A United States congressional delegation including House
minority leader, Richard Gephardt, and Ray Lahoud, an Illinois
republican, visited in mid-January the St. Jude Children's
Cancer Center newly established at AUB. The center, to be
officially inaugurated next April, is an affiliate St. Jude's
Hospital in the United States, and is dedicated to the treatment
and research of cancer in children. The mission of the center
is to have no child cancer victim between the ages of zero
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Who's
disappointed and offended?
By Loubna el Amine
The indictment: writing the profile of the Women's Rights
Club. All the information I used was based on an interview
with the club's vice-president, Alaa Halawy. The sentence:
an aggressive and harshly speech written in Arabic,
distributed among the students of AUB, and published
in several national newspapers. The speech insulted
me on the erroneous judgment that I showed disrespect
for Islam. The sentence also included an offensive response
from the club, drawing false conclusions about my personal
beliefs and views. more
Do it outside the library
By Raja Abu Hassan
"Aaaloooo, a, kifeek..."; "ahlaaaan keef el shabeebi,
keef el dars ma'akun;" "hi!!! Keefek, badi a'arfik ala
ikht manal...." I would like to ask the reader to think
of a place or places where these monologues could have
come from. Really, where in Lebanon would one hear these
things said? Have you come up with the answer? O.K.
then, let me burst your bubble: I selected these monologues
from an abundant list of the most interesting more
Martyrs of negligence
By Nemr Abou Nassar
It is not the cry of agony that has penetrated my mind
so vividly for the past week that has isolated my thoughts,
nor is it the unanswered prayers that have enticed my
rage, nor is it my colleagues in mourning who have forced
me to strengthen my societal rejection. It is the vacuum
of vocal oppression, the violent silence of unspoken
deaths, the disgusting display of false emotion that
has forced from me a cry of diligence. It is the pollution
of a rivermore
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Lack of opportunities drains AUB's
brains
Lebanon is exporting its brains. During the civil war
an estimated 900 thousand people emigrated from Lebanon. In
the last ten years 178 thousand also left the country. A large
number of them were highly educated Lebanese citizens whomore
Turnovers deprive AUB of a desired
victory
AUB' s basketball match against the Lebanese American
University (Jbeil), last Monday, turned out to be one of the
most thrilling games of the tournament. The score was very
close throughout the game as both teams fought for the lead
with LAU gaining more
