Zaina Rawabdeh - Staff Reporter

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Folklore 2
A celebration of Egyptian culture
Zaina Rawabdeh - Staff Reporter
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
The AUC folklore troupe, accompanied by the AUCeyat music group, performed their first concert of the semester last week.

Ahmed Abdel Hady, president of the AUCeyat music group said, “the concert exceeded our expec­tations.” Abdel Hady, who is also a dancer in the group which has represented Egypt in international cultural festivals, said that the audience turnout was quite good, considering

folklore concert
Zaina Rawabdeh - Staff Reporter
Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Travelling abroad annually to represent Egypt in international folklore festivals, the AUC folklore group, accompanied by the AUCeyat music group, performed their first concert of the semester, Monday.

SU to donate talent show proceeds to charitable causes
Zaina Rawabdeh - Staff Reporter
Sunday, March 20th, 2011

The Student Union (SU) announced that it would spend its profits collected from the 11th Talent Show on a charitable cause.

Ahmed Khalil, chair of the Public Relations Committee, said “the SU wanted to contribute to the society in every way possible in this harsh time that the country is going through, and that’s how this idea came.”

How the profits will be used will depend on how much money they talent show generates. The union is considering renovating a public school.

SU finances come under focus
Zaina Rawabdeh - Staff Reporter
Friday, March 11th, 2011

The Student Union denied a rumor spreading across campus that their budget for the Spring se­mester had been set at EGP 1,200,000.

Shehab Ahmed, the SU Vice-President for Fi­nancial Affairs, commented, “it is not true that the SU has this huge number in its account.”

Ahmed told The Caravan the SU is not suffering from a financial crisis, as its budget can cover the necessary expenses of this semester’s academic and developmental activities.