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Staff Strike 7
Despite grievances with administration, staff return to work
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
A five-day custodial staff strike came to an end last week after an extended meeting between AUC administration, workers representatives and student intermediaries.

Staff emerged from that meeting saying few of their demands had been met, but that they had begrudgingly decided to go back to work.

Buses
AUC bus damaged in road accident
Dina Abou Alam - Staff reporter
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
A car slammed into the side of an AUC bus while it was stalled on the side of the road from Nasr City to New Campus last Sunday. All students had been moved to another bus before the accident took place.

“It was the R10 bus from the Al Agouza route that had the accident,” said Mamdouh Gaber, the traffic manager of the transportation system at AUC.

Senate investigates 'controversial' dismissals at the Student Union
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

The student senate last week heard heated testimonies of former Student Union members who claim they were unfairly dismissed by the organization’s president.

On October 16, Hesham Shafick fired Christina Girgis, chairperson of the public services committee on the grounds she had mismanaged her role.

AUC employee injured in hit and run accident
Dina Abou Alam - Staff reporter
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Thursday, November 4th, 2010

A speeding car hit an AUC employee, Amal Barhoum, just as she stepped off a Family Transport bus in Rehab district last week.

According to Justin Martin, a journalism and mass communication professor and eyewitness to the accident, Barhoum had crossed a service road leading to her home without checking for traffic.

Bartlett elected as new chairman
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

The Board of Trustees last week elected Richard A. Bartlett to succeed B. Boyd Hight as the chairman.

Hight will be retiring from the board in February 2011 and become an advisory trustee. Bartlett was appointed to the board in 2003, and has been chair of the investment committee since 2006.

Food
Food prices continue to skyrocket in Egypt
Dina Meky - Staff Reporter
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Whenever my father tells one of his childhood stories, he usually emphasizes how almost everything was affordable in his day.

His first job – carrying eggs on a day-long trek to sell them at market – earned him half a piaster a month. He gave half of that to his parents and saved up the remainder to buy a car. The point he always stresses though, is that food was cheap.

I had almost forgotten what that word meant.
Other Stories: 
  • Student club helps refugees in Cairo
    Sunday, November 7th, 2010

    Student Action for Refugees is holding an awareness campaign during the month of November at AUC, which will involve a number of activities and distribution of important information about refugees in Egypt.

    The vice president of the Student Action for Refugee club (STAR), Nada El-Kouny, explains that the club will set up a booth that will provide the students with information about their upcoming activites to highlight this issue.

Other Stories: 
  • Food 2
    Did hypermarkets kill the corner store?
    Karim Asaad
    Sunday, November 7th, 2010
    In what is becoming a trend, another global hypermarket chain opened in Egypt last week. Lulu Hypermarkets, a subsidiary of UAE-based EMKE Group, launched operations in Egypt when it opened its first store in Nasr City.

    Yusuf Ali, the managing director of EMKE Group, told the press that his company plans to invest EGP 2.8 billion in expanding its retinue of hypermarkets and malls throughout Egypt, which he believes has great potential for growth.

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