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AUCians on campus
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

A series of power and water outages disrupted classes last Wednesday, leaving some professors with no option but to dismiss students.

Hundreds of students poured out and loitered about AUC Avenue.

Mohamed Abdel Aziz, the acting manager of the Maintenance Office, said: “The feeder cable from the national electricity grid was cut.”

Nile Contamination by John Chapman
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
A barge sank close to the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan last week, bringing to two the number of such incidents along the Nile this month.

In early September, a small tanker leaked oil into the Nile near Sohag.

Garbage cans on campus
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

A number of professors and environmental organizations are finding themselves battling a general lack of awareness as they urge students to pay closer attention to waste disposal.

tuition absolute values
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

If you’re thinking of saving some spare cash for a summer outing, think again.

According to administration announcements, a rise in tuition fees is to be expected every semester in the coming years due to the inflation rate and the global economic crisis.

In 2009, AUC President David Arnold said there would be a rise in tuition due to extra operational costs as well as a decrease of endowments and financial aid.

Fergerson
Monday, October 11th, 2010
Bruce Ferguson, an independent curator and critic who has worked internationally for more than 30 years, has joined AUC as the new HUSS dean this semester.

Ferguson has been the curator for more than 35 exhibitions at institutions such as the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, the Barbican Art Gallery in London, the Winnipeg and Vancouver Art Galleries in Canada, and t

Express yourself theater experiment
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

There’s nothing like a boost of self-confidence in the morning.

Project Yourself, a community initiative, is hoping to instill self-empowerment and achievement by calling on young Egyptian talent to take the stage and speak their minds with no strings attached.

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Eight schools from the US and Europe have signed new exchange and study abroad agreements with AUC, giving students a greater range of interaction with the global academic community.

The schools include prestigious institutions such as Wellesley in the US, Science Politique in Paris, and the American University in Paris.

This year AUC also resumed its exchange program with the American University of Beirut, after a hiatus due to “security reasons.”

Kindle
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

You can’t compare the feeling. The sound of the pages opening and the rustle of them being flipped.

That new book scent that teases your nostrils, the faint white line you see creeping down the spine of the book after you’ve cracked it open for the first time, and that rush of excitement and expectation the first time you open a book you really want to read.

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

A few months ago, I was suddenly hit by the need to learn a third language. The thing that hit me was a book called High Paying Careers that my mother threw at my head.

There, in between the entries for nuclear engineer and radiologist (I skimmed over those … I didn’t want to die a horrible death by radiation) was translator.

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Two journalism students, who were worried they may not be able to spend a semester at the Danish school of Media and Journalism (DSMJ) next spring because of credit transfer issues, have finally been given the green light.

Rasha Abdulla, the chair of the Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC) Department, had previously informed one of the students that DSMJ ‘s accreditation status was still being investigated by the Registrar.

This had put into question whether transfer of credits from DSMJ would be validated.

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