Graduating dorm stu-dents have not been asked to evacuate

their rooms before their graduation since a decade or so. Unfortunately, this year the policy has changed and all students were asked to empty their rooms by June 15; 10 days before gradua-tion. Graduates usually re-ceived a dorm evacuation extension since they had to attend many events be-fore the graduation ceremo-ny including each faculty’s Gala Dinner, the Ring Cere-mony that will take place on the 23rd of June, the gradu-ation ceremony rehearsals on the 24th and finally the

Seventeen hundred. That was the number of bus-es that broke the silence

early in the morning of Sun-day, May 15, 2011. Though these buses departed from dif-ferent locations, they all head-ed towards one destination: Palestine. Their goal was to express a basic human right—the right of return to Pales-tine. Four buses departed with more than 150 AUBites who gathered in front of Medical Gate at 7:00 AM. The event was organized by the Palestin-ian Cultural Club in collabo-

Outdoors 2011 broke its largest record of attend-ees last weekend on Sat-

urday and Sunday May 21 and 22 as a massive army of some 16,951 people stormed into upper cam-pus where the festival was sched-uled to take place. A variety of live performances swept the audi-ence from professional and local bands, to staged dance shows, to standup comedy shows. Several stands also filled the arena such as those offering henna tattoos, face painting and games of all sorts for young kids (mental and physical).

Additionally, snacks and beverag-es were available from renowned university clubs, local diners and food businesses such as Crep-away, Baskin Robbins, Sno Biz, and Krispy Kreme. The Outdoors Rally Paper finally narrowed down the evening before stand-up comedian Nemr Abou Nassar stole the audience with one last show putting an end to what had already been proclaimed by many as an exhilarating two days. Outdoors was originally called “Indoors” and used to take place in West Hall. It was meant for fac-ulty and students to get to know

Guitar concert by Maestro Giulio

TampaliniThe Italian Cultural Center in coordination with the Of-fice of Communications cor-dially invites you to a gui-

tar concert by Maestro Giulio Tampalini on Wednesday,

May 25 at 8:00 p.m. at Assem-bly Hall. All are welcome.

Piano concert by Patrick Fayad

The Office of Communica-tions cordially invites you to a piano concert by Patrick Fay-

ad this Sunday, May 29 at 8:00 p.m. at Assembly Hall.

All are welcome

Khodor Abou DayaStaff WriterZeina MhaidlyContributing Writer

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Commencement on the 25th. Therefore, students need to be near AUB to be able to at-tend all these events. Hence, the lack of an extension left the students outraged while demanding justification from the administration. On Thursday, May 6, Nis-rine Fatouh, Housing Assis-tant, asked all the dorm res-idents via i-mail to confirm if they are expected to grad-uate this year so as to be giv-en a check-out deadline ex-tension. The following day, Fatouh sent another i-mail, however, this time stating that no exceptions will be made. The news was surpris-ing, especially for girls. Thus, on Monday, May 9, two grad-uating students Abeer Mah-fouz, monitor in Jewett Dorm,

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participants should consult the CASAR website (www.aub.edu.lb/fas/casar/) for submission guidelines and a downloadable submission form. Please send abstracts of proposed papers (300 words or less), along with a short CV, via electronic mail to casar@aub.edu.lb by June 1, 2011.

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3MAy 24, 2011OUTlOOk CAMPUs newsUniquence: SOAN 231 students lobby for uniting CVSP courses

Where is my Lira?Students start party promoting financial transparency

at AUB

Those passing by Col-lege Hall at noon last Wednesday, May 18,

may have noticed a group of students standing with a handful of bright blue and purple balloons. It may have seemed a confusing sight at first, but upon closer inspec-tion the aim of their campaign became clear. The group was comprised of students from the SOAN 231 course, calling themselves Uniquence. Their name was coined out of their mission to change the Civi-lization Sequence Program (CVSP) into a unified and se-quential course. Balloons were handed out to students who passed by, and they were asked to write a comment relating to how they viewed the CVSP pro-gram. Students wrote ev-erything from “CVSP is too long,” to “CVSP is not for ev-erybody! It shouldn’t be re-quired,” to “I love CS.” The balloons were then collected and released between Main Gate and College Hall.

AUBites are known for their commitment and persever-ance, especially when it comes down to their rights. As part of a communications campaigns course, it was required that students orchestrate a proj-ect at AUB to promote a solu-tion to a given problem. On Wednesday May18, students of the SOAN 231 course were observed to interact with oth-ers, solely trying to garner the most possible support. A group of eight students chose to create a non-political, non-sectarian party called: The Students’ Lira. This par-ty consists of a group of AUB students of different majors, classes, years, ages, and gen-

Students launched the proj-ect as a fictitious campaign for their SOAN course and to attempt to call attention to the issues that the CVSP courses face. CVSP courses were targeted due to the fact that they are a requirement for all majors, and yet that they are not standardized enough regarding issues like the amount of reading that varies between teachers and the manner in which differ-ent teachers give exams. The group first conducted a survey of 200 AUB students regarding their thoughts on the CVSP system. Interest-ingly, the polls showed that 68.2% of students felt that the courses were beneficial, but unnecessary. 55% of the students felt that the read-ings given by the professors were too much in amount, as many teachers have differ-ent requirements for which samples of the texts to read. The most significant finding of the survey was the amount of difference students felt be-tween different sections of the same course. An average rating of 9.3 out of 10 showed

der. The mission statement of this group is: Promoting fi-nancial transparency among universities in order to estab-lish an honest relationship with the students. The symbol of this part is a magnifying glass with three shoe prints. The current cam-paign which is being pro-moted is called “Where is my Lira?” In this campaign, one of the core values is focused on: financial transparency. In particular, it stresses on the fact that until today there is no available information to students about the break-down of their tuition fees and how the money is being allo-cated. They ask that an in-sightful and informative doc-ument be sent to students from the American Universi-

ties and departments. Gheed El Makkaoui, one of the eight group members, stated “this was a great project, aiming to create awareness about where exactly student tuition fees are going.” On the suc-cess of the event and its out-come she claimed “it was a

ty of Beirut as part of their fi-nancial statement. It should include details about this monetary classification in a clear manner using compre-hensible figures. Hence, it is demanded full disclosure of the way the money is invest-ed in the university’s facul-

great success, a video petition was prepared to be delivered to the president.” The Stu-dents’ Lira party are hope-ful that their campaign will be effectively considered by the administration and that through this project, a right-ful call may be implemented.

in unifying the CVSP cours-es, as they value the freedom that professors have in the course. Reasons cited were that it allowed for more ex-plorative ideas and creativ-ity in the classroom. The UNIQUENCE group stressed that they do not wish to at-tack the program or promote a system were all the courses are completely the same, but to have a more unified sys-

that most students noticed a great difference between the sections of the CVSP pro-gram. Another main issue was the weight that different professors gave exams and assignments, and the survey revealed that about 68.5% of student found the grading system to be unfair. Still, there are other opin-ions on the matter. Several CVSP teachers do not believe

tem of grading and learning outcomes. Group member and sopho-more Sarah Harfouch spoke of the reasons behind the event. “We wanted our voic-es to be heard, to initiate the beginning of a change, to uni-fy the CVSP courses. Releas-ing the balloons was just the beginning.”

Heather JaberNews Executive

Anis KadadoStaff Writer

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4 MAy 24, 2011 OUTlOOk CAMPUs newsMeet your Microsoft Imagine Cup Lebanon winners from AUB

On Friday, May 13, 14 teams from the top 10 local universities

went head to head in a com-petition in order to qualify for one of the worldwide premier programming competitions, Microsoft Imagine Cup. The 14 teams, which included 4 teams from AUB, compet-ed for the first place, which would enable the winner to head to New York City to rep-resent Lebanon in the world finals taking place from July 8 to July 13. Team D4W of AUB, made of Computer Sci-ence PhD student Wajih Bou Karam and Master’s student Daniel Haddad, came out on top despite the serious com-petition they had to put up with. After displaying their winning project in a seminar on Friday, May 20, Outlook decided to interview the win-ning team.

Tell us about your proj-ect.Tale of a Tree Wisp is an ex-perience designed with a sin-gle purpose: raising aware-ness about the environmental problems that our planet fac-es. To do so we decided to tar-get children (between the age of 7 and 12) because it is easier to influence children at that age than adults. Al-though anyone can play our game and enjoy it, we believe that children of a younger age might not understand our message while older chil-dren may not be all that in-terested. To ensure environmental sustainability we designed a game where the player con-trols a tree wisp. Born from a barren tree, you are charged with gathering nutrients for that tree and as you do so, your tree begins to grow. Eventually you realize that the forest you belong to is be-ing cut down to make way for urban expansion and as a re-sult you do your best to try and save the tree but ulti-mately, one tree wisp cannot save the planet and so your tree is cut down and you be-come unbound and left to ex-plore the world.

This is critical because we want to leave players with a clear message: No one is go-ing to fix our planet for us, the future of our environ-ment is in our hands.

How did you guys think of the project?As with most projects that rely heavily on creativity we did not set out with all this in mind. Wajih and I decided to put our heads together and try to make a couple of sim-ple games. We started with a completely different vision in mind and then the proj-ect took a life of its own and evolved into what it is today.

How did you and Daniel divide the work upon each other? What software did you use (programming languages, etc...)?We were both involved in all aspects of the project’s devel-opment especially when it comes to making some design decisions be it for the game or the many tools we needed to develop to make the game. In terms of the actual work, Wajih did the tools program-ming and I worked on the sto-ry, asset creation, level de-sign . . . and so on.The tools were written using C++ in Microsoft Visual Stu-dio and as for the assets, we relied heavily on a plethora of 3D and 2D programs.

What did you think of your competition? Spe-cifically the three other AUB teams?We both thought they were pretty terrific. It was great seeing so much talent and hard work all in one place.

Did you guys feel that you had a chance from the be-ginning to win it all?No, winning was a colossal surprise for both of us.

What did you enjoy about the competition the most?The thing we both enjoyed the most was simply the re-action people had when they saw our project. When you work on something for so long you look at it in a dif-ferent way. The reactions on people’s faces and seeing how well received our project was did it for us. Even if we did

not win, at the end of the day, Wajih and I were both saying the same thing “Win or lose, this was terrific”.

What is your take on the whole competition? Can it be improved?Microsoft was always readily available to help out and they did a terrific job. If one had to pick something to improve, then I guess we would have preferred that the venue be open to the public so that stu-dents can demonstrate their ideas not just to the judges, but to people in the industry and enthusiasts.

What do you think of your chances concerning New York City? Do you think you can win it all?We aren’t very sure. We still

have a lot of work to do to bring our project from a pro-totype to a complete prod-uct. We hope to hold our own against the world and hope-fully get people talking about Lebanon.

Are you going to make im-provements to it before going there?Definitely, what we have right now is a working proto-type so we still have a lot of things we want to do before the finals.What are your future plans for your project? Have you received any in-terest in it?It all depends on what hap-pens but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Who do you want to

thank?We would sincerely like to thank Professor George Tur-kiyyah, our chairperson at the Department of Comput-er Science, for proposing that we compete and supporting us throughout the project’s development. We would also like to thank Ghassan Cha-hine at Microsoft for all the help and energy he put into this.

Joseph SabaCopy Editor and Contribut-ing Writer

(Photo courtesy of Imaginecuplebanon.com)

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The march towards Palestine: Ten martyrs and fellow AUB student Munib Masri shot in back

onstration soon became a blood bath; the Zionists opened fire towards the demonstra-tors whose chests where lit-erally naked and whose only weapons were rocks. The Zi-onists’ shots had not been in-tended to frighten the demon-strators; on the contrary, they aimed at the most vital parts of the body such as the head and chest. The day, much like the weather, shifted from peacefulness and organiza-tion into gloominess and hav-oc amounting to ten martyrs and more than 120 injured, many of which were in a crit-ical condition. One of the in-jured was none other than our fellow colleague, Munib Mas-ri, who is specializing in petro-leum studies, and currently in AUH under intensive care. Munib’s friends have tak-en several steps to commem-orate the martyrs and wish him a fast recovery. Current-ly, they are hoping that many would participate in the vigil for the martyrs from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Palestine on Wednesday, May 25, 7:30 PM at ESCWA. After the news of martyrdom spread, the demonstration was called to an end and all partic-ipants had to head back and search for their buses. A wave of complete chaos shook Ma-roun Al-Ras, where the dem-onstration was taking place. Army vehicles and ambulanc-es drove crazily between the crowds. The fact that there was no network coverage at all only added confusion and dis-organization to the situation. As for the reason behind participation, Jenniffer Gi-ammanco, a political science major said “I just like to partic-ipate. . . . [and] bring back the message [event] to my friends in Lebanon and America. It is very important to spread the message.” Alizeh Valjee, a stu-dent of psychology and reli-gion added “I want to support a good cause and observe the other side of the story. . . . In America you have a pro-Isra-el story.” “Palestine means a lot. . . . that is by itself a reason to participate,” commented Rita

Farhat, an LAU Jbeil Graph-ic Design student. She then in-sisted that although Palestine is distant geographically, it is closer than ever to one’s heart. When asked about the Pal-estinian cause in particular, Hayler Miller, who is majoring in journalism, stressed that “You don’t have to be Palestin-ian to support such a cause. It is simply human rights.” Participants even had their opinions on the Zionist move-ment. “From the nineteenth century, this is the true world terrorism against the Pales-tinian people and humanity,” Afifa Karake, a biology teach-er, recalled. Magda Mous-salem, further clarified the point by stating: “It is of ut-most importance to remem-ber. People are forgetting, and they have become just like the Arab countries completely un-aware that Zionism is a threat to each and every one of them.” Concerning the objectives be-hind this day, Abed Abukar, a Jordanian from Palestinian origins, and Ali Abed Al Jal-il, a business major, believed that the message for the world is: “We did not forget; we held on to our door keys. This is our duty which we shall forever fulfill.” On that regard, Mehdi Mezouar, an LAU political sci-ence student, had a message for the student body: “Stud-ies are never an excuse for not coming. . . . Palestine is above everything.” Throughout the trip towards Maroun Al-Ras, conversations were filled with such ideas; however, as silence occupied the buses at intermittent times, it became clear that the buses were not only head-ing towards Maroun Al-Ras, but also driving down memory lane. A memoir by Audeh Ran-tisi who was born in Lydda un-folded part of that history and recounts the tortures that oc-curred at that time: “The hor-ror began when Zionist sol-diers deceived us into leaving our homes; they would not let us go back, driving us through a small gate just outside Lyd-da. I remember the scene well; thousands of frightened peo-ple being herded like cattle through the narrow opening by armed soldiers firing over-

head... Outside the gate, the soldiers stopped us and or-dered everyone to throw all valuables onto a blanket. [One young man] refused to give up his money. Almost casual-ly, the soldier pulled up his ri-fle and shot the man. . . . Those wretched days and nights in mid-July of 1948 continue as a lifelong nightmare because Zionists took away our home of many centuries. For me and a million other Palestinian Ar-abs, tragedy had marred our lives forever.” Unknown to Audeh, who was only 11 years old, Zionists al-ready had plans to bulldoze the Palestinian houses and rename the villages. Tal al-Shuman, the once fertile vil-lage, was obliterated and soon

replaced by Kefar Yehushu’a. The Nakbe did not start with Audeh’s generation. Look-ing further into the past, it be-comes easy to realize that the Nabka represented years and even decades of barbaric acts and international conspira-cies. Countries, mostly Euro-pean, driven by self-interest had been plotting for so long to get rid of the increasing Jew-ish density on their own land. The Balfour agreement (1917), in which Britain sold the Jews a land it did not own in the first place, is simply a manifesta-tion of this greed and atrocity. Hence, with a powerful coun-try backing them and with an intention to use violence, Zion-ists could evade international law and human rights. Their

schemes finally lead to the dreadful day; on May 15, 1948 the British mandate ended, and “Israel” declared itself as an Independent state. Sixty-three years have passed since then, and Palestine still bleeds under savage Zionist hands, but the right of return among other rights echoes on, defying all attempts to silence it. This year, the Zionist enemy was besieged, though peaceful-ly, on the national and inter-national level. Egypt, Syria, Jordan and, of course, Pales-tine had joined forces for this cause. Internationally, activ-ists, from different locations throughout the globe, gath-ered in front of “Israeli” em-bassies demanding the end of the occupation.

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and Jana Noureddine, Resi-dent Assistant (RA) at the new women’s dorms, went to Fa-touh’s office to negotiate. Mahfouz and Noureddine told Fatouh that most grad-uating residents in the girls’ dorms live far from AUB and some of them even live abroad. Thus, it will be cumbersome and highly unsafe for them to return back home at night and impossible to fly back and forth from and to their coun-tries. They added that they tried to find vacant rooms near AUB despite the short notice with no avail. Fatouh replied that this was not her decision and directed them to the Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Talal Nezameddin. To present their case to the dean, the students formed and signed a petition. Also, Jessi-ca El-Asmar, an RA at Jewett, sent Dean Nezameddin an i-mail describing the dorms de-bacle while suggesting reason-

On Wednesday May 18, the AUB Music Club in collaboration with

Roadster diner held a fundrais-ing concert “Mending Beats” for children with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) at AUB Assembly Hall. All the proceeds from this event were donated to Heartbeat – La Chaine De L’Espoir, a Lebanese humani-tarian organization whose mis-sion is to provide the most ad-vanced surgical technology and expertise available to children with CHD. The event featured AUB stu-dent bands who presented the very best of Music Club talent. They played various genres in-cluding: Jazz, Blues Rock, In-die/Alternative Rock, Classical and Symphonic Melodic Pro-gressive. Participating bands included Pulse (Blues Rock), Rebellious Phoenix (Jazz/Blues Rock), Na-dine Hamdan (Classical Pia-

able solutions, one of which was keeping the graduat-ing residents that are already roommates in their original rooms, and placing the uncou-pled ones together. Nezamed-din responded by suggesting that each student presents her individual case and each case will be studied separately. In fact, the Dean revealed to Outlook that he agrees that graduating students were nor-mally treated as exceptions, but he added that this year there will be a lot of mainte-nance taking place by the end of the semester, “Mayfair will be completely closed because they are changing all the locks and doors, in addition to many other buildings and sections that will also be closed in other dormitories,” he said. “This is why,” added Nezameddin, “we need to have as much space as possible”. He also mentioned that there are a large number of guests coming to AUB this summer, such as the children of Alumni

no Soloist), EpiSode (Symphon-ic Melodic Progressive), Lazzy Lung (Indie/Alternative Rock). AUB Music Club cabinet mem-bers President Tarek Abi Mos-leh and Vice President Whard Sleiman opened up for the con-cert improvising along Blues backing tracks. Shortly after-wards, Managing Director of Hearbeat, Mr. Wadih Rinno, in-formed the audience about the history of Heartbeat, their mis-sion and future plans. In addi-tion, Leila Kabalan, an LAU student majoring in Political Science and International Af-fairs, held a speech about the importance of social responsibil-ity among Lebanese people em-phasizing that “actions speak louder than words.” Finally, AUB Choir and Choral Society director, Dr. Thomas Kim held a speech discussing the impor-tance of music in our daily lives. Abi Mosleh commented on the success of the concert and its general jovial mood, also stat-ing that the organizers as well

Abroad, who will need a place to stay. Moreover, President Dorman is endorsing about 30 to 40 under privileged school children from the region who will need accommodation. In addition, Nezameddin indi-cated that there are many stu-dents who do not even stay in their rooms during the period before graduation and use it only for one night or so. For all these reasons, grad-uating students that do not need to stay in dorms will be asked to leave, and students who need to stay need to pro-vide the specific reasons and hopefully will be able to stay. Finally, Nezameddin added that students can stay at AUB as guests after checking out by June 15. In this case, they will have to pay on a nightly basis. Yet, the number of rooms that may be guaranteed will de-pend on demand and not ev-eryone may be accommodat-ed.

as himself were expecting more people to show up and support the humanitarian cause under-lying the musical event. “Sadly, AUB students are always busy studying for exams and proj-ects,” said Abi Mosleh.“We would like to thank every-body who showed up to support our event” he continued “and most importantly Roadster din-er for their generous contribu-tion in helping us cover the costs of the concert and making it happen.” And so through music, AUB’s Muisc Club we were able to sup-port children with Congenital Heart Disease and plan on hold-ing other such fundraising con-certs in upcoming years. For more news and updates on the AUB Music Club join their Facebook group. For more infor-mation about Heartbeat, read-ers are kindly requested to check the following address: www.heartbeat-lb.org

each other outside the confines of the classroom. In 1984 “Indoors” expanded to become “Outdoors,” and with a then enlarged scope, non-AUB students also had the chance of visiting the campus as well. However, according to one of the Outdoors founders, AUB Pro-fessor of History Shirine Hama-deh, that same year, a mural was set on fire and burned to the ground bringing the newly devel-oped Outdoors to an abrupt end during the days of Lebanon’s Civ-il War. Unfortunately, the founders are no longer working at AUB. How-ever, now that this period has past, and that Outdoors is back and has been back for several years now, much has changed such as the adoption of live bands and the pro-cess of sponsorship for covering funding. As for this year’s Outdoors and the theme “Beirut el Adima,” there were certain questions about whether or not the theme was successful, if the clubs and so-cieties fulfilled the expectations of the Outdoors committee, and what obstacles the Outdoors com-mittee had to face. A few Outdoors members agreed that the theme was a success, “We wanted a larg-er target of people [from all age groups, kids and grandparents]. It was something all Lebanese can relate to,” said Tala Shaaban. Outdoors Secretary Nour Jalloul commenting on the theme of Out-doors said “with most of our tradi-tional architecture demolished, we wanted to show our culture. It’s different, it’s us.” Reem Akil and Ayman Bitar agreed that it was successful but that “people aren’t patient especially at food stands.” Jalloul however mentioned that there were minimal problems; mostly “a misunderstanding be-tween clubs and the committee in regards to stands and games,” she also stated that “there were pho-tographers, rally papers, compe-titions, dance entertainments… Everyone loved it.” When it came to clubs and societies they mostly agreed that they did well but there were some things, concerts and sponsors, that are a guarantee and they cannot do without. “We had to have Lebanese food and junk food for the children, it kept a balance,” said Jalloul. Several bands performed such as Pulse, Lazzy Lung, Rebellious Phoenix, Payphone Rendezvous, MAKoustics, and 80’s Revolu-

tion. Outdoors Concert Commit-tee Member Tala Mukkadem said, “there was trouble narrow-ing down the bands because there were so many great auditions.” Payphone Rendezvous, consti-tuting Rami Abou Sleiman, Raja Rahbani, Majd Rbaihat, Nizar Birjawi and back up singer May Chaker played only one of their original songs called “Rendez-vous.” “It talks about us as a band. A mini biography,” said Rbaihat. Rebellious Phoenix also performed several songs including “Stand by Me” and one of their original songs called “Ride me Cowboy.” Safety Team Outdoors Com-mittee member Mohammad Jaz-zar said, “there were no problems (fights) this year between people like there were last year. The con-certs were well organized and well performed. The theme was a lit-tle challenging for clubs because the foods are all similar.” He posed his own complaint on the clubs be-cause the Outdoors Committee was outnumbered by the clubs when they came to them about organization, decorations, and structure “but we put a lot of effort. It was a major challenge, working all day from ten to ten! It was pain-ful but it was worth every minute of pain.” The clubs have a different view on the theme. They all agreed that the theme was great and it was a success, however they hoped that there were more or better decorations. “It would have been nice if there were someone play-ing the ‘oud and dirbaké. Where’s Mashrou’ Leila” asked Walid Al-Hajj from Toastmasters Club. However when it came to fitting into the theme, they expressed a few concerns. “It was hard be-cause we didn’t know the games they used to play,” said Raghid Sarieddine from the Communica-tion Club. When asked about the other clubs and societies, a mem-ber of the IEEE said “every society has a certain idea, and they inter-pret the theme in their own way.” From the Civil Engineering Soci-ety, both Jimmy Tamoureh and Ghida Ismail agreed that “every-one did their part, you can see a bit of old Beirut everywhere – even in the food.” There was a complaint of over crowdedness (a lot of “wa-zawiz”). “They should have a lim-it to the number of people who can come per day,” said Tamoureh.

For photos covering the several di-versified events of Outdoors, see page 12!

Outdoors outshines itself, revives old Beirut

7MAy 24, 2011OUTlOOk CAMPUs newsSubstance use amongst AUB students

Is social and digital media changing politics and revolutionizing media education?

In May 2010, 573 AUB students participated in a study investigating

the types of substance abuse that are common among both graduates and undergradu-ates. In addition to alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, hero-in and ecstasy, the AUB De-partment of Epidemiology and Population Health con-ducted the first study on the use of prescription drugs. Prescription drugs are med-ication that are specifical-ly advised and allowed by a doctor. According to Dr. Lil-ian Ghandour, the princi-pal investigator of the study, prescription drugs fall under four categories: i) stimulant (e.g. A.D.D. pills), ii) anxi-ety, iii) sleeping, and iv) pain medication. Among these, the most widely used by AUB students are pain medica-tion. However, it is important to realize that there is a differ-

Social media such as Fa-cebook, Twitter, and blogs is becoming in-

creasingly important in the shaping of politics. Can it automatically be assumed, then, that social media is re-sponsible for the revolutions in the Arab states? “Media has broken the spi-ral of silence,” said Jad Melki, assistant professor in the So-cial and Behavioral Sciences department, in a Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Bei-rut (WAAAUB) panel discus-sion entitled “Social and dig-ital media, changing politics, revolutionizing media educa-

ence between medical and non-medical use of prescrip-tion drugs. Using these drugs medically means using them because they were prescribed to you by a doctor. Non-med-ical use refers to using med-ication prescribed for some-one else, using medication to get high, or even using what was prescribed for you, but longer than the doctor ad-vised. The majority of surveyed AUB students (20% of the whole student body) use the substances for medical pur-poses. So for the most part, the medication is taken for the intended reasons, and likely has the intended ef-fect. What is dangerous about non-medical usage is the pos-sibility of harm. Because the students – and individuals in general – don’t usually know their physical condition well, or are aware of how the drugs may react with other medi-cation, the drugs could have damaging effects. Addiction is also a risk, and could result

tion,” held on Tuesday, May 3.The panel invited discus-sions among media profes-sionals, Nadine Al Ali, Alia Ibrahim, Ali M. Jaber, and chairperson of, and professor at, the Social and Behavioral Sciences department, Nabil Dajani. “The social media is the main source of information for journalists,” said Ibra-him. She added that these tools allow for a revolution to happen, claiming that the thousands of blogs available on the internet helped her as a reporter. Al Ali, also a reporter, agreed with Ibrahim and added that local news can easily be transformed global-ly and hence attracts interna-

in withdrawal symptoms. So if the substances are not prescribed to some students, where do they get them from? Parents are the primary source of sleeping, anxiety, and pain medication. Other frequent providers of medi-cation are health profession-als (doctors, pharmacists) and fellow students. Diversion is the act of ob-taining medication from an-other source, such as when a student borrows Ritalin from a friend, although it was not prescribed for that student. Dr. Ghandour states that this is a common practice in Lebanon. Causes could be the over-prescription of drugs (how many times do you leave a doctor’s appointment with-out a laundry list of medical products?). Another more so-cial reason could be the ten-dency to resolve physical and mental shortcomings or dis-comfort with pills instead of other methods, such as rest. The final area of exploration

tional news media. She used Cairo activists as an example in that they scheduled their revolutions on social media sites, mainly Facebook and Twitter. However, both Ali and Da-jani agreed not to overesti-mate the influence of social media. “We should not give full credit to social media, but realize that it is so impor-tant,” said Al Ali.Dajani added: “Let’s not give social media more impor-tance than what it is. It is necessary but not sufficient.” According to Dajani, folk me-dia is more important when it comes to political change. He argued that the upris-ings took place after prayers at the Mosques, which meant

in Dr. Ghandour’s study is the perception of availability: To what extent to AUB stu-dents feel that prescription drugs are accessible or easy to acquire? 63% of the re-spondents said that felt pain medication would be fairly simple to get hold of, whereas only 33% thought they could access stimulants. Regarding the most popular over-the-counter (or ‘over-the-bar’) material, alcohol, 56% of students answered yes to having had some in the past year. 13% confirmed they had consumed marijua-na. Although the findings of the study are insightful, the study was actually a pilot re-view funded by the AUB Seed Grant. Hopefully, a larger grant will be green-lighted to allow greater data collection and analysis. Another reason data col-lection was relatively limit-ed was the lack of professor cooperation. May is a diffi-cult month to conduct studies

that face-to-face interaction was essentially what trig-gered the revolutions. He em-phasized that people need to be in the streets to interact in order to bring about change. “The ‘Facebook revolution’ is not real,” said Dajani. “The convergence of real media, folk media and social media is real.” Rami Khouri, director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and Inter-national Affairs (IFI), added that ‘new journalism’ today has “changed technology, but not so much the impact.” He added that there are few gov-ernments that have changed their policies mainly because of the evolution of media. Jaber disagreed on the im-

in AUB because of final ex-ams, ICEs and the shortage of time at end of the semes-ter, so only a third of the pro-fessors accepted to have their students participate in the study. Nevertheless, the stu-dent participation only re-quired a small portion of class time, in the form of an anony-mous, confidential question-naire, and very few students chose not to respond to the questionnaire – the difficulty was accessing the students, which depended on profes-sors’ permission. It is hoped that the subsequent, larg-er-scale study will engender more faculty support. Overall, the study provid-ed valuable data about sub-stance use to understand the social and medical factors that contribute to particu-lar substance popularity and self-medication, to create a healthier AUB and national population.

portance of social media to determine the political situa-tion by emphasizing that the elite fund television in the Middle East. “The top 25 stations watched in the Middle East are deter-mined by who has the most money,” said Jaber. Melki stressed that social media contributes to the opin-ion of the masses and that so-cial media is decentralized as opposed to traditional mass media, which is controlled by institutions. “Social media does not al-ways provide trustworthy internet sites,” said Melki in reference to sites such as Wikepedia. “Don’t underestimate social media,” added Dajani.

Yasmine SaabStaff Writer

Nour Jane Kachicho Staff Writer

8 MAy 24, 2011 OUTlOOk CAMPUs newsThe AUB Writing Center:

A dynamic space for writing and learning

There are two cate-gories of AUBites: those who are well

informed about the Writ-ing Center and those who are not. For over six years, the AUB Writing Center has been offering AUBites from different majors free-of-charge assistance in their writing assignments at West Hall’s Room 336. As the center’s location has not changed throughout the pe-riod, many students have become acquainted with the Writing Center, its ser-vices and its incessant en-hancement, expansion and growth. “I would call [the Writ-ing Center] an overall suc-cess, both for tutors and writers. The center started small and kept on growing. It is the writers, especial-ly students, who make it a success. Since visits to the Writing Center are almost always voluntary, people only come if the visit is of-fering them a good experi-ence with their writing and learning,” said Professor Amy Zenger, the director of the Writing Center. Starting out with a va-cant room and a number of graduate assistants from the English Department, Zenger laid out the corner-stone for the AUB writing Center back in Fall 2004-2005. In later years, the center was very capably di-rected by Professor Rula Diab (2007-2008) and In-structor Natalie Honein (2008-2010). “At first, the concept of a writing center was not fa-miliar to people, so we were not busy at all, and we spent lots of our time promoting our work though posters, visits to classrooms, and so on,” Zenger said. Eventually, West Hall’s Room 336 became busier as students from different ma-jors and educational back-grounds began showing up for their 50-minute one-on-one tutoring sessions.

ly positive experience for me to develop as a tutor. I enjoyed working one-on-one with students because you get instant feedback and build a friendly rela-tionship during that short time.” Zenger also explained that the Writing Center has been engaging a num-ber of English Instructors as tutors. “This is a good thing, in my view, because it allows the Instructors to know what happens in the Writing Center and to un-derstand the collaborative work that their students engage in,” she said. As a result of the constant increase in the number of students visiting the center over the years, a number of people including Associate Provost Nesreen Ghaddar, Associate Professor Lina Choueiri, and Zenger her-self conceived a number of plans to enhance the AUB Writing Center. Apart from acquiring new computers and additional resourc-es, Ghaddar, Choueiri, and Zenger will also be initiat-ing a new writing space in Ada Dodge Hall. The new Writing Center, expected to open during summer, will operate in conjunction with the West Hall center. It is located on the second floor of the Ada Dodge Hall, be-hind the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Stud-ies (CAMES) and Faculty Lounge. “The [new] space is larger, with high ceilings and plen-ty of light. It shares the beautiful traditional archi-tectural style of other Ada Dodge rooms. . . . I am es-pecially happy that the new Writing Center includes a room for the Director to use as an office. . . . Apart from these important differenc-es, the space will be similar [to the West Hall Writing Center]. In fact, we plan to keep using the same room in West Hall that we have always used, in order to ac-commodate the number of tutoring sessions per hour that we need,” Zenger said. Offering students free

In the year 2004-2005, 651 hours of individual writing support were offered to 130 writers. Four years later, in 2008-2009, 1,340 hours of individual writing sup-port offered to 750 writers. Thus, within a period of four years, the numbers of students visiting the center had quintupled. Describing the different services the Writing Center has provided throughout the years, Zenger added: “We also have been engag-ing with groups to offer workshops on specific writ-ing projects; given short in-class presentations; and col-laborated with the library information specialists to help researchers. Begin-ning this year, the writing center will also be meeting with members of the facul-ty who are interested in re-vising their syllabi to re-flect writing assignments in their courses.” At the Writing Center, students are assisted by tu-tors who mainly consist of Graduate Assistants from the English Department. These tutors partake in regular writing workshops. “I am a very strong ad-vocate of having a writing center primarily staffed by students. . . . Centers are collaborative spaces, not hierarchical. Productive, collaborative discussions around writing can certain-ly happen (and should hap-pen) among students. I think students often know more than they are given credit for knowing, when it comes to writing. The cen-ter is designed for learning, and the tutors themselves often learn more than any-one!” Zenger said. Nabila Ataya, a current tutor, described her experi-ence at the Writing Center: “[Tutoring at the Writing Center] gives you insight on your own writing be-cause it teaches you how to look at writing from a dif-ferent perspective.” A former Writing Cen-ter tutor, Reem Hazimah shared Nabila’s perspec-tive: “[It] was an extreme-

one-on-one tutoring ses-sions, the AUB Writing Center was financed by the Faculty of Arts and Scienc-es (FAS) during its first six years (2004-2010). Howev-er, starting this year, it is being funded by a three-year grant awarded to the Office of the Provost by the Andrew F. Mellon Founda-tion. For many students, the Writing Center has be-come an essential part of their college experience. “[Students] who have never been there underestimate to what extent it can help them out. Most of those who have been there keep coming back which is proof

that something is working out for them,” Ataya said. Zenger further elucidated a misconception concern-ing writing centers: “While they are generally seen as places where people go only when they are struggling or have serious problems writ-ing, writing centers in fact are just places where peo-ple write together—strong writers are always welcome as well.” She added: “The more AU-Bites think about and prac-tice writing, the more like-ly it will be that AUB is a place where good writing happens.”

Maya SfeirNew Executive

(Photo by Maya Sfeir)

9MAy 24, 2011OUTlOOk ArTs & CUlTUre“Along the White Line”

A journey of faithfulness and departure

Psychology NGO day

A bird in a cage, a woman kissing frogs, two monkeys fighting in the sand, a Phoe-nician princess, a blue man and watermelons painted in white. These seeming-ly random and unconnect-ed elements were all part of the performance that took place on the AUB-beach, on Friday, May 20. Directed by German art-ist and choreographer Cor-nelia Krafft, more than 30 AUB students took part in this show that started be-fore sunset and concluded at sunset. Based upon the ancient Greek mythology of Zeus’ abduction of Europa, the story combined an old Greek fable with Arab wis-dom. The journey started on the

With the approach-ing summer sea-son, many stu-

dents at AUB are starting to look for an interesting and productive activity to take part of during these three months of leisure. While some students already reg-istered themselves in sum-mer courses, others are in-terested in internships or part time jobs. A non-negli-gible part of AUB students are looking for some volun-teering experience, in order to help the civil society and enhance their CV. On Tuesday May 17, the newly formed Psychology Student Society organized an NGO presentation day for students. Around 20 speakers coming from dif-ferent associations around Lebanon gave a brief pre-sentation about the mission statement of their NGO and the work they do. The Autism Society, Kafa, Fa-nar Juvenile Delinquents Association, Toufoula, Kh-iam and the Migrant Work-

key-like figures. When hu-man masks were placed on them, the fighting stopped. The following scene con-sisted of a tall black char-acter, shouting in Arabic “I assure democracy.” Next to him, a veiled girl entire-ly covered in black was re-moving layer after layer of black clothing, to finally appear in white attire. The performances were very abstract, leaving the art of finding meaning to the audience’s imagina-tion. For instance, the wom-an sitting on the shore who was piling cubes that kept falling could be interpreted as a cross-reference to the myth of Sisyphus. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king condemned to repeat-edly roll a gigantic rock to the top of a hill, only to see

I’m really thankful for the Psychology Student So-ciety to put us in contact with so many different as-sociations. I never realized that there are actually this many NGOs helping out in Lebanon.” The Psychology Student Society, formed in the be-ginning of the present se-

stairs leading to the beach tunnel. A man covered in white paint appeared, ask-ing the audience to keep their phones shut. After crossing the CHSC tunnel, whose floor was covered in bubble-wrap, the spec-tators attained the beach, where a combination of mythic characters was dis-persed on either side of a white line. The spectators were an integral part of the show; as they walked along the white line, the characters came to life and the drama slowly unfolded. The first figure to appear was a white statue graceful-ly standing on a pedestal, as if welcoming the audi-ence. On the next “island,” the audience witnessed a martial arts fight in a pool of mud between two mon-

ers Association were among the NGOs present. The purpose of this event was to introduce psychol-ogy students to the work done by psychology related NGOs in order to help them choose which NGO they would like to volunteer in in summer and facilitate the recruitment process. The vice president of the Psychology Student Soci-ety, Serge Gabriel Geara, says: “It was a very suc-cessful event. The stu-dents were very interest-ed and they showed their real readiness to make a change in the communi-ty. Even though it was very hard to work alone with the CCECS, the outcome turned out to be great. The major setback however was the tardiness of some NGOs to reply, leading to last-minute itinerary changes and hiatuses.” Around 50 students from the psychology depart-ment attended this event, making it a success. Lara Boustani, a psychology ju-nior, says: “It was a great event, very informative.

it rolling back down. A wolf-like creature first appeared fighting and cursing. He was later seen peacefully blowing bubbles, his head resting on a wom-an’s lap. According to Maria Ashkar, Studio Arts junior, “this transition from ani-mal to man reminded me of The Epic of Gilgamesh. En-kidu, one of the characters is a man-beast, living in the forest with animals. Only after discovering the ten-derness of a woman does he become a real man.” The theme of faithfulness appeared in the final scene, where a bull and a Phoeni-cian princess sat together on the shore, staring at the sea, reunited forever in the island of paradise.The performance was ac-companied by a lament sung by the AUB Choral So-

mester, turned out to be an extremely productive soci-ety. From dinners to mov-ie nights, a wide array of activities was proposed to students. The NGO presen-tation day marks the end of a semester worth of hard work. Since all the current cabinet members are grad-uating, elections are being

ciety, conducted by Thomas Kim. The singers were in black, wearing silver hats reflecting the sun.After the performance end-ed, audience members and actors mingled around cup-cakes and drinks. The pub-lic was generally enchant-ed with the presentation. Ramz Sahuri, a Sociology Junior, thought the perfor-mance was “very abstract and required a lot of imag-ination to understand. The scenery was beautiful, with the sunset and the sea.” For those who missed the performance, a documenta-ry about “Along the White Line” accompanied by per-formed fragments of the ac-tual seashore event will be screened on June 20 at The-atre Tournesol in Tayy-ouneh.

organized in Jesup Hall to choose the future board. El-ena Andriotis, Serge Geara, Noura Khayat, Safa She-hab and Laudi Aridi will leave very big shoes to fill.

Christine SalibaStaff Writer

Christine SalibaStaff Writer

(Photo by Christine Saliba)

10 MAy 24, 2011 OUTlOOk AlUMnI newsAUB Worldwide Alumni Association Kick off 2011 elections

AUB Alumni to celebrate their class reunion at AUB this July

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Message from Director of Alumni Relations Arabia M. Ali Osseiran

A five -member WAAAUB Nominating Committee of AUB alumni who have been elected by the WAAAUB Board of Directors are in the process of final-izing the slate of candidates for the WAAAUB Council. According to WAAAUB bylaws, AUB alumni will be electing Council members from various regions (MENA, Europe, Lebanon, North America, and Rest of the world) to represent AUB alumni worldwide. As with prior WAAAUB elections, the 2011 elections will be conducted on a worldwide basis and will be managed by an independent third party elec-tions company. The objective remains consistent: to ensure that WAAAUB continues to represent and act on behalf of all AUB alumni.

2011 WAAAUB Elections highlights:

1. Alumni must nominate and elect one (1) alumnus/alumna to the AUB Board of Trustees.2. Alumni must elect 57 new members to the WAAAUB Alumni Council to fill the positions of members whose terms expire on September 30, 2011.3. Nominations started on April 5, 2011 and ended on April 25, 2011.4. The Nominations Committee and the WAAAUB Board will finalize the slates for elections on May 25th5. Elections will be held between May 31st and June 20th, 2011. Results for the Council elections will be announced on July 1, 2011.6. The terms of office of WAAAUB officers once elected is for 2 years7. WAAAUB elections will be conducted only electronically (no paper ballots)

For more information on WAAAUB elections and bylaws visit their website at http://www.waaaub.org

Nagib Batlouni (BA ’81) is senior manager at Credit Libanais SAL in Beirut and the head of the Central Op-erations Department. He is also treasurer of Saint Elias Church in Rabieh. He is married to Mona Suidan (BBA ’81); their children Salim and Karim are both AUB students. [nbatlouni@cl.com.lb] Mohamad H. Yamani (MD ’81) is a fellow of the American College of Cardi-ology and American Heart Association. He isthe director of the Heart Failure Clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Flor-ida. Yamani is married to Bonnie Maynard; they have two children, Maddie and Tarek. He writes: “AUB has

Dear Class 2011,

Congratulations on your gradu-ation!

AUB, the USFC and the world-wide alumni association of AUB (WAAAUB), are ready to help you make the transition from

filled my life with special memories of affection and friendship.”[Yamani.Mohamad@mayo. edu] Massara Kabbani (BBA ’86) is the head of the Bank of Beirut office in Abu Dha-bi. She is married to Wehbe Said and they have two chil-dren, one of whom entered AUB in fall 2010. [massara-kabbani@hotmail.com]

Fatima Karaki (BS ’06) received her medical de-gree from the University of Michigan in May 2010.She is currently doing her internal medicine residen-cy at Washington Univer-sity in St. Louis. [fkaraki@dom.wustl.edu]

students to proud alumni of AUB. We are holding the Class Ring Ceremony for you and pro-viding you with card-carrying proof of your new status as alum-ni.For the first time this year, all graduating students (class 2011) will receive their AUB alumni

ID card for free. This card will allow you access back to campus as well as other benefits such as discounted membership in the Hostler Center and AUB Librar-ies after you’ve graduated. As well, you are cordially in-vited to join your fellow class-mates for the Class Ring Cere-mony 2011 taking place on June 23, 2011 at 7.00 p.m. at the AUB Green Field. To get your AUB alumni ID, and to register for the Ring Cer-emony please complete the on-line registration form available at: https://survey.aub.edu.lb/in-dex.php?sid=99171&lang=en prior to June 8 (deadline for reg-istration). You will need to come by the

Alumni Relations Office (be-tween June 13th – June 20th), College Hall, 3rd floor to get fit-ted for your ring, pay for your ring (USD$10), and to pick up your Alumni ID card (for free). Your Class Ring will become the symbol of all the values and principles your education at AUB has taught you. Last year’s inaugural ceremony was attend-ed by over 1500 students and was a great night for everyone. In addition to the ceremony this year, there will be a reception for the graduating class, family and friends. So make sure you RSVP before June 8th by completing the on-line registration form. Wherever your plans will take

you after you graduate, your Class Ring and Alumni ID card will remind you that AUB will always be here for you and the worldwide alumni association – WAAAUB – will provide a net-work that will help you maintain that connection. We look forward to seeing you at the Alumni Relations Office and at the Class Ring Ceremony!

Sincerely,Arabia M. Ali Osseiran

Director of Alumni RelationsTel: +961 1 738009fax: +961 1 366445P.O.Box: 11-0236Beirut- Lebanon

WAAAUB Office

11MAy 24, 2011OUTlOOk OUT lOUd11

1) Fouad Badaoui (Biology, Pre-med, 3rd year):Well, first try to get a bartending job in Hamra. Then a hitchhik-ing trip in Europe, then one in Mexico.2) Michel Al Haddad, (Mechanical Engineering 4th year):QC consultant at Murex in July!3) Ziad Dallal, (English Literature, 3rd year):MA in English Literature in AUB while keeping my options open.4) Ziad El-Bizri (Civil Engineering, 4th year):Construction Management in USA, Columbia.6) (Left) Tala Kardas (Environmental Health 3rd year):Masters degree in Health Care Management in Netherlands5) Luna Geagea (Biology, Pre-med, 3rd year):Med school in the Caribbean Island!6) (Right) Joseph Saba (Computer Science, 3rd year):Now I’m just going to enjoy a vacation. Then I’ll start applying for jobs.7) (Center) Mohammad Joud Charafeddine (Business Graduate):Masters in France, in Grenoble Grad School of Business more precisely. It will concern innovation strategy entrepreneurship. Then I’d like to get into political domains in Lebanon, as a sort of PR. I have actually already started a freelance PR work.

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13MAy 24, 2011OUTlOOk sPOrTsUniforms, crowded gym, and tight sports budget:

University Sports Department comments

As part of its quest for transparency as well as for the best possible re-

lationship with the AUB com-munity, in general, and with its athletes, in particular, the Uni-versity Sports Department had much to say in response to recent complaints regarding various is-sues. Accordingly, a meeting took place with Director of Athlet-ics and Recreation Sports Ghal-ib Halimi to discuss many of the student athletes’ concerns as well as those of the general AUB com-munity. Starting off by noting “respect for the opinions of AUB students in general and student athletes in particular,” Halimi explained that the students had every right to object and that he “completely agreed” with many of the points made. Nevertheless, Halimi stat-ed that many of claims made against the Sports Department were both unjust as well as un-founded. With regard to the latest trip

The AUB varsity men and women’s volleyball teams, men’s basketball team,

men and women’s swimming teams, men and women’s ping pong teams and men’s handball team represented AUB at the an-nual international sports festival organized by the Bogazici Uni-versity in Istanbul Turkey. The tournament took place from May 12, 2011 until May 15, 2011 at the Bogazici university campus. Although there were other sport disciplines such as tennis men and women, basketball women, rowing for men and many more, AUB did not participate in these disciplines. Other participants included athletes and teams from universities in Russia, Swit-zerland, Slovenia, Spain, Po-land, Slovakia, Serbia, Lebanon (other than AUB), Greece, USA, and others. The women’s volley-ball team played against teams from Turkey and Bulgaria, un-fortunately they got eliminat-ed from the early rounds. Reem

to Turkey, and the many com-plaints received from student athletes travelling to repre-sent AUB, Halimi had two main points to clarify. The first, which related to the main complaint by the students, was that the utter lack of organization the students felt during this last trip was not the AUB Sports Department’s fault. Indeed, Halimi showed 23 emails that were sent to the or-ganizers of the Sports festival re-questing accurate information about the festival. As for the sec-ond concern regarding this trip, that of the ticket prices, Hali-mi explained that the fluctua-tion in ticket prices was due to an aggregation of factors out of the Sports Department’s hands and that they had strived to present the students with the best prices available. As a matter of fact, Hal-imi acknowledged that both he and the coaches do not claim the money that they are entitled to as part of the travelling team; in-stead that money is “placed in the budget of the students.” With regard to AUB athletic uniforms, there were two main

Abi-Ali, setter of the AUB varsi-ty women’s volleyball team says, “The games we played were very difficult. We gave it our best but it was clear that the teams we com-peted against were far more ex-perienced and therefore stron-ger than us. Although we lost, we were very happy to have played against challenging teams be-cause it allowed us to improve and learn from them. They were far stronger than the teams we are used to playing against here in Lebanon. But overall, it was a great experience.” The girls also played in the outdoor volleyball but also did not make it for it was their first time playing outdoor, where the teams consists of only three members and not the usual six. The volleyball men also had both outdoor and indoor volley-ball. They made though the first rounds of the outdoor matches but did not do so in the indoor match-es. They also faced challenging and more experienced teams but were happy to have participat-ed in the tournament. The ping pong team also faced challenging players but the women’s third place went for AUB. The hand-

points to make. The first was that, knowing that the Sports Department functions under an itemized budget that is sufficient for some items but not for all, the budget allocated for uniforms is not enough. Under such a budget, only one uniform can be provided for each athlete. As to complaints concerning the uniformity of sports outfits, a uniformity which many athletes complained about since different sports require different uniforms, Halimi ex-plained that president Dorman had asked, at the beginning of this year, for the unification of the uniforms. Time constraints pre-vented the sports department from providing each team with uniform costumes made for the sport in question. This issue will be addressed next year. On a different level, Halimi shared with Outlook future plans to better serve the AUB commu-nity. Regarding the weight-lift-ing area that is obviously far too small, Halimi revealed that plans are being studied to expand the area. One of the options is to “go back and take three of the four

ball team made it through all the rounds and faced a very though team in the semi-finals, unfortu-nately, they lost and had to face a Turkish team for the 3rd and 4th place. After a tough match, the men’s handball team carried to back to AUB the 3rd place prize. The men’s basketball team faced a challenging adventure. Com-ing with only seven players, one of which was injured, and most of which are not the usual starting players, this team faced the most challenging teams in the tourna-

breakout rooms behind it.” In ad-dition, Halimi stated that an “ef-fort to update machines” is taking place and that three life fitness treadmills with the latest tech-nology, a shoulder press and a few benches are to be added to the fitness area, “hopefully by the end of June.” As for the fact that students cannot use the gym be-tween 5 and 7 pm, Halimi had much to say. After noting that students are given the gym for 100 hours per week while mem-bers are given 10 hours per week, Halimi explained that students can remain after their classes and study or simply hang around un-til it is after 7 pm. Faculty, on the other hand, having much bigger responsibilities and being people who generally live far from AUB, do not have that luxury. In a relat-ed context, Halimi also revealed that two pool tables are to be add-ed to the CHSC’s internet café to broaden the scope of the activities the center provides. Finally, Halimi stated that he joins his voice to that of the ath-letes because the AUB communi-ty is “not responsive, they do not

ment and with great teamwork, made it to the semi-finals. After a tough match against the French team, who turned out to be the winners of the tournament, the AUB team only lost to them by a three point of difference. As for swimming, the AUB team mem-bers faced very difficult condi-tions. Having their races in an outdoor environment, one they were not used to since the AUB pool is indoor; they had to face the cold weather and the cold water. Due to weather conditions their

show up and support the teams.” Nevertheless, the department will continue to do all it can to take care of the athletes and advertise events as well as AUB’s sports image, in the best way possible. Indeed, Halimi revealed that next year not all the teams will be travelling and that only the two or three best teams according to the results achieved during the fall semester will be travelling to represent AUB. This number is extremely small if compared to the fact that 124 students trav-elled this year, which Halimi called a “huge number compared to the small budget.” This is be-cause the limited budget means that if the trips are to be fully cov-ered a much smaller number of students can be chosen. All in all, the department seems to be aware of CHSC’s flaws and seems to be diligently working to mend them. All what remains is more responsiveness from the AUB community that could, per-haps, be achieved by establishing an AUB mascot and better adver-tisement of sports events.

races were postponed. Although not being used to very low water temperature, the members were able to win bronze, silver and gold medals being the top team. All athletes greatly enjoyed this festival. They had the opportuni-ty to meet athletes from all over the world. Moreover, they were lucky to experience the city of Is-tanbul and its touristic attrac-tions. Congratulating the AUB athletes for their effort and par-ticipation.

AUB athletes head to Istanbul for the Bogazici University Sports Festival

Ali KassemStaff Writer

Tracy DarianeStaff Writer

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Water and balls will be supplied by the University Sports department and trophies and medals will be distributed to winners on June 01, 2011

Schedule of the AUB tennis tournament

Match No. Players Date Time Lccation (Nadim Khalaf ‘s Tennis Court No.)M1 J. Schwartz X N. Ghanem Wednesday May 25 6:00 p.m. Court 1

M2 S. Wehbeh X A. termos Wednesday May 25 6:00 p.m. Court 2

M3 Winner of M1 x A. Sabri Friday May 27 7:00 p.m. Court 1

M4 T. Nezameddin X R. Sadaka Friday May 27 7:00 p.m. Court 2

M5 F. Geara X R. Hassan Friday May 27 7:00 p.m. Court 3

M6 Winner of M2 X F. Jamali Friday May 27 7:00 p.m. Court 4

M7 Winner M3 x Winner M4 Monday May 30 7:00 p.m. Court 1

M8 Winner M5 x Winner M6 Monday May 30 7:00 p.m. Court 2

M9 Winner M7 x Winner M8 Wednesday June 01 7:00 p.m. Court 1

AUB Basketball Men’s Team ScoreboardRank Team Play Wins Losses Points

1 Lebanese American University (LAU) Captains Wednesday May 25

10 2 22

2 American Unviersity of Beriut Friday May 27

7 5 19

3 University of Balamand (UOB) Friday May 27

7 5 19

4 l'Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ) Friday May 27

6 6 18

5 Université Saint-Esprit De Kaslik (USEK) Friday May 27

6 6 18

6 Lebanese American University (LAU) Sailors Monday May 30

3 9 15

7 Haigazian University (HU) Monday May 30

3 9 15

‘AUB 110th Field Day’

AUB Basketball Men’s Team Semifinals

Annual football game

The University Sports department cordially invites you to

AUB’s “110th Field Day” at the Green Field’s Track this Fri-

day May 27 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Those interested in

participating should send e-mail to chsc@aub.edu.lb

Semifinal 1: LAU Captains vs. USJ

Game 1: Thursday, May 26, in Kahraba at 9:00 p.m.

Game 2: Saturday, May 28, in ESIB at 12:30 p.m.

Game 3: Tuesday, May 31, in Kahraba at 9:00 p.m. (If neces-

sary)

Semifianl 2: AUB vs. UOB

Game 1: Wednesday, May 25, in AUB at 6:30 p.m.

Game 2: Either Friday, May 27, or Saturday, May 28 court

(TBA)

Game 3: Monday, May 30, in AUB at 6:30 p.m. (If necessary

The University Sports department cordially invites you to attend

the annual football game that will be held at the Greenfield this

Tuesday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m. The FAS & OSB teams will face the

FEA, FAFS and Med team. Come and cheer your faculty team.Photos from the Annual International Sports Festival organized by the

Bogazici University in Istanbul Turkey (Photos by Tracy Dariane)

15MAy 24, 2011OUTlOOk VIewPOInT

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OpinionOpinionChewing gum at Jafet

Library:A sticky situation

A tribute to an amazing team

Yours is a typical Mon-day morning. On your way to Jafet’s Reserve Reading Room, you pick up two copies of Outlook’s most recent is-sue, as you have been doing past year at AUB. Seated in the comfortable blue couch, you skim through the issue,

spotting articles that might interest you. Forty minutes later, anxious to check your Facebook account, you leave the newspaper in your back-pack and take out your lap-top. At some other part of cam-pus, in between a class and a test, a biology premed is hur-riedly climbing the stairs connecting the upper and lower campus. An Outlook staff writer, he is struggling to arrive to Bathish on time to cover the conference on change in the Middle East. He can barely think of the paper and test due the next day, even less of the article he must submit by Thursday midnight and the copyedit-ing he will have to do Friday afternoon. Yes, your Outlook news-paper on a typical Monday morning is the culmination

of much running against the clock, regular Monday meet-ings and frequent email checking. Yet, the newspaper has never failed your Tues-day mornings, all thanks to amazing team of staff writ-ers, designers, photogra-phers, board members, and an incredible editor-in-chief. A tribute to Rami, Tim-my, Heather, Tala, Moham-mad--all of them--, Maryam, Caterina, John, Salim, Ali, Anis, Caterina, Fouad, and everyone else! You have made many AU-Bites’ days. You have raised students’ voices. You have given much of your time, en-ergy and self. And for those who are grad-uating this year, may you all have brilliant futures! Out-look will miss you but never forget you.

Maya Sfeir News Executive

As you enter AUB’s MainGate off the side of Bliss Street and walk down the staircase leading to the court yard you notice black spots on the steps and the court yard surface leading to the arched entrance of College Hall. Moreover, as you go down the steps towards Jafet Library crossing the court yard just facing it, you also see black spots scattered all over that area and gets one wondering just what the origin of these black spots is. These black spots are nothing but the remains of chewing gum left mainly by AUB students. Let us examine the ori-gin of these spots, shall we? The color of the chewing gum is white to beige color, but turns black when exposed to sun-light and oxygen in the atmosphere. I once saw one of the janitors trying to wash these spots out with water and I told him that the water from the Nile Riv-er could not help him dissolve it. The only liquid that will dis-solve it is Acetone, a keytone with the chemical formula is (CH3)2CO. Normally I frequent Jafet Library everyday were I sit there for three hours reading newspapers, periodicals, and maga-zines. About a month ago, I commuted to AUB to read some of these newspapers and magazines. Finally, after three hours of reading, I stood up to head home and to my surprise, the chair I was sitting on suddenly stood up with me, clinging to my pants. I pulled out and behold right there and then, a big bulky chewing gum shared between the chair and my pants. I took the chair, showed it to the Library attendant and hur-ried to the dry cleaner immediately. I am not asking that AUB students stop chewing gum, how-ever, I would kindly request that they wrap it in tissue pa-per and throw it in the rubbish bin instead of haphazardly getting rid of it in anywhere and especially in public areas as there are already hundreds of gum pieces scattered all over AUB campus. Lately, I’ve contributed in producing an article on vandal-ism at AUB and have written another article documenting the unconventional way by which some students tend to sit on benches distributed all about AUB’s campus that may fa-cilitate the spread of the hydatid cyst disease which attacks the human liver. I’ve partaken in producing the aforemen-tioned articles for the sake of keeping our campus healthy and clean as the two big signs on both sides of AUB’s Main-Gate entrance remind us to do. Yours faithfully,Emile K. WehbeFormer Chief Chemist at the Chemistry Department Labo-ratories

Emile Wehbe

Anis KadadoStaff writer

Entering AUB, the day that I would come to graduate seemed so

far away and completing my 90 credits of Biology courses seemed surreal. But here I am, here we are; graduating in less than 1 month, carrying with us an ocean of memories and good times. Graduating from school seemed like the toughest thing, leaving back years and years of great memories and forming bonds with friends expected to last a life time. And what are 3

The end of an erayears of university in compari-son to 12 years of school? Surprisingly, the three years spent at university really have left a great impact on me. Nev-er did I think that ending my years as an undergraduate would be so hard; but on the contrary, I always thought of the satisfaction that I would have, knowing that I won’t have to make my way down those Chemistry stairs or lose my breath climbing them back up. It is true that at universi-ty no one course is like the oth-

er, and no two classes have the same exact people. But this is exactly what got us through these three years so quick-ly; our potential peers, friends and acquaintances that were right there with us, experienc-ing and living the same chang-es everyone was feeling.

Leaving the walls of AUB, here we are a group of determined and devoted students ready to encounter another new world, with many new faces. Enter-ing AUB, many memories have been made, and leaving AUB, many memories are held on to. Common memories such as Abou Naji’s morning coffees, the always hungry AUB cats, annual events such as Out-doors or SRC elections and the dreadful quizzes are experienc-es that definitely unite us all as AUBites. For those anticipat-

ing the day they come to grad-uate, just remember, these are the days worth living. What we passed through is really only a fraction of what’s left to come. We will carry the memories of this challenging journey with us for the rest of our lives.

Entering AUB, many memories have been made, and leaving AUB, many memories are

held on to. Common memories such as Abou Na-ji’s morning coffees, the always hungry AUB cats, annual events such as Outdoors or SRC elections and the dreadful quizzes are experi-ences that definitely unite us all as AUBites.

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اجلسد ينتصر اذا هكذا يكون أن يأبى الطلقة، على بالقضية آمن ضحية. كادت حتى تقدم و فتقدم امتشق به. تضيق أن األرض نقاء على ليؤكد احلجارة علم الفلسطينية. الذات يواجه أنه كبيرة، اخملاطر أن العنصرية و الفاشية العاري بصدره البحتة ينصاع أن رفض لكنه القوة. ملنطق الغاب، لقانون املنطق. قوة ملؤه تقدم فلسطيني تقدم،عربّي »البالد« نحو بامتياز، هو بدمه. مخضبا فعاد و الكرامة جرحى ككل صامد. صابر العنفوان،

التحدي. ملؤه شعبي، شباب ككل هو على يطل بطل مشروع مبتسما، يطل الوطن. جرح ال كي بدمائه اجلرح يروي نبقى كي نهادن. أو ننسى ان نكون ال أن عهدنا على ال أن فلسطني. تكن لم أّن التاريخ لنذكر اال نحيا وقت حان قد و دول، األيام

. لتنا و دطالب املصري، منيب األمريكية اجلامعة في صوب تقدم بيروت. في احلق، كلمة إلعالء فلسطني األحرار. دماء قدرة الثبات أن تعلمنا منيب، فمنك

عليه املسيح ولد فيها التي الّرسول عرج ومنها الّسالم، عليه الّصالة والّسالم، ستعود أرض ستعود عربّية. حّرة وتدّق األذان فيها يُرفع امليعاد، أن دون الكنائس أجراس فيها وقصف الّرصاص أزيز يتخّللها

املدافع والّدبابات.ممّيزة، أرضك فلسطني يا قيمتها أدرك شعبك ألّن مهما عنها الّتخلي فرفض ألّنها ممّيزة أرضك الّثمن. كان أرضك دماً. املاء بدل تُسقى وستبقى فلسطني يا مميزة

ممّيزة طول الّزمن.ممّيزون أبناؤك فلسطني، يا ممّيزون هم منيب. ومنهم عنك بعدهم ورغم ألّنهم ممّيزون هم أبداً. ينسوك لم ألّنهم يفعلون ما يقولون، هم وأنفسهم بدمائهم يضّحون ألّنهم ممّيزون هم ألجلك. فلسطني ألجل يعيشون هم فلسطني. ألجل وميوتون فلسطني أبناء ألّنهم ممّيزون

املمّيزة.فلسطني يا لك سنهتف يا ونقول: الّتحرير درب على إحنا تزعلي »ال فلسطني هالّثورات قلب من جينالك، اليهود لنهزم ترابك، لنطّهر لنصّلي رجالك، ونحّرر لنزرع وعيالك، إحنا باألقصى يا وجبالك، عسهولك الّزيتون جايني جايني، إحنا فلسطني

كرمالك.«

إلى فلسطني وابنها منيب

جامعتي... لن انساك!

إلى منيب، فتى فلسطني

رأي رأي

يا إليِك أكتبها رسالتي، هذه منيب، ابنك وإلى فلسطني، برؤيتك. عيونه كّحل الذي وآخر مغمضٌة، اآلن عيونه أكتب فلسطني. أرض رآه ما أن اهلل وأدعو الّرسالة هذه هذه ويقرأ منيب يستيقظ جواباً لي ليبعث الّرسالة،

نيابًة عن فلسطني.وستون ثالثة فلسطني يا املفاتيح فصدأت مضت، عاماً املعّلقة في الّرقاب، لكّن األمل زال ال األبواب تفتح أن في قائماً، بل وترّسخ اإلميان بأّن هذا نعم، قريباً. أصبح قد اليوم ألّن شباب اهلل، بإذن قريب هو فلسطني. شباب هم الّثورة هذه همَّ حملوا شباب هم وقلوبهم فأصبحوا القضّية وألجل فلسطني ألجل تنبض حتريرها. هم شباب صرخوا في حترير يريد »الّشعب امليادين الّصدى فوصل فلسطني«، ويافا وحيفا والضفة غزة إلى بالّنصر. أهلها واستبشر الّشام أرض الّصدى، من وصل العرين، واليمن ومصر واحلجاز ومغرب الّرافدين جموع ومن الفتح املبني، وصل إلى القدس األمل. فيها وبّث فأحياها

القدس، إلى الّصدى وصل كما ستعود بأّنها فأيقنت كانت، ستعود األرض املقدسة

نحن، وها مضت سنوات ثالثة طرق. مفترق على جديد، من باألمس، خطوت خطواتي األولى بحماس دخلتها اجلامعة، نحو و شغف وعنفوان وها أنا أخطو إال أحمل وال األخيرة خطواتي خالل بنيت مبا وإعتزازاً فخراً الّسنوات التي مضت. ولن أقول هنا قضيتها التي الفترة أن كانت سهلة. بل لطاملا حملت ينتهي. ال وقلًقا وتعباً دموعاً ولكن في نهاية الطريق أمضي ميكن ال ذكريات إبطي حتت و ملرور الزمان أن ميحيها. و من منا Nicely »-سينسى قاعة الينتابنا الذي الشعور و »500حلظة دخول هذه القاعة الباردة. من منا سينسى ما يسمى بال »chemistry stairs «يرافقنا الذي الكابوس ذلك ،طيلة النهار. و من منا سينسى

»jafet« التي شاركتنا أصعب حلظات حياتنا قبيل كل إمتحان. نعم، هذا هو العام الدراسّي على وشك إطالق زفراته األخيرة، و ها امتعتنا إلى حزم نستعد نحن رافقتنا التي الذكريات كل مع في كل بقعة من حرم اجلامعة.

العام دفعة هي ها في لإلبحار تستعد ٢011مغامرة جديدة في بحر احلياة، اجملتمع من نخرج نحن وها مجتمع في لنندمج الصغير اجلامعة إسم حاملني أكبر التي اجلامعة تلك األميركية، اإلنتقال عملية في ساهمت في الكثير تعّلمت نعم، هذه. قضيتها التي الثالث السنوات مع التعايش فكرة من هنا؛ واملناطق الطوائف جميع في أحلم يوماً أكن لم التي فكرة إلى افرادها، مع التقارب التي الذات بناء و االستقاللية حترص اجلامعة على تعزيزها، إلى

الّصداقات التي اكتسبتها هنا إال ميكن ال كنزاً تشكل والتي أن أحمد ربي عليه. قّصتي هي ثوب سيرتدي تلميذ كّل قّصة حزيران، من ال-٢5 في التخرج صرختي هي صرخة كل طالب إلى متوجهاً اجلامعة سيغادر أفق حياة معتمة. ولكن، وخالل عبورنا ذلك النفق املظلم تبقى بيروت في األميركية اجلامعة

الشعلة التي تضيء دربنا أبداً!هي ها النهاية، في صفحة لتفتح تغلق صفحة الدراسي للعام ما و جديدة. مع ليشرق يعود أن إال اجلديد إنتهاء الصيف. و تعود املياه إلى مجاريها مع تغيير بسيط: لقد ليحل الطالب العديد من غاب لكن، و جدد، طالب مكانهم في معّلقة قلوبهم ستبقى اصواتهم ستبقى و زاوية كل لن جامعتي... صدى: تعكس

انساك!

و حدود ليست فلسطني فلسطني أن تعلمنا عسكر. هي احلق و العدل و املساواة، األوان آن قد انه تعلمنا لنصرخ جالدينا صوب للنظر

خائفني. نعد لم أن عّلمتنا منيب، أخي جباه على يتكسر اخلوف أنه علمتنا شعبنا. شباب عصرنا في ملتخاذل مكان ال الهزائم، زمن وّلى . هذانطقت و اجليوش سكتت شعوب العزة، شعوب

. د لضا امبقاومة اليوم، نحتفل للغدر منيب رفيقنا جسد بقدرته نحتفل الهوان. و الطلقة أن تذكيرنا على انفك ما اجلرح ان و تنسى و للتحدي ليعود يلتئم

. ح لكفا او باملئة اليوم نحتفل ما الذين جريحا، عشر اثنى الهوية، جذور يروون انفكوا

فلسطني تبقى لكي يبقى لكي و الكفاح

. شعبها نحتفل اليوم باألحد عشر ،الذين عريسأ أو شهيدا السماء صوب انطلقوا الوطن، ربوع فوق ليحلقوا اجلسد، أو باحلدود آبهني غير العرب. بهزائم آبهني غير صعدوا هنا من و كانوا، هنا . مبدأ فكرة، لنا ليعودوا عهد خيوط لنسج ليعودوا أسطوري تاريخ و جديد، مكافح بشعب اال يليق ال بشعب اال يليق ال مناضل.

ين. ر جلبا امنيب ساملا، لنا عد نكون. مبن لتذكرنا املصري، فقدناه. ما فينا لتحيي في الكامن السالح ليطل

حجارتنا. و صدورنا

، مبحبةمنيب أصدقاء

نورا أنور سوبرهمساهمة صحفية

ماري نخولكاتبة صحفية

رأي

18 اّيار 24, 2011 منوعات اوتلوككاتب من هذا الزمان: أمل الفران - فرح وحزن

احذرَن يا نساء: الّرجال مهددون باالنقراض

رسل البيادر

حظيت األخيرة، الفترة في كاتبات عن الصادرة الروايات

تشهد اجملتمعات اليوم زيادة في الّنسبة ولكن الوالدات معّدل االكبر من هذه الوالدات هي من في تراجع هناك أّن اي االناث

معّدل الوالدات عند الذكور.من فريق اعلن فقد هذا الى العلماء الفرنسيني عن إجرائهم عن زادت ملّدة موّسعة دراسة أن واستنتجوا أعوام، اخلمسة لالنقراض طريقهم في الرجال عقب اكتشافهم إن كروموزوم ٢00 من يختفى بدأ »Y«بالنسبة 1100 مقابل جني على يدل مما »X ْ« لكروموزوم وجود نقص في الذكور عن اإلناث جتاربهم العلماء فريق .وأجرى وجود فتبني الفئران ذكور على هرمون في شديد ضعف املسئول وهو »أوسيتوسني«، واألنثى الذكر بني اخملالطة عن

وتسهيل عملية الوالدة.نشرته الذي الّتقرير أشار كما العلمية اجملالت أشهر احدى الفرنسية الى ان انخفاض عدد الى الذكرية الكروموسومات ساللة باختفاء يهدد احلد هذا الذكور في اجملتمعات التي تثبت

فيها صحة هذه الدراسة . كما ان دراسة املانية صدرت اصبح الّرجل اّن اّكدت مؤّخرًا فصيلة مهددة باالنقراض، وانه يختفي الذي اليوم ياتي سوف بأن الدراسة وافادت فيه.

هول األّسمبلي قاعة ضّجت الّساعة عند اجّلمعة يوم عصراً والّنصف الّرابعة األميركية اجلامعة بطالب وأصدقائهم بيروت في حيث األدبّية والشخصّيات ما حلضور اجلميع احتشد خوري أنيس »برنامج نّظمه والنادي لآلداب املقدسي عنوان اجلنوبي« حتت الّثقافي للّشاعر البيادر« »رسل على احلائز منصور، مهدي برنامج في الّذهبّية امليدالّية متّيزه أثبت والذي املتمّيزون خالل من احلفل في املتقّدم ترافقه الرائعة قصائده الهادي على متارا عبد املبدعة عبارًة اجلّو كان حيث البيانو الرومنسّية من مزيٍج عن ببعض مرفقا واحلزن والثورة

الدعابات في شعر مهدي.احلفل افتتح اللبناني الوطني بالّنشيد أنيس لبرنامج كلمة يليه د. ألقاها لآلداب املقدسي النادي كلمة ثّم جّرار، ماهر واللجنة اجلنوبي الثقافي د. ألقاها لالحتفال املنّظمة افتتح ذلك، غندور. بعد علي الّشعرّية األمسية مهدي مع موسيقّي شعرّي بعرض أن بعد البيانو، على متارا واحلاضرات، باحلاضرين رّحب للطالب سالماً موّجها ودعاءه حتّياته املصري منيب دقيقة عبر العاجل بالشفاء

ال إعالمي بصيت سعوديات بقيت بينما مستواها يواكب لكاتبات الروايات من كثير الظّل في قديرات سعوديات مع اّن هذه الروايات متلك رؤية فّني واسلوب موضوعية املشومة » روحها ممّيز. رواية السعودية للكاتبة بها« الكثير حتمل الفران أمل اجلمالّية اإلقتراحات من البعيدة امللفتة واملوضوعّية واالنفعال التكّلف لغة عن جائزة على حصلت لذلك العربي لإلبداع الّشارقة كتابات عدة ولديها .٢004 ،« تلميذة يوميات :« أخرى: »وحدي في البيت«، » أسبوع طرب«، من »كائنات سالم«، « أهلها«، اجلاهل القرية «

اجلودي«. واستوت على في تقّدم أمل بشكل الّناس هموم رواياتها حتاكي عالية ولغة فنيٍّ لغة الناس. واالم أوجاع شرسة، ومفردات صارمة،

سببها الرجل انقراض اسباب دوره واختفاء لصّحته اهماله البيولوجي الطبيعي مع انتشار اضافة املنوية، احليوانات بنوك لبعض اخلطرة الطبيعة الى

اعمال الرجل. الدكتور براين سايكس رئيس البشرّية الّسالالت قسم : يقول اكسفورد بجامعة انقراض الرجل سيكون السباب اخرى اهّمها تآكل الكروموسوم Y مما يؤّدي الى تراجع اخلصوبة مما املئة في 1 بنسبة الذكرّية انقراض يعني وهذا االن عليه اجيال عدة الرجل خالل ساللة 1٢5 الى تصل مدة في مقبلة

الف سنة. كما اّن بعض االطباء وّجهوا اجل من الّرجال الى نصائح يلجأوا ان مثل البقاء حفظ الى العالج الوقائي حيث اثبتت االكثر هو الّرجل اّن الّدراسة على واقباال الوزن في زيادة وتعاطي اخلمر وشرب الّتدخني تضر امور وكلها اخملدرات هم الرجال ان كما ، بصحته اجادتهم لعدم انتحارًا االكثر

التعامل مع مشكالتهم .بعيد الزمني املدى ان رغم منا يستدعي ذلك ان اال جًدا التحرك إليجاد احللول ،فتخيلوا لو اصبح العالم من دون رجال. او ان النساء يطالبون بالسماح

للرجل بان يتزوج 40 امراة مثالً!

صمٍت من مهدي واحلضور.املقّدمات هذه بعد بباقة األمسية مهدي بدأ عن الّساحرة األشعار من مفتتحا مختلفة مواضيع بيروت عن بقصيدة إّياها اجلمعة قّداس بعنوان:« احملور كان حيث بيروت«، في وعبق واجلنوب ولبنان بيروت والكرامة والتحّرر االنتصار في والعّزة باإلباء والشعور قصائد«أنا في كما الوطن من أنا؟«، »رسل البيادر«. لم من الشعرية األمسية تخلو الرومنسّي الشعر من نفحة مالمح كانت حيث احلزين

تعّبر واحلاضرات احلاضرين بسحر انبهارها مدى عن املنبر، من املتدّفقة الكلمات املقطوعات بعض إلى إضافة »أم الـ احلب، عن الشعرّية عّبر وكما األب، أن«، أس اجملموعة هذه عن الكثيرون، التي القصائد، من الثانية الوطن مجموعة تلت كان أجملها بأّن وبيروت، احلجاب« »ذات عن قصيدة ذات يا الورد »أكم فقال خلف أميرة أراك احلجاب، انتقل مهدي الضباب«... ثّم األمسّية موضوع إلى مجّدداُ التحرير األولى، بالدرجة

مرمي« بقصيدة« والوطن، مرمي، كلمة معنى ربط حيث السالم، عليها مرمي والسّيدة واحلاجة طهرها واصفاً لبنان إلى منتقال إليها أمنا »يا فقال: ملرمي وحاجته التهجير إمنا طهرك نحتاج ثم أشجانا.«، أرضنا أوقد باقة القصيدة هذه تلت »أّيار عن املقطوعات من ٢006 متوز حرب واالنتصار«، رسالة »أمل«، بقصيدة العالم في املستكبرين إلى ب«رويدك«، والطواغيت اخلتام مسك وكان وباخلتام لبنان ربى عن بقصيدة

ولكّن لبنان«، ربى يا »تباهي عبارة ختامها في امللفت أكثر رددها التي »انتحار« كبعض متاما مّراٍت أربع من قباني، نزار الشاعر أشعار نوعا العبارة هذه أضفت إمنا وكان احلضور عند الثورة من

اخلتام. هنا هذه كانت موضوعّية، بكل األمسيات أجنح من األمسية ومضموناً، تنظيماً، الشعرية في دورٌ للشعر كان حيث وإبرازه التحرير معنى رسم العبرات، أسكبت حروٍف عبر القلوب في تركت وموسيقى

آثارها.

الصحراء ابنة تستخدمها حيث عليها تعودت ألّنها رمبا ورمبا قروية بيئة من أنها حقيقة تظهر أن تريد ألنها حتّب كالبدوّي فهي األلم. بالكلمات، واإليجاز اإلختصار أحد النها املماطلة وتكره آخر أن حتى الكذب أساليب عمل لها« كائنات من طرب« تكنيك فيك استعملت سردية مغامرة وهذه احملاورة ما كثير جنحت. لكنها التكنيكات أمل بال يشغل عمل كاتبة تعيد ألنها حتى التكنيك بسبب مرات ثالث مقتنعة تكون ان ما فهي بآخر تعجب حتى باحداه كتب. ما جميع وتنسف في الشخوص هي كثيرة يأخذه مأخذ وهذا رواياتها األداب دار حتى عليها القراء حّتى عمالها. آلخر الناشر يتوّقف القّراء بعض أّن فيها ملا الّرواية اكمال عن املتعّددة الشخصيات من

ألن ذلك تتعّمد أمل ولكن تتعلق ال الرواية محتوى بالقرية بل واحد بشخص هذا ادراج وعدم كّلها يفقد الشخوص من العدد تصوير جتيد مغزاه. النص بشكل الرجل شخصية ذائع هو ما عكس على جيد في قصور من األديبات عن في الرجل. ابداع نقل صورة بكل ومعانيه اإلنسان ترجمة هذا في تقول وهي تصوراته هي الكتابّية اجملال:«ماّدتي في اليومّي وأعايشه، أراه ما ملتبس واليومّي محيطي، ما غير الّناس يقوله ما جداً، غير يفعلونه وما يفعلونه، يفعلونه، أنهم يعتقدون ما هذا يربكني رقيبة كعني وأنا أحب أنا لذا ويبهرني، كله حالة في قارئي أشرك أن بها أصاب التي االلتباس تواصلها في اإلنسانّية إزاء أن لهم أترك ولذا اليومي، دون من شخوصي يسمعوا

أتبرع بتقدمي رأي أو تعليق. أن الشكل بهذا نصي أن أحس قارئي وأن احلياة، يشبه ينتشي وسوف مثلي. ذكّي ممارسة على البشر بقدرة حياتهم في يومّي إبداع انطلقت وتواصلهم.« به« املوشومة »روحها مع الصارخ املرأة رحم من وأكملت باألحاسيس من »كائنات في الطريق رحم من لتنطلق طرب« األرض هذه وسّكان األرض وبواطنهم. بظواهرهم وانتهت احلزن من انطلقت مربكان مفهومان بالفرح. أحدهما ينتج مترابطان بحياة ويلتصقان األخر وما الالنهائية الى اإلنسان

. بعدهانهاد غازي عوادكاتبة صحفية

جاد شمس الدينمساهم صحفي

الزهراء ماجدمساهمة صحفية

بكل موضوعّية، كانت هذه األمسية من أجنح حيث ومضموناً، تنظيماً، الشعرية األمسيات كان للشعر دورٌ في رسم معنى التحرير وإبرازه تركت وموسيقى العبرات، أسكبت حروٍف عبر

آثارها. القلوب في

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إلى فلسطني خذوني معكم

النسبة هذه من و%66 غرفهم أبواب بأّن قالوا كانت لو حتى الفتح سهلة من %90 واشتكى مقفلة، فتح سهولة أكدوا الذين فقط %٢ ولكن أبوابهم ا على شكاويهم. ردودً تلقوا تراوحت السرقات أن ونذكر ٢700 و أمركيني دوالرين بني إلى باإلضافة أميريكي دوالر (نظارات شخصية ممتلكات MacBook، شمسية، ،IpodTouch ، iPad٢وغيرها). ،NokiaN900لم ممّن الباقون %45 والـ قال السرقات، تصبهم غرفهم أبواب أن منهم %6٢اخللع، أو الفتح سهلة أيًضا اجملموعة هذه من واشتكى إال يلق ولم لإلدارة %58اشتكوا ممن باملئة عشرين

شكواهم. على إجابات بعًضا أن أيًضا نذكر

»نريد أن نصل إلى أقرب نقطة ببساطة: أجابني أرضنا«. من عندها نزلت لي الناس »يعني إنزل!«. أنا كمان بدي واسطة؟ صار فعل. وهكذا فّكر هكذا فلسطني قبالة غيره واآلالف عنها يفصله احلقيقية. وجد محّلي وبتكتيك شريط. يرشقون أنفسهم الشباب احلجارة إلى الالمكان. أو باألحرى اجلند الوحيد. مكانهم إلى املشهد. لهم يرِق لم باملوازاة طلع األخضر الشجر بني من القّناصة. كان »الطّخ« (إطالق النار) في البدء على األطراف، ثّم انتقل إلى الرؤوس والصدور. كان طارق هناك يركض مع الراكضني أحدهم ملح يسقط. من عند خلف من رصاصة تسقطه وهو يتناول حجرًا من عن األرض. ركض كالعادة. نظر إلى الوجه. إنه منيب املصري. إنه شاّب من هو يتوّلى الذي الباص شباب مسؤوليته. تبّدلت الدنيا كلها، وهو يحمل منيب مع احلاملني. مش كثير، موجوع يأّن: منيب حاسس بإجريي! وطارق يرّد: مش طارق ترك تاركك. مش تاركك إلى ساحة مارون. ورافق منيب في حكومي مستشفى أقرب بنت جبيل. هناك خضع منيب جلراحة أولى. فقد كلية وطحاالً ودًما كثيرًا. نُقل بالطائرة صباح مستشفى إلى التالي اليوم اجلامعة في بيروت وهناك خضع

كتبوا يشتكوا لم ممن ال ألنهم يشتكوا لم أنهم اإلدارة، من شيًئا يتوقعون مطالبته متّت البعض وأن تصليح تكاليف بدفع

لباب. اباللقاء ا أخيرً قمنا مع رئيس جلنة شؤون الطالب الدين نظام طالل الدكتور الطالب أسئلة عن لُنجيب من اإلدارة موقف ونظهر عدة وأطلق األمور، هذه

كالتالي: وهي مواقف هناك أن - املشكلة لتغيير ا كبيرً مشروًعا ملسكن األمامّية الواجهة كّل وحلّل Penrose الـ بتفصيالتها، األمور هذه الذي الزجاج موضوع حتى أثناء الغرف حرارة من يرفع نحاول فإننا لذلك الصيف، املشروع بهذا بالبدء اإلسراع األن عقبتان وتواجهنا يسكن وأين أّواًل، الكلفة بالنسبة ثانًيا. الطالب

جلراحة ثانية في الظهر. كيف مستقّرة، اليوم؟ منيب حال عالج متواصل. اجلسد وعالج الروح يبدو أصعب بكثير. يصّدق

طارق على هذا وهو يروي لي عن بيد يده ربط شيخ فلسطيني ابن أخيه الشاّب بكوفية رأسه في ساحة مارون. خاف عليه من

مرّوح معك«. »الطخ«. »مش يرمق وهو لعّمه يقول الشاب يبكي. الشيخ فلسطينه. والشاب يبكي معه. وما بينهما

بقدس أطرافها السماء تعّلق الرجال. بانتظار فلسطني.

العائدين. حتًما.

نبحث فإننا للكلفة نتعاقد أن ونحاول املوضوع،

للطالب. قريب مسكن مع السنة هذه في -من قليٌل بعٌض هناك الـ في الّسّيئني الطاّلب يقومون اّلذين Penroseإضافًة تخريبّية بأعمال أمر وهو السرقات، إلى سيحملون ألنهم مؤسف املستقبل، في مسؤوليات القيادات تنتج هكذا ولرمبا

الفاسدة. السياسّية الكاميرات - تركيب هذه ألن بشع أمر هو وستبدو خاصة مساكن يخلق وقد كاحلبس حينها يبدو ولكن سّيًئا، ا جوًّ هذا هذا هو األن الوحيد احلّل أن في الكاميرات من النظام الردهات، مع العلم أن هذا لن ألن السرقات من كليًّا يحّد رفقاء من تكون قد السرقات الطالب يترك حني أو السكن هذا ولكن مفتوحة غرفهم

بنسبة املوضوع من يحّد قد .%50

ليسوا الطالب -كلفة دفع عن مسؤولني حال في إال األبواب تصليح مباشرة مسؤولني كونهم وإال فيها، األعطال عن يدفع أن منه ُطلَب من كّل هذا ألن لي فليشتكي وسأتابع طبيعي، غير أمر

شخصيًّا. املوضوع - التحقيقات بشكل إلى تصل أن يصُعب عام، بعضها ولكن شاٍف، جواب إلى لتصل وقًتا يأخذ في وصلنا أّننا وحّتى نتيجة، ومت نتائج إلى املرات من عدد وإعادة السارقني محاسبة في (هذا املسروقة األموال

املاضية). السنة أن نعتقد نحن -السرقات هذه من %90الطالب بعض فساد سببها للقمار، مالحقتهم في أو للكحول تعاطيهم أو

مؤسف. أمر وهو اخملدرات، ونريد أن نؤكد أن هؤالء القّلة بل املساكن، شباب ميّثلون ال وكثيرة رائعة مناذج هناك إن يجب وال هناك طالبنا من احلاالت عليهم تعمم أن

اخلاّصة.كآوتلوك، ا، أخيرً يأخذوا أن الطالب من نأمل كميات يحملون حني حذرهم وأن Cash الـ من كبيرة املال يقرضون حني يعلموا للشخص يقرضونه أنهم أن ننسى وال املناسب. تقوم أن اإلدارة على نتمّنى الكاميرات مشروع بتنفيذ على أكبر طاقة ووضع الشخصّية احلماية ونتمنى الطالب، ملمتلكات املساكن عن املسؤولني من بوضع يقوموا أن مباشرًة الطالب مع املناسبة اخلطط

السرقات. هذه من للحد

التتمة من ص٢0

تتمة من ص٢0

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(صورة: رامي دياب) اقفاله باب غرفته بعد احد سكان ال»بنروز« ميثل كيفية خلع

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الطالب يشتكون، سرقات في الـ Penrose واإلدارة تتكّلم

إلى فلسطني خذوني معكم

يحمل منها كثيرة، قصٌص والـ«بوليسّية« اإلثارة طابع بشكلها بسيطة وأخرى أسبابها تتبّسط أن دون من عديدة سرقاٌت ونتائجها. من طالبًا استهدفت بيروت في األميركّية اجلامعة الـ الشباب مسكن في

مطحنة Penrose ودارت تطحن أن دون من الشكاوى

الهواء. إال مرارًا حتّركوا الطالب املساكن إدارة مع وتكرارًا إدارة ومع اجلامعة أمن ومع ومعظمهم الطاّلب شؤون عماًل أو شافًيا ردًّا يلق لم الـ طالب حسني، واقعيًّا. fresh man حكى آلوتلوك غرفتي من »خرجت قصته. إقفال من وتأّكدت لدقيقتني غرفة إلى ودخلت الباب حينما ثم اجملاورة، صديقي الغرفة باب وجدت عدت محفظتي أجد ولم مفتوًحا $700 بداخلها كان التي الثبوتّية أوراقي إلى إضافة

والهوى جنوبّي الهواء ثالثة وباصات فلسطينّي، على تنزلق والهوى الهواء بني األوتوستراد اإلسفلتي الساحلي، الشّبان من بجمع تسري من الفلسطينني، والشابات باجتاه األميركية اجلامعة بوابة الفلسطينية. اللبنانية احلدود منّعم اجلنوبي اإلسفلت احلَُفر. من تقريًبا وخاٍل حديًثا حّلة جديدة بعد آخر حرب. في محّلي »مسؤول« باص كّل أحد طارق كان الشباب. عن في وقف املسؤولني. هؤالء لم الصغيرة. احلافلة مقّدمة في النظر أمعن قّط. يجلس كتب فيها، رافقه من وجوه على عجل على أسماءهم أيًضا عجل على حشرها ورقة اخللفي. كان بنطاله في جيب شبه مخّدر. ال بفعل النعاس. يسائل السهر أطال الذي وهو

أنه أضاف حسني الرسمّية«، خلع حني صوتًا يسمع لم سهل الباب أن مؤّكًدا الباب إلى آوتلوك توّجهت الفتح. وجّربت Penrose الـ مسبقة موافقة (مع فعاًل غرًفا تفتح أن ( الطالب من جذب مبجّرد وفعاًل مقفلة. الـ«مقتحم« الباب إلى صدر الباب يفتح اليمني إلى ثم مقفل، غير كأنه مباشرة أي يسمع أن دون ومن وهو سفيان، قال صوت. أن أيًضا هناك السكان أحد معه حصلت مشابهة قصة أن كما هاتفه، سرق عندما منه سرق الذي اهلل، عبد أّكد دوالر ٢000 من أكثر خلع سهولة موضوع على اخملتصة الهيئات وأن الباب للشكاوى. تستمع لم الطالب عديد واشتكى آلوتلوك عن »اهتمام اجلامعة بيضة قضية في فيه املبالغ وعن الطوابق، أحد من رميت بسرقات اهتمامهم قّلة

احلجم«. بهذا اإلحصائية وكشفت مسكن في بها قمنا التي

بياضهما احّمر اللتني عينيه الليل: ساعات تقّدم مع غًدا فلسطني ستبدو كيف األولى مّرته كانت تلك ترى؟ يا صوب جنوبًا بها يتجه التي عندما جائًعا كان فلسطني. محّطة أّول في الّركب توّقف أمام الفطور لتناول صيداوية حلويات اجلندولني قبل أّول جسر في صيدا. لكنه لم يستشعر العِجلة »الترويقة« بطعم تلك، كان مضطرب البال. ومثله يطووا أن يريدون اآلخرون. كان األوتوستراد طويًا رأًسا إلى مارون على متباعدة إشارات الراس. طول اخلّط ما بعد صيدا كانت حتصي لهم تنازلًيا الكيلومترات هناك. إلى للوصول املتبقية لتصوير الكثيرون تسابق فلسطني أكثر: »إلى أو إشارة الراس مارون في كلم«! 30كيلومترًا كلم الثالثون صار ومشوا اجلميع، ترّجل واحًدا: العالية الهضبة تلك باجتاه تالل على فوق من تشرف التي

األشجار وكّل والتفاح الليمون قبل فلسطني في بدأ اخلضراء أن يقّلده كل العالم. لم يجبني جواب في أستحصل لم أحد. أحد على جملة مفيدة. »طّيب

Penrose الـ الشباب يسكنون شابًا 60 على بقيمة سرقات عن هناك سرقوا أميركيًّا دوالرًا 99٢٢

دون من فقط، طالًبا 33 من الهويات فقدان ننسى أن التي الثبوتية واألوراق أيًضا السارقون يحصدها

اجلامعة األميركية في بيروت

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إلى منيب، فتى فلسطني كاتب من هذا الزمان: أمل الفران - فرح وحزن

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اجلليل الفلسطينية. سألتهم به فّكروا عّما أكتب أن قبل اخلضراء األرض تلك رأوا حلظة تغّص والتي أفقًيا املتطاولة زراعة بأّن يوحي كثير بشجر

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