Medicine
students protest administrationÕs lack of concern
Medical students met with faculty Dean Nadim Cortas,
to discuss the administration's new decision to lower the
number of AUB student internships at the University Hospital.
In a heated confrontation with the dean two weeks ago, students
voiced their concerns about not getting the chance to compete
either in Lebanon or outside after the great academic and
financial efforts they would have borne during their four
undergraduate years. They criticized the University for
not informing them ahead of time of its new policies, and
proposed, if not the cancellation of the new internship
policy, other solutions. They proposed postponing the application
of the new policy, increasing the number of rotating internships,
and implementing the post-doctoral fellowship, a research
option. The new internship policy, meant to meet the requirements
of the accreditation process AUB is going through, lowers
the number of internships to 65, while more than 75 students
used to be accepted. The policy also lowers the number of
AUB students to be accepted. more
WhatÕs in a campus?
Growth and development of the human element at AUB has
to be accompanied by an improvement in the physical
expansion of the educational and extracurricular infrastructures
of the University. The Campus Master Plan, whose 18-month
study phase projected a budget of $150 million, is a
historical step in providing a 21st century campus.
It brings AUBites great honor to have their campus planned
with a vision that assumes development of the University
for the next 20 years by four leading international
engineering companies. more
The Exodus
By Joelle Abi Rached
It
is not possible to express through mere words the atrocities
witnessed against the Palestinian people over the last
half-century. One can't even attempt to imagine living
life in such conditions. Probably not one single Palestinian
exists who hasn't lost a loved one. The Palestinian people
have truly suffered and the United States has stood by
and watched. more
The collective work of all winning candidates, whether
politically affiliated or not, is channeled through student
committees to meet the aspirations of all the students. Have
these committees actually fulfilled their duties as representatives
of the students? University Student Faculty Committee: ÒSystematic
and Coordinated WorkÓ The USFC has adopted a new strategy
of Òsystematic work,Ó and has achieved a high level of ÒharmonyÓ
among its members this year, reported Vice-President Fawzi
Melhem. more
WomenÕs varsity thrashes Egyptian
team in basketball
The womenÕs varsity basketball team managed to utterly
destroy their opponents from the Arab Academy in Alexandria,
Egypt, in a match that ended 55-39 in favor of the home team.
The varsity team led all through the game with the first quarter
ending 17-10, the second quarter 32-19, and the third quarter
43-29. Dean Maroun Kisirwani watched most of the match and
posed for pictures with both teams at half time. The AUB girls
took a 6-0 lead right from the start of the match. Dana Shaaban
was the first to score with two consecutive lay-ups that earned
her four points. more
