Past Editions

El Fiqi crash
Miracle saves El Fiqi from fatal crash
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Ashraf El Fiqi, the vice-president for student affairs, narrowly escaped a car accident last Monday when a truck transporting sand crashed into his car. The accident occurred just shy of the U-turn outside Gate 2.

Bus lot
Bus terminal delays anger students
Reem Khedr - Staff Reporter
Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Construction of the new Bus terminal, originally scheduled to be completed by the end of August, has been delayed due to water outages which occurred throughout New Cairo this past summer.

“The water was cut off for 22 hours a day for two weeks and electricity was going off too,” said Sherif Sadek, director of auxiliary services.

Rare Books Library
Rare books now at New Cairo campus
Susan Krakoff
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
The Rare Books and Special Collections Library has recently completed its relocation from its downtown address to the new campus, offering the AUC community a valuable new resource for original research.  

Located on the third floor of the campus library, the rare books & special collections section is considered by many to be one of the university’s hallmarks. Researchers and scholars come to AUC to access the archived material, some of which documents Egypt as well as other aspects of Islamic art and architecture.

Fancy a smoked rabbit sandwich?
Reem Khedr - Staff Reporter
Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Smoked rabbit meat is now on the menu for graduate students participating in the new food chemistry program. AUC launched its first-level graduate program this semester to satisfy the need for food chemists in the Egyptian market.

“Food chemistry is like an art. It can convert tasteless raw materials into edible food,” said Necla Demir, assistant professor at the chemistry department.

salad bar
Fresh to go, but is it safe?
Karim Asaad
Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Students looking for fresh and healthy meal alternatives have been lining up in droves at the salad bar stands scattered around campus.

“I think it is very healthy and it gives students a wider selection of what to eat,” said Farida Abboud, a political science major.

A group of AUC students started a ‘mix-your-own-salad’ business venture last semester amid growing dissatisfaction with available food outlets. It later inspired one of the on-campus fast food restaurants, Mercato, to adopt this concept and set-up a salad bar of their own at another location.

History chair to prioritize student research
Dina Abou Alam - Staff reporter
Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Khaled Fahmy, the new chair of the history department, is making it a priority for students to be more involved with primary research.

“I want our faculty and our students to use resources that are available outside campus and specifically the National Archives and the National Library,” said Fahmy.

“I very much appreciate Provost Anderson’s initiative to include projects to include all Cairo across the curriculum; in courses, disciplines, different schools.”

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