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1 January 2007

Issue 6/2006-2007

Happy New Year and Adha Mubarak

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	Dated Events
	Thursday 4, 5:30 pm - Issam Fares Hall Movie projection by Zooming Into Health Ethics: "Side Effects" directed by Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau and staring Katheline Heigl (from Grey's Anatomy). The film is about a young woman, Karly Hert, as she fumbles with love and ethics while she navigates a career with the pharmaceutical industry. The projection will be followed by a panel discussion (Drs Thurayya Arayssi, Ramzi Sabra and Hafez El Zein). The headlines of the discussion will focus on marketing strategies of pharmaceutical companies, relationship with doctors and the carrying out of research. ALL ARE WELCOME. Friday 5, 5:00 pm - West Hall Memorial service for Elaine Larwood (1934-2006). Speakers will include Ibrahim Khoury, Director, Office of Information and Public Relations where Elaine worked for many years; Dr. Leila Badre, AUB Archaeological Museum curator; Dr. Jean-Marie Cook, and other friends and colleagues. Monday 8, 3:30 pm - West Hall, Bathish Auditorium General Meeting of the Women's League. Mrs. Myrna Bustani will speak about the history and organization of Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Performing Arts that takes place every year during February and March in Al Bustan Hotel in Beyt Meri and other locations around Lebanon. Coffee, tea and delicacies will be served after the meeting. All are welcome. The Women's League is English speaking and currently consists of about 125 women from Beirut, both local and foreign. The goal is to provide a forum for women from all walks of life to meet and socialize to form friendships. A number of monthly activities are planned. Al-Bustan Festival: Launched in 1992, and first held in 1994, Al-Bustan Festival, has invigorated the cultural and artistic activity in Lebanon. Known as the International Festival of Music and the Arts, this has been the scene of distinguished performances in music, theater, and dance by world-renowned groups. AUB has cooperated with the Festival from the beginning. Many concerts were given at Assembly Hall, and lectures, organized by the Friends of Al-Bustan Festival, were hosted at Issam Fares Hall and other locations on campus.

	It's Now or Never! Order the AUB Planner 2006-2007
	Hurry up and get the new AUB planner. Act quickly while supplies last. Packed with useful info, the Planner runs from October 2006 to December 2007 and contains the AUB mission statement, words of the Alma Mater, the University Calendar, essential University telephone numbers, monthly planners for 2006 and 2007, an address section, semester schedule, world time, Hejira calendar, addresses of alumni branches around the world and a small building-coded map of the University. The chic 8.5 cm x 16.5 cm hardcover Planner fits neatly in a pocket or bag and is in a week-at-a-glance format. Buy the AUB Planner from the AUB Bookstore or order it from the Supply Department. Contact Ibrahim Khoury at ifkhoury@aub.edu.lb for further information.

	Off Campus
	Thursday 11, 5:00 pm - Near East School of Theology (NEST) Panel discussion: "The Gospel of Judas and Jesus: Should Christians Rewrite History?" By Dr. Johnny Awwad, NEST. Lecture will be followed by refreshments. All are welcome.

	Volunteers Needed!
	Volunteers are needed to participate in a research study about food preferences for a period of four weeks. Volunteers will be compensated for their precious time. Tasks to Be Performed Volunteers will be asked to taste different foods and beverages and then rate their acceptability. Volunteers will be also asked to submit their first names and family names. Location The study will take place in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at AUB (Lower Campus, Agriculture Building, Wing B, First Floor, Organoleptic Lab, Room 420). Contact Information For inquiries and/or subscription, please feel free to contact anyone of the following four persons: Ms. Amany Nasser El Dine, Graduate Student, acn00@aub.edu.lb Mr. Omar Kebbeh Baghdadi, Research Assistant, ojb00@aub.edu.lb Mr. Hamza Daroub, Graduate Student, hkd01@aub.edu.lb Dr. Ammar Olabi, Principal Investigator, ao01@aub.edu.lb Phone: 01-350000, Extension: 4500

Issam Fares Hall Reservation

You can now reserve Issam Fares Hall online from AUB homepage under resources/facility reservations or by directly going to https://ifh.aub.edu.lb/
This application can only be accessed within AUB campus using your AUBNet user ID and password. All reservations will be considered pending: you can update/delete them as needed until your reservation is confirmed.
For more information, please contact ifh@aub.edu.lb

Paris 3 and the Post-War Landscape: Lebanon's Economic Policy Imperatives

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI),
the AUB Department of Economics and the Lebanese Economic Association (LEA)
Present the LEA's inaugural policy roundtable:

"Paris 3 and the Post-War Landscape:
Lebanon's Economic Policy Imperatives"
Monday January 15, 2007, 5:00-7:30 pm, College Hall B1

Program

5:00 - 5:10 pm - Brief introductory remarks:
Mr. Rami Khouri (IFI director), Dr. Simon Neaime (Department of Economics chairman) and Ms. Sherine Shallah (LEA representative): "Fiscal reform alongside political turbulence: the many policy challenges we face"

5:10 - 6:15 pm - Session 1: Fiscal Policy and Debt Challenges
Moderator: Dr. Simon Neaime (Department of Economics chairman)
Speakers:

•	Dr. Mazen Soueid (Chief economist, BankMed and LEA founding member), "From Paris 2 to Paris 3" (10 min)
•	Ms. Rola Rizk (Head of Economic Unit, Ministry of Finance), "Fiscal policy reforms" (20 min)
•	Dr. Mounir Rached (Senior Economist, IMF and LEA founding member), "Debt sustainability, medium term outlook" (20 min)
•	Discussion (15 min)

6:15 - 6:30 pm - Coffee break

6:30 - 7:30 pm - Session 2: Privatization and Liberalization
Moderator: Dr. Nisrine Salti (Department of Economics and LEA founding member)
Speakers:

•	Dr. Faisal Nsouli (founding member, LEA) 'Privatization reforms' (20 min)
•	Dr. Faisal Nsouli (founding member, LEA) 'Privatization reforms' (20 min)
•	Dr. Kamal Shehadi (Connexus Consulting) 'Liberalization' (20 min)
•	Discussion (20 min)

Scholarships at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages

The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages announces the institution of a limited number of full scholarships, tenable at the Department, for holders of a B.A. (or equivalent) who wish to pursue a graduate program leading to the degree of

MASTER (M.A.) in ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Scholarships are granted on a competitive basis. Interested applicants should apply through the Admissions' Office, American University of Beirut, http://www.aub.edu.lb/admit/.

University Archives

http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webjafet/
collections/specialcollections/
University_Archives_Program.pdf
You are kindly requested to provide the Archives Department with all the records, documents and items of archival nature which are related to our University.

Contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at:
specialcollections@aub.edu.lb or ext:2609/2610.

Proceedings Volume of CASAR's conference is now available at cost

The papers in this book represent a selection of those submitted by presenters at the first international conference sponsored by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) at AUB on December 18-21, 2005.

For information about the procedure to purchase this book, please visit CASAR's website on this link:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webcasar/
Conference/proceedingsvolume.html

Bargain Box

Enjoy the New Year with the Bargain Box!!
Clothes, electrical equipment, household goods, books, toys, furniture and many other items. Proceeds support the Pediatric Department at AUBMC. Open 9:00 am-12:00 noon, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Opposite the Medical Library.
Ext. 6156.

Office of Information and Public Relations Periodicals on the Web

The following periodicals are now posted on the web:

AUB Calendar of Events: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webinfo/calendar/
MainGate:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/
AUBulletin Today: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/
Outlook:
http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~weboutl/

Celebrate AUB's 140th Anniversary

The Moore Collection Book

The Moore Collection book, featuring the Franklin T. Moore photographs (1892-1902) is now available at:

The AUB Press:
Diana Tamari Sabbagh Bldg., Room 408
Tel.: 961 1 340460 ext. 2516
Fax: 961 1 363234
Email: aubpress@aub.edu.lb
Web: www.aub.edu.lb/php/ aubpress/
site/index.html

Dr. Franklin T. Moore began photographing the campus in 1892, as it was in those years. He showed the upper campus buildings in various stages of completion: Dodge Hall before the addition of its extension, the Lee Observatory in its lonely seaside location, the Assembly Hall before Post Hall was built (1897). His camera captured the vast size of the new campus, the undeveloped northeastern mountains, the unpaved Bliss Street, the illustrated history of growth that intrigues and attracts for its beauty and because of the changes which have taken place over the last one hundred years.

Join the 2007 Folk Dance Group

Want to dance, have fun, and meet friends and nice people? Then join the Folk Dance Festival club. Be part of the AUB dance group in this year's 34th Folk Dance Festival that will be held on May 20, 2007.

Do you want to know more?
A number of schools and universities will be participating and performing different dances: Mexican, French, American, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Egyptian and others from countries all over the world, not to forget the Lebanese dabke. Of course you'll be taught all these dances. No need for you to have any prior dancing skills. At the Festival day AUB will shine with the colorful cultural costumes by AUB students and the other participating groups. Just join and you'll be having a very enjoyable time away from stress, papers, and exams! Send us your name, phone number, email address, and ID number to:
hfs06@aub.edu.lb or lh05@aub.edu.lb
For further questions please e-mail us at the above address or call us at extension is 3197.

When and where?
The training takes place every Friday at 6:00 pm in Mary Dodge Hall.

USFC Website

Visit the University Student Faculty Committee (USFC) Website at:
www.aub.edu.lb/usfc/ for information and comments on the student government.

XIV Al Bustan Festival

21 February - 25 March, 2007 (Theme: Spain)

Previous festivals, by date and theme:

No.	Date	Theme
I.	17 February - 3 April 1994	Love
II.	22 February - 26 March 1995	Influences from East to West
III.	21 February - 24 March 1996	The Russian Spirit
IV.	19 February - 23 March 1997	Romantic Vienna
V.	18 February - 22 March 1998	France
VI.	17 February - 21 March 1999	Poland
VII.	23 February - 26 March 2000	The Millennium - Rising Stars of the 21st Century
VIII.	20 February - 25 March 2001	From Venice to Amsterdam - A Musical Journey
IX.	19 February - 24 March 2002	Prague
X.	18 February - 23 March, 2003	Festival 10-year Jubilee
XI.	17 February - 21 March 2004	Hungary
XII.	15 February - 20 March 2005	Music from the North
XIII.	22 February - 26 March 2006	Mozart

The Writing Center is Open

Get constructive support for your writing projects at the Writing Center.
West Hall 327
Monday-Friday 9 am-3 pm
AUB extension 3157

E-mail: writing@aub.edu.lb

	Did You Know!
	The first issue of the AUB Bulletin appeared as a weekly on October 28, 1957. Distributed on campus, it was published by the University Office of Public Relations and edited by Ruth Anne Kurani. The four-page Bulletin was mimeographed on 20 x 28 cm paper. The last issue of the AUB Bulletin was volume 44, No. 1/2 of Summer 2002. It was offset- printed, in 32 pages plus cover, and was in full color and was edited by Ibrahim Khoury. It included a four-page supplement with the Arabic translation of the Commencement Exercises speeches that year. Memorable cover headlines: "82 Shells hit Campus" (April 1989, appeared in August), "Long Live AUB: Blast Destroys College Hall but Classes Go On" (October-November 1991) and "With Candles and Tears: College Hall Stands Again" (Fall 1999).

	Credits
	The AUB Calendar is a semi-monthly publication, issued by the Office of Information and Public Relations and covering extra-curricular activities on AUB Campus. For information, contact Mrs. Hassana Tabbara, Office of Information and Public Relations, Ada Dodge Hall, ext. 2670, 2671, tel: 01-353228, fax: 01-363234, e-mail: information@aub.edu.lb or ifkhoury@aub.edu.lb or ht10@aub.edu.lb. Pick up your AUB Calendar at your Department or at the following locations: Office of Information and Public Relations, Post Office, AUH Coffee Shop, Alumni Club, AUB Museum, Faculty Lounge (Ada Dodge Hall), Visitors' Bureau. You can view the AUB Calendar on the World Wide Web at the following http://wwwlb.aub.edu.lb/~webinfo/calendar/. You can also subscribe via E-mail. Just send a message to: aub-calendar-request@aub.edu.lb with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. To unsubscribe, send mail to Majordomo@aub.edu.lb with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe aub-calendar.