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Staff Strike
Faculty, students continue support for staff rights
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Dina Abou Alam - Staff reporter
Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Two weeks after a custodial staff strike came to an end, a small number of faculty members and students held a sit-in outside the administration building on November 11 in support of workers’ demands.

They have been calling for more equitable wages as part of a nondiscriminatory employment program.

Dafrawy tops SJB elections, run-off announced for fifth seat
Karim Asaad
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Final Student Judicial Board (SJB) election results have been delayed until November 21, when there will be a run-off between two candidates who tied with an equal number of votes for the fifth seat.

Twenty-three candidates contested five seats in the November 11 election.

Ahmed Dafrawy won 1015 votes; Zeina Haggrass; 980; Amr Abaza, 878; and Mohamed Faragg won 732 votes.

Shafick rejects impeachment call, accuses Senate of constitutional violations
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Hesham Shafick, the Student Union (SU) president, has rejected a Student Senate decision to impeach him days after the union’s activities were frozen pending an investigation.

The Senate had been scheduled to hear in an extraordinary session on November 10 accusations that Shafick breached the AUC code of ethics and student constitution.

Global migration between opportunity and risk
Nadeen Shaker - Assignments Editor
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Ibrahim Awad, the former director of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) International Migration Program, says that there is a need to develop a global system to govern worldwide migration and prevent its negative consequences on migrants.

“Tensions between the principle of [state] sovereignty and the need for an international cooperation exist in almost all policy areas,” said Awad during the “The Governance of International Migration” panel discussion, last week.

Sink or swim, students launch ‘businesses’ at Jamboree
Karim Asaad
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

To encourage students to start their own businesses, the student-run activity Entrepreneur Society (ES) launched Jamboree, a two- day event that allowed students to sell goods in booths in and around the Campus Center.

Booths at the campus center cost EGP 150 per day, while booths at the plaza area cost EGP 250 per day.

Model Arab League eyes reform, press freedoms
Reem Khedr - Staff Reporter
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

The 21st Cairo International Model Arab League (CIMAL) conference kicked off with a determined spirit to emphasize the need for socio-political reform, freedom of the press and maximum utilization of youth potential in the region.

Noha Mahmoud, the CIMAL graduate advisor, gave an opening speech explaining the year’s slogan - “Their Thrones, Our Nation” - and linked most of the Arab World problems to shortcomings in leadership.

AUC welcomes and recognizes new group of LEAD students
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

AUC welcomed 34 students from 22 governorates to join the Leadership for Education and Development (LEAD) in a ceremony this November.

The students, who will receive full academic scholarships, were welcomed by US Ambassador Margaret Scobey, President David Arnold, and officials from the Ministry of International Cooperation.

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