Disruptive
Sit-in accompanies
Founders' Day
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AUB
revives the memory of its foundation every year in early December
with a ceremony in the Assembly Hall involving professors,
deans, and administrators in academic attire. In celebration
of AUBÕs 135th anniversary, President Waterbury welcomed the
audience and reminded them of the institutionÕs vital role
in the social and economic welfare of the region. After stressing
that AUB has never been Òan ivory tower isolated from society,Ó
but rather the education it provides serves as an instrument
of reform in society. President Waterbury referred to AUB
as a family that has kept its spirit despite the hardships
of World Wars I and II, and the Lebanese civil war. Throughout
the crisisÑ the famine and bombardment, AUB kept a hand stretched
out to every
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News in this Issue... |
 Pity
the students
By
Elias Abou Samra
In
its coverage of the Student Representative Committee elections
two weeks ago, Outlook forecast a shuffle in the political
alliances between weighty student groups in the subsequent
University Student Faculty Committee elections. Although
it is surprising, the new coalitions remain within the acceptable
rules of the electoral game at AUB. However, what seems
to be shocking rather than surprising is the decline in
student interest in the performance of their SRC nominees,
and, on the other hand, the recklessness of the latter group
of representatives in staying within the strategies upon
which they have been elected. Unfortunately, the USFC elections
turned out to be a battle for positions and titles.
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Menaces
to society
By
Mustapha Tannir
Like most AUBites my day starts
off with a trip to DunkinÕ Donuts where I get my warm cuddle
of coffee, and then I retire on the steps of the Main Gate
where I quietly sip at my brown liquid, and let the fumes
of coffee boost my energy. This ritual is a perfect blend
of morning splendour for me, had it not been for a number
of thingsÑ things which had bubbled my fury, sometimes to
undesirable levels. Here is how it went: Getting out of
Main Gate was the easy partÑa simple ÒHelloÓ to the guard
and a smile in return. Then the chaos begins. A hand is
shoved in my face
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Political quarreels on campus
By Joelle Abi Rached
The
serfs are free and have been fighting among each other since
the lords ceased to beat them. Dostoyevsky Two consecutive
quarrels on a political misunderstanding in less than a
week. Frankly, I did not expect such a quick reply to a
question raised in a previous article written by a colleague
and myself: Have we as university students of the twenty-first
century made any progress in our conception of man, society,
and the world? (See ÒA callous truth,Ó Outlook, Nov. 20,
2001) We should have also added Òand more specifically in
our conception of politics.Ó Those most futile, shameful,
and immature disputes (as our twenty years of civil war
have demonstrated) always blow up
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Crimes
of theft boom on campus
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think AUB campus is as safe as their own homes. Theft at AUB
has not been a major issue until a recent surge in theft cases
reported on campus. In an interview Chief of Security Captain
Saadalah Shaalak explained to Outlook why and how thefts on
campus occur. ÒWe are an open
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Player
profile
Fouad Kammoun
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week Outlook focuses the spotlight on Fouad Kammoun, a fourth
year student majoring in electrical engineering. Fouad has been
a member of the AUB basketball varsity team for four years.
His position is playmaker, and he is characterized
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