. (Omneya Osman/THE CARAVAN)
