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AUB Choir and Choral Society fills Assembly Hall Outlook Board As per every semester, the AUB Choir and Choral Society filled Assembly Hall with the melodious sounds of voice and instrument, captivating the audience with the classical works selected for the performance. This year’s concert, conducted by Dr. Thomas Kim and presented on May 7, featured works of Costanzo Festa, JeanPhilippe Rameau, Ludwig Senfl, and none other than Wolgang Amadeus Mozart.

The night started off with AUB’s Ensemble Polyphonica taking the stage to bring to life Festa’s “Quis dabit oculis,” Rameau’s “Laboravi clamans,” and Senfl’s “Klein ist mein trost”. This smaller group of singers is composed of some of the choir’s most elite members who had to go through extra rounds of auditions in order to be selected.

As Polyphonica stepped down and the choir began to file into position, the stage was slowly filled with members of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra who would be accompanying the choir on the night’s prime piece: Mozart’s “Requiem, KV 626”. However, before this classical wonder

began, the choir delighted the audience with a rendition of a similarly well-known Mozart piece, “Ave verum corpus, K618”.

When the time came for the popularized funeral mass to be performed, a hush fell over the audience as Kim stressed the importance of complete silence for the entire piece. The first notes of the orchestra were heard as they carefully crept over pews to reach the ears of anxiously anticipating listeners. The sounds of the choir and orchestra were also met with the voices of the featured soloists: Reem Deeb, soprano, Yara Abu er-Rubb, mezzo-soprano, Rani Ayrouth, tenor, and Wadih Abi Raad, bass. A full fortyfive minutes later and audience members were bursting with applause.

Of the performance as a whole, audience member Mira Daou expressed “the concert was great and the choir really gave it their all”; a view shared by many in the crowd. Overall, the night was one to remember in both the delivery and reception of beautiful music.

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Students protest against increased cafeteria prices Nerses Arslanian Staff Writer A group of students wearing predominantly white clothing took to protesting in front of the AUB cafeteria on Tuesday April 24, in response to increased prices of food and drinks. The following day, the number of those protesting grew substantially, most of them students in clubs who formally organized the protest with the consent of the Dean of the Student Affairs.

It was clear that unlike Tuesday morning, the students on Wednesday were not wearing identical white shirts but clothing of different colors that distinguished one group of protesters from the others. One group went so far to display the name of their club on their shirts.

The protest was initiated when students began noticing the increased prices on Monday. Mario Abou Zeid, the SRC VP, said that he got a call

from a student who wanted to organize a protest in front of the cafeteria as soon as possible. There was no delayed response from the different bodies of students as everyone responded to the increase of prices immediately and all called for action.

Before anyone decided to orchestrate an organized protest, a few representatives of the student clubs, among them the president of the Social Club, Jade Dimien, approached the Dean of Student Affairs, Talal Nizameddin, to receive approval of the planned event. Stated Dean Nizameddin, “students have the right to protest for any reasonable cause on campus as long as it is conducted peacefully.” By doubling the price of water from 500L.L. to 1000L.L.the caterers gave the students reason enough to stage

an organized protest. This meant that students had the right to be outraged and that the display of a demonstration against the cafeteria is well warranted within AUB premises.

The crowd of students sitting on the steps of the cafeteria on Tuesday was fair in size with students holding square cut pieces of cardboard with slogans. They chanted in unison without the aid of a megaphone. Nevertheless they attracted considerable attention from people all around campus and some students even joined the group of protesters. All in all, it was a peaceful protest with no heated words or pulled punches, just the participation of conscientious members of the AUB community fighting for the same cause.

The next day saw a larger crowd, so large that the path between the cafeteria and the “Zoo” was

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Junior Chamber International AUB holds Environmental Forum Rayane Zahreddine Staff Writer Junior Chamber International (JCI) AUB organized the Environmental Forum on Wednesday May 2 in AUB at 6 pm.

The event was part of recent JCI AUB activities revolving around the environment, like the two environmental awareness days last week, and the environmental photo competition. Around thirty students, many of which Environmental Health majors, attended the event.

The forum started with a speech by keynote speaker Samar Salman, the founder and managing partner at 2gether Grow Extra Momentum (2GEM), a consultancy and project management firm that aims to raise awareness and promote humanity purpose models in companies in the Middle East and North Africa region. In her presentation, Salman talked about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a new trend for enterprises, which is “all about the triple bottom line: planet, people, and profit.” Salman related the importance of CSR to sustainability and to the environment, specifically in reducing environmental degradation in Lebanon. While interacting with the students, she explained some CSR values such as cause promotion, corporate social marketing, and socially responsible business practices. Salman also exposed some problems of CSR in Lebanon like the short-term

aspect of most campaigns and the green wash issue misleading the consumer into thinking that a product is green when it’s not.

After the opening speech, the pictures from the environmental photo competition “!"#$%& '()* (+,” or “let the picture speak” were displayed.

Participants had submitted their pictures last month and the theme was the environment in Lebanon, both non-degraded and degraded.

A small activity followed, where a statement about the environment situation in Lebanon was read, and the members of the audience had to lift a green paper if they thought it was true, or a red paper if they thought it was false.

The answer was then declared, and most of the times the statements were sad and shocking.

For example, the statement “51% of country territory is under sever water stress” was false, as the real percentage is 82%.

After the activity, the JCI AUB team launched the first Lebanese online Environmental Database www.leb-envirodatabase.com. The website includes a list of environmental NGOs in Lebanon with their contact information and is still under construction as more information will be added to the database.

Finally, the two winners of the photo competition were announced: Gheeda Jaouhari for best

photo of non-degraded environment and Nour Zoghby for best photo of degraded environment.

They were selected based on the highest number of online votes, and each received a $500 prize.

Gheeda Jaouhari said: “This forum was really amazing, all the information was useful and interesting and it was just great!” For her part, Noor Zoghby commented that “It was a very good experience. I took the picture when I was visiting a glass factory with my class, and it was a scene close to the factory. Then my sister Hana told me to join the competition, so I did. I’m very happy that I won, because with the money I’m going to a workshop in Italy.”

Roua Elbizri, Vice President of JCI AUB said: “I was hoping more people would show up but I know that the environment is not popular at the moment. Still, I hope that with time AUB students will be more involved in their communities and help the environment as much as possible. We’re hoping to make the Environmental Forum an annual event and to keep updating the Environmental Database.” She concluded by saying that she was pleased with the pictures of the competitions and the diversity they displayed. Nevertheless, she stated that they had hoped for more pictures “that show how degraded our environment is.”

Yearbook hosts annual gala dinner Lojine Kamel Editor-in-Chief Campus Yearbook has always been the pinnacle of remembrance, whether it be of events and activities, clubs and societies, or randomly scattered fun moments. Sunday, May 6, Campus Yearbook 2011-2012 hosted their end of the year gala dinner at Coral Beach, Jneih, commemorating their successful year of trials, tribulations, and memories.

The evening started off with a round of speeches by the yearbook cabinet, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Charbel Tarraf, and yearbook Faculty Advisor, Diana Jaalouk. Editor-in-Chief Sarah Sabbagh then took the stage and addressed everyone in a moving, heartfelt speech, thanking the team for their contributions throughout the year, while Production Manager Nadine Razzouk and PR and Events Director Mohammad Jichi helped host the event. Afterwards, Yearbook members and honored guests were then treated to a delicious buffet of salads, appetizers, main courses and deserts. A cake emblazoned with the Campus Yearbook logo was lit, it’s cutting embodying the end of a fruitful year. Students and staff alike sat together on tables, a clear

display of the harmony that the yearbook team was proud to boast.

Sabbagh later reflected on the dinner, remarking, “It was so great having everyone there on Sunday looking beautiful. It was wonderful celebrating the year of hard work, especially after the cap-and-gown photo-shoot.”

She went on to explain what the gala symbolized to Campus Yearbook, elaborating that “This gala was the most important because it was a celebration of all the changes we incorporated in yearbook throughout the year.”

Production Manager Nadine Razzouk was equally as ecstatic after the evening, expressing: “I was very emotional yesterday having the people I cared about there.” Indeed, many described Razzouk as the life of the party, as she was the brightest and most excited of all the yearbook members. Towards the end of the evening, around 10, the dance floor was alight with moving bodies, and Razzouk was undoubtedly the most jovial among them.

Jichi, along with yearbook members Maysa Abed and Ghaith Maatouk, were the main organizers

of the gala dinner, helping to choose the location and prepare weeks in advance. “It was a very fun night and a good way to celebrate the successful photo-shoot. Everyone looked really nice and it was a privilege to have Ms. Hiba Hamade and Dr. Charbel Tarraf as our honored guests,” remarked Jichi.

Campus Yearbook is about the revival of old memories and the advent of new. Sunday’s gala was a manifestation of this idea, with old yearbook members mingling with new, novel memories and photos, and innovative changes and structure, all compiling into a beautiful collaboration that is Campus Yearbook.

photo by Campus Yearbook Team

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Due to a recent rash of allegations against Outlook concerning the content of pieces we have printed and other articles that were not published, the Outlook Editorial Board feels it necessary to speak directly and publicly to the AUB community we serve.

Outlook is the only official newspaper of AUB, a fact that we are both proud of and burdened by. Our deliberate purpose, and the one we are legally obligated to perform, is that of delivering fair coverage of campus related events while also providing an outlet for competent student expression.

In doing so, we hold ourselves to a strict sense of journalistic integrity and operational efficiency. Through our many years of collective experience, the Editorial Board has found the following principles to be imperative in maintaining both our own standards and those of our bylaws: - As the number of events occurring each week on campus are both too numerous and varying in significance, and given that Outlook is limited both in staff and funding, we regularly practice selective coverage. A complex consideration of importance, novelty, popularity, and interest are taken into account when deciding which events will be reported on. Though we do our best to provide media attention for all noteworthy campus happenings, our volunteer staff and low page-count prevents us from providing omnipresent coverage. Outlook retains the right to choose not to cover selected events.

- As a weekly news publication that features a variety of event coverage, investigations, cultural reviews, and personal viewpoints, we maintain standards that vary with type of article. Our factual articles are as objective and comprehensive as our deadlines permit; our reviews are as well-argued as word count and experience allow; and our viewpoints are as subjective as the individual writer wishes them to be. Despite a three-tiered editing process and numerous quality checks, the strict temporality and repeating nature of our publication does not allow for flawless articles. Outlook will never please every reader.

- As a conglomeration of journalists, critics, photographers, and cartoonists, we are dedicated to presenting the AUB community through a lens of accuracy and honesty. The individual pieces of Outlook, be they objective or subjective, drawn or snapped, are made, edited, and published under the umbrella of free press. We are praising of those who merit it and critical of those who deserve it; we constantly strive to raise civic cognizance of important issues and encourage active dialogue amongst all members of the campus. As such, we do not pander nor are we beholden to a single individual, office, club, or political entity. Outlook is an independent publication bound only to its own bylaws and international journalistic standards.

- As the AUB community is composed of a plethora of cultures, we encourage our writers to express their individual experiences and opinions through specially-titled viewpoints. In allowing them to address a topic of personal interest in a subjective manner, we hope to raise awareness and further discussion of the subject at-hand. If the topic is particularly controversial, we will publish opposing viewpoints together as a special “Point/Counterpoint” feature. So long as the viewpoint pertains to AUB, supports any argument it makes, and does not contain hate speech (direct threats and/or incitement of violence), we will publish it. Outlook survives upon the freedoms of press, speech, and individual expression.

The Outlook Editorial Board has no disillusions of perfection. Though we strive to make each issue impeccable, we recognize that we will (and do) make mistakes. As much as we may try to correct them, Outlook does have several inherent deficiencies: - We are fallible. If you notice a factual inaccuracy that Outlook has published, tell us so that we may correct it; reporting the truth is our first and most important priority.

- We are limited. If you wish to see a specific event or topic featured in Outlook, convince us to provide coverage for it; our finite resources dictate that we cover only what we feel we must.

- We are impaired. If you have an issue with an article or with Outlook’s operating policies, talk to us; we cannot fix a problem that we are not aware of.

- We are small. If you want Outlook to change for the better, apply to join our staff; we are always seeking talented writers, photographers, editors, etc.

Outlook has, is, and will always be a student-run publication. Our staff members, editors included, are all AUB students who lack significant expert training. Though this disallows a level of professionalism and excellence usually obtained by higher publications, we view it as an exceptional strength.

AUB is a campus that encourages free speech, public debate, and academic ingenuity, all of which are embraced by the Editorial Board. We seek to publish every week an issue of Outlook that informs, entertains, and provokes the AUB community in any way possible. And even if we annoy with our mistakes or offend with our controversies, we are still proud of our work; it is all of Outlook, the good and the bad, that makes it the official newspaper of AUB.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To all who have been baffled by the article published in Outlook, Each person has the right to express their innermost beliefs and views no matter who they are, what they do in life, and where they come from. The author of that rather controversial article has FULL RIGHT to articulate his point of view without being reprimanded.

It is a human right to “live and let live.”

No one has the authority to scold an article which was intended to show an alternate viewpoint on today’s social topics. And no one from the homosexual (or heterosexual) community should even consider shunning the author.

I, myself, completely disagreed with what he had to say. I believe his feelings are symptoms of his unconscious incompetence. However, despite my discontentment with his approach, I believe he has every right to communicate whatever he wishes.

How do you expect to be given full rights when you aren’t willing

to show empathy towards others practicing their own rights? Yes, his writing skills and methods of referencing might have been a blur but that issue shouldn’t be linked to the topic at hand.

Outlook is a social medium meant to expand its readers’ minds by showing every perspective on the issues we deal with every day. Just like you wouldn’t form a mob against an opinionated movie review, why should anyone make a big deal out of one person’s perspective on a typical topic?

At the end of the day, the loss is on both sides; the author’s competence to live and work in a fast-changing society and also the scolder’s capacity to accept others as much as they would like to be accepted by others.

You cannot demand acceptance and respect if you cannot acknowledge the existence of other varying attitudes.

- George Debs, AUB Student

Dear Outlook, I write this letter in reply to Mohammad Sibai’s article “Please me at any price.” As depressing and frustrating as it is to be reminded how homophobic and violent some of my fellow students can get sometimes, I did find that the time in which this article was published is very interesting. This is because it was published a week before the third annual Lebanese “Secular march towards citizenship” that is scheduled on the 6th of May 2012 and almost three weeks before the sixth “International day against homophobia” (IDAHO2012) that is celebrated on the 17th of May. Though an actual reply to all the homophobic and the dissonant ideas in the first article will be quite lengthy, I believe it’s better to tackle one central idea. And I choose to look at what “secular” means for the LGBTQ movement in Lebanon. It is important to look at the local context first before building an argument on what others have done. The debate here is about decriminalizing homosexuality. LGBTQ people here in Lebanon are prosecuted under article 534 of the Lebanese penal code (which was adopted from the French penal code during the post World War II mandate). The article doesn’t specifically target or name homosexuality; rather it refers to “unnatural intercourse” and leaves

room for personal interpretation by the court system. But we have come a long way since then. Local LGBTQ organization and support groups such as Helem and Meem and their allies fought and advocated to undermine the usage of this article with much success.

But the very fact that this article still exists is a human rights violation that is supported by sectarian interpretation of the Holy Scriptures.

What the secular movement provides me with is a way to argue on equal terms. In a secular government, the LGBTQ community can stand up and we can argue with our counterparts on the debate of decriminalizing homosexuality and the provision of full civil rights to all in a context that is free from the one sided-monologue of this personal interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. In a secular country, you are free to hold whatever religious views that you have, but you don’t have the right or the capacity to exercise those views on me or anyone else.

P.S. You can contact the above mentioned organization and support groups for more information on the misconceptions that were raised in the previous article; helem.net & meemgroup.org.

- Ahmad Saleh, AUB Masters Student

To the AUB community, I would like to begin by saying Sibai’s piece in Outlook angered me as much as it angered the rest of you, maybe even more. This is not what I want to write about, however. I want to write about freedom of speech and how it came under fire. I read blog posts, Facebook posts, tweets, and online articles written by people angered by Sibai’s “Please Me At Any Price”, and I was more than a little annoyed to find that what all these pieces had in common was a call to censorship. “How can Outlook publish such a piece?” was the recurring theme of the day. Is the right to freedom of speech below the right to be with whoever we want? How can you sacrifice a person’s right in exchange for another?

You are being lazy.

Instead of taking the time to demolish Sibai’s arguments and show

them for what they truly are (a combination of ignorance, bigotry, and pseudo-science), you would rather you had an easy way out; censorship. Censoring Sibai and people of his ilk will do nothing but keep their ideas alive and unchallenged. Drag them out into the light, and there these ideas will meet their end. The publishing of the article has spurned a debate on homophobia in Lebanon. Would this have happened had the article been censored?

Freedom of speech is the freedom to be able to say and write what we want, whatever it is, no matter how offensive. There are no exceptions to this. I will end this short piece with a quote by Evelyn Beatrice Hall: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

- Mahmoud Mroueh, AUB Student

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Outlook, 67 years after the signing of the United Nations Charter, where AUB had 19 of its alumni, more than any other university in the world, it is a real shame to see hatred and intolerance being published freely in AUB in a “viewpoint”, that is not “pleasing at any price.” Especially that it reminds us how far behind we’re still lagging in Lebanon, when it comes to dignity and equality to all.

Therefore I feel compelled to clarify some points that Mr Sibai misunderstood about gays. As a start, the concept of sexual orientation and gender identity. Well, gays can have short hair and beards, they can have long hair too, like any other man, they can have voices along the whole spectrum of “roughness”, they are men who feel attracted towards other men, that’s it!

Some people, not necessarily gay, go through hormonal and painful surgical procedures to become the “other gender”, but that has nothing to do with whom they are attracted to.

As a practicing Christian, I have to rejoice that Mr. Sibai is quoting the Bible, however Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament is not the right place from which he can start condemning people “for lying with another man,” which is considered an abomination.

That the same book has a list of abominations that Christians are not too keen to avoid, like eating shellfish or rabbit, wearing clothes with

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two types of fabric, planting different crops together and cutting the sides of their hair, are all abominations. Nowadays, there are churches which perform same-sex marriages and some Muslim LGBT groups in the world, which express Islam’s mission of mercy and tolerance.

As a Medical Doctor, I can say that homosexuality is multifactorial in origin, genetic and environmental among others, some link it to the chromosome X (Xq28), some to other chromosomes. Hypothalamic structures, namely in the third interstitial nucleus has been found to be different when comparing gay to straight men. Since 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the DSM as it considered it “a normal and positive variant of human sexual expression”, clearly with no need for treatment.

When it comes to STDs including AIDS, it is not gay sex per say, but promiscuous unsafe sex, homosexual and heterosexual alike, that increases its incidence. From the social aspect, Gay sex does not bare offspring, straight sex too, does not bare off-springs quite often. This is not a reason to accept or refute it.

Logic committed suicide at the doorstep of this un-enlighting article, and as a gay man, I see myself today, like any other human, full of passion and strength as well as pain and conflicts, the things that I am not though, are fear, hate and ignorance, and this is what homophobia is about.

- Peter Hayat, Gay rights activist

Dear Mr. Sibai, I have never met you, but I have met many people who share your opinion, especially in Lebanon. I was deeply saddened by your article in Outlook. Specifically, I was saddened by the sheer amount of misinformation that you seem to hold as true. It seems that you did not do your research on the issue.

First of all, I would like to clarify that it is 100% your complete RIGHT to have whatever feeling you want about the LGBT community, whether you support them or not. However, it is absolutely unhelpful and damaging to spread false information.

I’m not going to focus on all the (misinformed) points that you made. I am specifically going to focus on some of the ones you mention which have already been dealt with and discussed at AUB itself. Take an Abnormal Psychology course at AUB and you will see that homosexuality is NOT considered a disease or disorder. This has been the case since 1973 when it was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). There also have been TWO homosexuality conferences held at AUB organized by the Freethought Society that SPECIFICALLY delved into the points you brought up and dispelled much of the misinformation that you are spreading. One was in 2009 and another in 2010; I wish you had attended them.

In the first conference, one of the speakers, AUB Professor Tima AlJamil, a clinical psychologist, clearly states that “treatment” to change one’s sexual orientation absolutely does not work. She states in her speech, “Treatment has failed again and again.” You need to understand that you cannot change your sexual orientation, period. Just as it is impossible to go from homosexual to heterosexual it would be just as impossible to “turn” a heterosexual into a homosexual.

You state, “People are not born homosexual, usually one changes as he is growing from the infant stage up until puberty, some even later than that.” That is not true; Professor Al-Jamil states in the first conference that, “We have repeatedly found no consistent evidence for a pattern in childhood or a pattern in family functioning.” Thus, your family environment/how you grow up is not a “cause” for homosexuality. If you don’t believe me, feel free to watch her complete speech online: youtu.be/OTEj8FXAlzo. Better yet, why not also search medical and psychological journals and read the articles on the issue? Please note the sheer amount of evidence that simply does not support what you are claiming as true.

Feel whatever you want to feel, but never state anything as “fact” until you do your research first.

AUB was always a place of exception in Lebanon, where tolerance, openness, and freedom are enjoyed like nowhere else in the country.

The Architecture and Design Department is the place where we shaped ourselves intellectually and professionally, but also the human environment where we were able to develop much of our personalities.

This was especially important for those who have found this particularly difficult and who had the chance to find in AUB the place where they could be themselves. It is indeed at AUB that some were able to accept their homosexuality and to feel for the first time that they did not necessarily need to hide it. There never was any sort of tension, rejection, or aggression against those who were known to be gay in the department. On the contrary, this particularity of some students was always taken as a purely personal thing that could be talked about, mentioned, and known of quite naturally. This was possible simply because the warmth and closeness between students allowed everyone to go beyond the stereotypes they might have previously had.

Something that was sustained by an atmosphere of creativity, intellect, and critical thought.

How do you think gay people in AUB felt upon reading such an “article”? You have no idea how much sadness I felt in those among my friends who happen to be homosexuals. In that article, they are said to be “not human”, or barely… They are reduced to ridiculous sex hungry beings, even though some are among the most brilliant and creative people I know. They are said to be abominations and mentally sick, even though they can also be particularly balanced, liberated, and light people. The article also systematically associates them to diseases and to the hazards of AIDS, as if they were walking biological weapons.

I wanted to express my indignation, and that of many of my friends who felt personally hurt but who didn’t want to react out of fearful discretion.

- Rita El-Haddad, AUB Alumn (2010)

-Antoine Atallah, AUB Alumn

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EDITORIAL/ OFF-CAMPUS

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Editorial Lojine Kamel Editor-in-chief

This past week has been busy, stressful, hectic, and opinionated, among other things. I have tried my best to remain professional and neutral on all aspects, but as most of you realize, humans are not neutral beings. We are opinionated and selfish and we think in terms of right and wrong. The grey area wavers from society to society, and in many instances it seems that our community has done away with it all together.

I welcome opinions and free speech. I welcome civilized arguments and enlightening debates.

Above all I welcome the spread of knowledge to the uneducated, who may have previously thought that their education was exemplary.

What I do not welcome are people who speakout for a cause and condemn those who speak against it.

Insults and derogatory language are offensive and should not be present in debates, yet unfortunately are, and will forever be. This does

not make it acceptable. We, as a newspaper, should filter and remove what is deemed offensive language. Yet we do not apologize for any author’s viewpoint, because every person has the right to express themselves, and we certainly do not represent their opinion.

Every AUB student may apply to join our newspaper. Every Staff Writer may submit their viewpoint. We do not selectively publish some viewpoints and leave out others; this is not an accurate representation of our staff. Similarly, we are not an accurate representation of our community. If you want your voice heard in the newspaper, send it to us. We accept and encourage submissions from our community, but give priority to our staffers who volunteer and dedicate hours upon hours of their time to covering AUB events.

The stronger person should respect their opposition’s right to a rebuttal. The wiser person should listen. Whether we are strong or wise, debates will always happen, and people will always be offended. There is nothing we can do to prevent that. It is merely the spread of awareness, the enforcement of proper education and the understanding and empathy of others that can help to address sensitive situations.

I have thus far spoken to more than a hundred individuals about the content and tone in last week’s article. On behalf of Outlook, we are all apologetic for the less-than-perfect nature of last week’s viewpoint. We are all contrite. We should

have better edited, yet still, removing this article all together goes against free speech. A better written, better edited, and non-offensive viewpoint should have been presented instead, and for this, we are deeply sorry.

On a final note, I ask our readers and our community to reflect on the outcome of last week’s happenings. Voices, many raised in anger, much of it justified, were heard all over blogs, facebook, emails (I’ve personally read every single one), and in face-to-face conversations. I am happy that we all realize the importance of rebuttal, but I am equally saddened that some of us do not realize the importance of freedom of expression.

If a person does not agree with our beliefs we should not slander and debase them, but be above them. Do not act in hatred in response to hatred. Do not respond to malice with malice.

Do not fight fire with fire or we will all burn.

Thank you all for your contributions and your comments. Many of them were very well thought out, well-written, and well received.

I would especially like to give thanks to those offended individuals who displayed some measure of tolerance and understanding of an obvious case of miseducation, and hope that the rest of our readers can all take away something from this. Thank you.

A Facebook group that can save lives Carla Stephan Contributing Writer Students Donating Life is a non-profit organization aimed at constructing a database of blood donors. The idea is simple, but can lead to a miraculous outcome. Founder Hussein Sleiman has created a Facebook group entitled “Students Donating Life,” which is open for anyone to join. By joining you are automatically considered as a potential blood donor. Currently the group has over 6,600 members, and once this number increases, Students Donating Life will be officially listed as a bank of information of blood donors.

The Lebanese Red Cross and many hospitals in the region will notify the organization if blood donations are needed. The administrators of the group will then simply post this information on the Facebook group and leave it up to the members to do the rest. A great thing about this group is that a donor does not have to respond to every post. He or she can donate as little as once per year. As Sleiman put it, “Students Donating Life recruits and makes the most of people who do not donate blood very often; a primary advantage over other similar organizations that

only deal with members committed to repeated and long term donations.” Simply having each of the 6,000 something members donate once a year guarantees a substantial amount of donations.

Not to mention that some may choose to donate more than once a year.

This organization has a structured and systematic plan for its development. It is currently at stage one where the aim is to simply get as many people involved as possible by joining the Facebook group and by spreading the message. Layan Saied, an avid supporter of this group believes, “Facebook is the best way to contact anyone, this group will surely be successful in getting blood donations.” However, with more stages to come, this idea will expand out of the social media realm and into many other branches.

When asked about future plans for this organization Sleiman stated, “It is planned to grow into a big project and not just a Facebook group. One cannot work efficiently on such a large scale project relying solely on Facebook.” It seems that this group’s plans to grow are already

underway not only with its exponentially increasing Facebook members, but also with its affiliations. The group has already received attention from the AUB administration and the support of AUBMC. What separates this group from all other blood donating organizations is the means through which it communicates with donors. In Lebanon, the general way to inform the public that a blood donation is needed is by radio or BlackBerry broadcasts. But this way proves to be much more effective. What guarantees that suitable donors are listening to the radio or are on the BlackBerry contact list of the broadcaster? By gathering potential donors under this one group, statistically speaking, it is almost impossible not to find a suitable donor.

In this day and age, where Facebook is practically synonymous to the Internet and almost everyone one in our generation has constant access to the Internet, Students Donating Life may have found the secret to gathering blood donations as quickly as possible, and literally save hundreds of lives.

CAMPUS NEWS The blurred boundaries between money and medicine

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Hadi Mehio Staff Writer The Middle East Medical Assembly (MEMA) was held in its 45th version at the American University of Beirut Medical Center from Thursday May 3, 2012 to Sunday May 6, 2012.

Several lectures, symposiums, and workshops were held under this year’s theme: “Health across genders.” An exhibition was also held right outside of the Saab Medical Library and the Issam Fares Hall, in which local and international medical institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnological manufacturers displayed their products.

Social institutions also had their share of the exhibition, as they raised banners for their awareness campaigns. “Every 10 seconds two people develop diabetes,” “Every 10 seconds one person dies from diabetes-related complications,” “1.5 million die from AF (Atrial Fibrillation) related stroke within a year,” and “1 million are severely disabled by AF related stroke,” as well as AUB’s Wellness Program’s own “Stay True..

Doping is not for you!” In addition, the Salt Intake Optimization Group’s banners particularly stood out: “Do you know why they call it the Dead Sea? Eating so much salt can Kill You” and “Think Politics raise your Blood Pressure? Try Salt.”

“Do you think doctors should charge money for a verbal consultation?” asked a local radio station survey two weeks ago. One of the most intriguing responses was: “Doctors have abilities that can make a big difference in our society, so when help is needed, they must provide it for free.” In the cab in which I was sitting at the time I heard the question, the driver said: “Last time, I went to visit a doctor to ask him whether my injury required surgery, he looked at it for two seconds, said yes, and dismissed me right after he charged me 80,000 LL.” In fact, strict regulations specifying how much doctors can charge their patients are absent.

However, this simplistic view fails to take into account the value of the service performed by doctors to their customers, the prices that one pays to become a doctor, and the costs associated with practicing medicine. It also disregards the limitations imposed on the income of doctors in Lebanon. These limitations were brought into focus by Dr. AbdulLatif Hamdan and Dr. Mahmoud Choucair at this year’s MEMA. Preceding Hamdan and Choucair, Dr. Kamal Badr started the workshop titled “Money and Medicine: Are the boundaries blurred?” by giving

a historical and contemporary overview about “Money and the Profession of Medicine.”

Dr. Hamdan explained to prospective doctors how to “plan their practice,” while Dr. Choucair explained to prospective doctors the realistic challenges facing their profession in “Practicing Medicine in Lebanon: Facts and Figures.”

Another issue raised by Hamdan was the fixed nature of a doctor’s expenses in general (such as rent) and the variable nature of a doctor’s revenues. He also argued that the practice is affected by the political situation in the country that might result in a decline of medical tourism, the economic situation which might lead the doctor to purchase cheaper equipment, the social situation where the industry might witness a shift towards plastic surgery (for example), and the technological advancement where new products are always in higher demand than older ones.

All throughout his presentation, Dr. Hamdan stressed the fact that doctors are in the practice to make money and, given the competitive nature of the profession, doctors should shape their services within a competitive strategy.

To do so, they must employ the models used

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Students protest against increased cafeteria prices Nerses Arslanian Staff Writer clogged with by-standers observing the spectacle of students chanting every now and then with a blaring megaphone. Less and less students had the confidence to enter the cafeteria because of the imposing number who left bot but a thin passage to allow entrance to the cafeteria. Whoever dared enter triggered anti-cafeteria chants to further discourage such actions.

Dimien, the aforementioned president of the Social Club, said, “it was originally the Social Club’s idea to organize this protest, but the Discovery Club and the Youth Club officially joined in to help us.”

Because Wednesday’s protest was large-scale, there were few concerns about the chance of conflict ensuing between the visibly divided independent (non-club) students who protested on Tuesday and those who joined in on Wednesday.

There was a brief moment of tension when Dimien, megaphone in hand, declared in front of the cafeteria, “I’m not here to talk about politics, I’m here to fight for this cause.” A student from the independent group shouted back, in response “do not bring up politics, that is why you and your clubs don’t belong here”.

Dimien claims that this tension between the two is because of “the independents’ belief that student clubs should not be allowed to protest in

continued any cause because they are politically affiliated.”

He went on, “I believe that when something like this happens in the university, everyone on campus has the right to protest regardless of his or her political and/or religious ideologies. The Social, Youth, and Discovery Clubs welcome every student in the protest whether they are representing a club or not.” Indeed even provost Ahmad Dallal and chief of security Saadallah Shalak were seen supporting the students in their demonstration.

Talal Naboulsi, a student from the independent group explained, “everyone has the right to protest, even the people from all the clubs. However there are bound to be some consequences because of their political affiliations. For example, even when the president of the Social Club welcomed everyone to join the protest, one club, the Freedom Club, refrained from joining the huge crowd in front of the stairs because their political affiliation is in conflict with that of the Social Club’s”. The Freedom Club was handing out water bottles with a color that is commonly associated with a major political party. Naboulsi also claims that the involvement of these clubs is a means of garnering publicity, not only for the clubs themselves, but also their political affiliation.

The issue regarding the clubs and their involvement on campus is a very complex one.

The pattern of social and political disruption is not unlike that of Lebanon itself. Dean Nizameddin recognizes that AUB can be seen as a microcosm that reflects the general situation of the country at large. Lebanon is a very ethnically, religiously, and politically diverse country and the same can be said of AUB. This diversity can result in an enriched experience of being immersed in a cultural hodgepodge. On the other hand, it could mean never ending conflicts between opposing sides that could develop into long lasting rivalries.

Dean Nizameddin said “it would be a dream if we could eradicate politics within the walls of AUB. But of course it’s just a dream. We have students from all around the world and we have to acknowledge the political baggage that comes along with them. We try to relieve the tension by promoting events like Speaker’s Corner and NGO day. I believe that education is in itself an effective way to get people more tolerant of other ideologies and beliefs. We try to expose our students to many different cultures in CVSP courses in an attempt to make them more tolerant towards other cultures. What we do may not be enough; there are some students who come in AUB with one mindset and graduate without changing at all. But there are others who come in and leave with a well balanced mind.”

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Democracy in the Arab world Frederic Abou Jaoude Staff Writer In the past, the level of democracy in the Arab world has always been low. However, new hope arises for true democracy as a result of the falling or already fallen dictatorships overthrown by the riots of the Arab Spring. But only one question still exists among Arabs: Can this awaited democracy finally find its way to the Arab world? The answer to this question was presented in a workshop on Friday May 4 in West Hall. Prepared by the Institute of Financial Economics and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the workshop was titled “The potential transition to democracy in the Arab Region: Underlying factors and prospects.” Six specialists spoke during this conference which lasted for five hours.

Dr. Samir Makdisi, a distinguished senior fellow at AUB, described the situation in the region a year after the breakthroughs began.

He divided the Arab Spring nations into three types: Tunisia and Egypt experienced relatively peaceful uprisings that led to the quick collapse of the regimes. Libya, Yemen, and Syria experienced bloody uprisings that took a lot of time to accomplish political change. Bahrain, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia experienced limited “stirring” and did not cause fundamental change.

Dr. Makdisi also added that no real democracy can be achieved without first finding a solution for the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Dr. Ibrahim Elbadawi, an associate professor at the University of Gezira in Sudan, started his word by thanking the organizers of the conference. He believes that the Arab Spring is a “late awakening.” This transition is a process that takes time and experiences “ups and downs,” but eventually reaches positive effects. Differentiating between autocratic governments and partial democracies, Dr. Elbadawi claimed partial democracies are more susceptible to democratic change in comparison to autocracies. Next, he illustrated how wars impeded the democratic transition in the Arab World and gave the

government of Eastern Asia as an example of partial democracies.

Dr. Youssef Choueiri, who obtained his bachelor in Political Science from AUB, claimed that it is no coincidence that the Arab uprisings began in Tunisia and Egypt. It is because Egypt and Tunisia had already experienced “social transitions” in their recent history. Dr. Choueiri also contrasted how the Tunisian Army was neutral and the security services were politically influenced while in Egypt, the Armed Forces were biased and the security services were impartial. Additionally, he explained how the events of the Arab Spring are “mainly political” in the absence of an economic plan.

Dr. Youssef Khalil, the senior director of the Lebanese Central Bank’s financial operations department, announced what the common values of all the Arab Spring revolutions are. All regimes were benefiting from the Cold War or the war against terrorism to maintain ruling of autocracies. In addition, all riots had the same slogan: “the people demand the cessation of the regime.” He also illustrated how all Arab citizens in these nations were able to “break down the fall of fear.” After that, Dr. Khalil described how the Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh took the role of the political leader, Islamic imam and tribe sheikh when the country was under his control.

Dr. Atif Kubursi, who teaches the Arts and Science Program at McMaster University, delineated the impact of regional conflicts on democratic transformation in the region. He said that “as long as we have oil and Israel” in our Arab area, “we will have conflict.” Dr. Kunursi briefly described how the Foreign Minister of China informed Kofi Anan that Syria and Iran affect the national security of China and how the USA on the other hand wants to deny others the access to natural resources in the Arab World.

Dr. Marcus Marktanner, a professor of

International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University, considered that “Arab socialism has been an independent movement” during the Arab Spring. According to Dr. Marktanner, there are two major factors that postponed the transition to democracy; first, the distinct “mistrust” that exists among Arabs and second, the fact that Arab citizens question their own “national identity.” He also pointed out that Lebanon ranks second in the Arab World in deep mistrust among its citizens which results in a “less functioning democracy.”

As a conclusion, democracy will eventually reach the Arab world, all it requires is patience because great political changes in authority need time. Nevertheless, what should never be forgotten is the large number of Arab citizens who lost their lives to obtain this anticipated democracy. Without such sacrifices, democracy would never reach the Arab World. But it is worth it. As said by the former American President Ronald Reagan, “Democracy is worth dying for, because it is the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

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The blurred boundaries between money and medicine continued

Hadi Mehio Staff Writer in business to enhance productivity such as the TOWS Analysis and Porter’s Five Forces.

Dr. Choucair, on the other hand, highlighted the fact that medicine is considered a private practice, and therefore the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) does not offer a retirement plan or pensions to doctors. In addition, for a doctor to receive compensation for treating patients insured by the NSSF, the doctor must

register him/herself in the NSSF as a patient.

Moreover, and in a society where marriage strongly prevails over celibacy, Choucair pointed out that “75% of female doctors above a certain age are not married.”

Dr. Choucair was followed by Drs. Osama Mohammad and Akl Fahed, who gave their insight about “Money in Research: What Concerns Students and Postdocs.” The workshop was

finally concluded by a panel discussion between the speakers and the audience. Yet the question of how much doctors should price their patients will remain open-ended in a country where the free market determines the prices doctors charge for their services.

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12 Angry Lebanese screening Rana El Jarrah Staff Writer On Friday May 4 the Office of International Programs (OIP) showed the film “12 Angry Lebanese.” The film is actually the recorded play that was directed by Zeina Daccahe and performed by Roumieh prison inmates. The play is based on Reginald Rose’s “12 Angry Men.” The performance is part of implementing drama therapy in prisons in the Arab world. In fact, the money that is raised from selling the documentary or the filmed play goes to fund CATHARSIS: Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy.

The performance is not composed of the play only; it includes hip-hop dance breaks, inmates’ personal monologues and comedy sketches. In addition, the music used in the play is composed and performed by the inmates themselves. The performance touched on the prisoners’ mundane life, the social rejection they will face when they leave prison, and the inhumane conditions they live in.

Forty inmates participated in the production of the play. The inmates were of different nationalities and were doing time for different reasons. In fact, the character introducing the play said that Zeina Daccahe wrote the title of the

play as “12 Angry Lebanese” but later realized that there were inmates from different nationalities that are angry in prison. The nationalities include Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, Egyptian, and Bangladeshi. However, regardless of their nationality or reason of imprisonment, the prisoners shed all labels and expressed themselves freely.

The main plot of the play is about a jury composed of 12-men that must decide the fate of a 19 year old boy who is accused of murdering his father. The decision of the jury must be unanimous. If they agree that the boy is guilty he will be put to death. At the beginning, only one jury member refuses to say that the boy is guilty.

As the play goes on, this person tries to convince the others not to take this decision lightly; the boy’s life is in their hands.

This play reminds the prisoners and the audience that prisoners are also human beings.

They have made mistakes but they should not be labeled, marginalized or treated inhumanly for these mistakes. The performance brought hope to the prisoners and allowed them to break the routine of their mundane life. It also reminded

them that they are human and that they have the right to express themselves, even if they are behind bars.

In conclusion, one can safely that the drama therapy positively influenced the prisoners; expression is obviously key to rehabilitation.

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An engaging talk with alumnus & talk show host Ricardo Karam Raghid Naimi Staff Writer Those who do not watch television wouldn’t know of Ricardo Karam. But those who do watch television know that Ricardo is such a remarkable TV icon that one cannot miss whenever he’s on the air. Ricardo Karam got his audience used to expecting the most value adding interviews on his show on most of the leading Lebanese and Arab television stations. That accomplishment established Ricardo as one of the most sought after media personalities in the region featuring the Dalai Lama, Noor Al Hussein, Kofi Annan, L’Abbé Pierre, Paolo Coelho, Luciano Pavarotti, Charles Aznavour, Phillipe Stark, André Agassi, Jacques Chirac, Ferial Farouk, Giorgio Armani, Zaha Hadid amongst many others.

So if you’re a spectator of Ricardo Karam’s show you would certainly want to attend a live talk by him. When Toastmasters hosted Ricardo Karam in AUB on May 2, 2012, that is exactly what some people did.

Before the talk started, Zahraa, one of the members of Toastmasters explained: “Ricardo

is a very impressive man...the way he built himself and where he is now and how he treats and interviews his guests...a very remarkable persevering man. We will get to learn from him on how to build our own way in life...”

The get-together was somehow cozy; Karam shared his life experience with the audience, throwing in some funny or outstanding encounters here and there while the audience beamed and listened, nodding to Karam’s comments about his incidents. Ricardo tried to be brief, but as soon as he came to the end of his narration, the audience started asking him questions about his career and life experiences.

They were obviously trying to learn more about his interesting lifestyle and about the very important people he met.

Karam focused on telling his audience (the students as well as the older ladies) that nothing is impossible in life once you know what you want to do. When asked about the obstacles he faced in his career, he tried to explain that obstacles are

not the highlight of one’s life; he made it clear that obstacles are something you forget later on in life and the good memories are the only thing that stay, luring the audience to focus on their goals rather than on what problems they might face.

When asked whether he believed in fate or in making things happen, Karam asserted that it is what you do that leads to where you are. He explained that if it were not for his choices and decisions on several steps of his career path, he wouldn’t have made it to where he is now. One might think that sometimes bad decisions make good stories, but we cannot apply this saying to Karam’s case since they must have been good decisions that led him to become the successful person he is now.

One of the attendees spotted at the refreshments table after the talk declared that he had passed by Auditorium A to check out what was going on before leaving to study but instead had stayed for the entire talk because it was so inspiring and Ricardo was so impressive.

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Wit back in Lebanon: Maz Jobrani in Beirut Kanzi Kamel Staff Writer Maz Jobrani, widely known as founding member of “Axis of Evil” came to Lebanon on June 6 for the first time in two years with Sanad Foundation. Though the event was not nearly as large as Russell Peter’s back in March, there was an impressive turn-out. Audiences of all ages and ethnicities showed up, eager for some classic Maz hilarity.

The show opened with the shrill voice of some hidden woman bellowing, “ARE YOU READY LEBANON?” The ecstatic crowed cheered in response, expecting Jobrani to jump on stage. To their utter disappointment, the curtains parted to reveal a woman whom at first glance, most assumed would introduce Jobrani. Instead, she proceeded to give a five minute long speech entirely in Arabic.

Needless to say, the English-speaking majority of the audience was baffled. This was quickly forgotten as the first opening comedian was introduced—Joesph Azoury, a famed Lebanese stand-up comedian and TV host. Azoury was highly entertaining… if you understood Arabic.

The second comedian, Elias Ghoussoub, was also appreciated by the Arabic-speaking audience.

Still, throughout both acts one could occasionally here a distinct American or European accent asking, “What did he say?” to their Arab friends.

If one was lucky enough to understand the first two comedians, there still was the issue of the comedian’s content. Karen Sertin, who attended Jobrani’s first showing, said, “The first

two comedians who opened for Jobrani were funny, but their jokes were only meant for those really integrated in Lebanese society. I’ve lived here my entire life, but I still didn’t understand some of their really Lebanese jokes. Oh, and they probably should have warned the audience that half of it was in Arabic.”

Forty minutes later, the highlight of the show was finally called onto stage. Ever the theatric, Jobrani entered in a full white suit, dancing to a tabla that was blasted through the speakers.

He opened with a skillful transition, unlike the comedians before him who jumped into their act more abruptly.

As always, the majority of Jobrani’s jokes were aimed at the Middle East. The Arab revolutions, Iranian publicity, and Syrian spies were among some of the more hilarious topics of the night.

Perhaps the most notable differentiation between Jobrani’s typical acts was the integration of the audience in his jokes. Marya, the SyrianPalestinian-British university student in the front row was accused of being a spy for most of the night. Davar, the Iranian gent who bonded with Jobrani over their shared heritage, was also a target for many a pun.

An Egyptian in the audience found the jokes aimed towards Egypt “hilariously accurate.” In one of the more entertaining parts of the night, Jobrani asked the audience, “Are there any Jews here?” After a pause, the audience burst out laughing. Without skipping a beat, Jobrani joked

about his “absurdity” for even asking.

Despite the first forty minutes of Arabicspeaking, the night was an overall success. “Maz Jobrani was devilishly funny as usual,” said Sertin.

“He’s always been very skilled at entertaining people and God knows that trying to entertain a crowd for an hour is not easy to do… especially when they’re Arab.”

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Colors, a means to fool your mood and appetite Rola Ghaddar Staff Writer Your behavior and mood are affected by thousands of things that you don’t even notice.

Haven’t you ever felt happy or gloomy without even knowing why? The color you’re wearing, the color of the walls in the room you’re in, and the color of everything that surrounds you has an effect on your mood. Physiological changes take place when your eyes catch the wavelength of a certain color. What is yet more surprising is that some colors may affect your appetite. If you own a restaurant or you want to lose weight you have to be careful choosing the colors around you. So, which colors affect your mood and stimulate/suppress appetite?

Let’s start with red. It is one of the most emotionally intense colors. Seeing this color makes your blood pressure increase and makes your heart beat more intensely which is why this color usually represents love. This color is considered a powerful and even angry color that creates feelings of excitement or intensity.

Red is known for stimulating appetite; have you ever noticed the packaging in McDonald’s and

how many restaurants (like Kentucky Fried Chicken) paint their walls dark red?

As for the color green, it is a calming and refreshing color. Green also represents tranquility, good luck, health, and jealousy.

This color is used in hospitals to make patients relax; it is also used with people waiting to appear on TV; they sit in green rooms to relax and relieve stress. This color is associated with being healthy and in nature. Diet centers or restaurants that provide healthy foods always use the color green in their packaging and on their walls. For instance Food 101, which is known for offering organic and healthy food, has green walls.

Blue, the color of the sky and the sea, produces a calming effect, causing an opposite reaction to the color red as it slows the metabolism and causes the body to produce calming chemicals, lowers heart rate, and decreases body temperature. For those reasons, it is often used in bedrooms. Blue is also often used to decorate offices because research has shown

that people are more productive in blue rooms.

It is an appetite suppressant, so if you’re on a diet, consider using a blue plate and using a lot of blue in your kitchen by painting the walls blue or putting out blue candles and place-mats.

Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter which is why most markers or Post-It notes are yellow. While many of us think that yellow is an optimistic color, studies show that it generates anger and frustration. People tend to lose their tempers more easily and babies tend to cry more in yellow rooms. Yellow increases metabolism and stimulates appetite.

Other colors like grey or those that are very light and calming help suppress appetite, while orange, turquoise, and other intense colors help raise blood pressure and stimulate appetite.

If you’re on a diet, now you know how to fool your appetite in order to eat less. While these might seem like small details, they matter.

Giving the details importance is a huge step on the road to success.

Yerba Mate as nature’s energy drink Loulwa Kalache Staff Writer In a previous article (volume 44, issue 11), I discussed energy drinks’ marketing campaigns that target youth but hides the drink’s bad health effects, Their effects range from causing weekly heart jolts, crash episodes and ironically energy drainage. Students should avoid drinking them especially during the finals period and substitute them with natural drinks, such as black, green tea, orange juice, or even the traditional Yerba mate i.e “matteh” in Lebanese. Yerba mate has indeed an exquisite history. It’s definitely not Lebanese; though drinking yerba mate in Lebanon is mostly common among those who reside in the mountains. The huge Lebanese diaspora, that resides all over the world and mostly in South America brought this drinking habit to Lebanon, when they came back. So, this drink that originated from South American was the drink of the Guarani peoples, who were the earliest to harvest and drink it. They considered the yerba tree a gift of the gods and they called it the “drink of the gods”. Every part of the preparation and drinking of yerba mate is in fact a ceremony or ritual for them. When the Spanish conquistadors came to Argentina early in the 16th century and found the indigenous people drinking yerba mate, they liked this tea and brought it back with them home. This created a demand for the tea all over Europe and by the 1600s the Jesuits were harvesting and cultivating it on yerba mate plantations. It was then called the “Tea of Jesuits”. Up till now, it

is still being cultivated on plantations in parts of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay only as efforts have been made to cultivate it in similar areas on other continents, but outstandingly they have all failed.

The Pasteur Institute and the Paris Scientific Society, in 1964, said that: “it is difficult to find a plant in any area of the world equal to mate in nutritional value, containing practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain life.” Each infusion of Mate contains: contains 24 vitamins and minerals (A, C, E, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 Complex, calcium, manganese, iron, selenium, potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus).

Yerba mate is also rich in caffeine. This splendid content gave Yerba mate the famous reputation of energizing, which is due to the naturally occurring caffeine in it. It also has a soothing effect on muscles due to the high content of magnesium and xanthines, which are muscle relaxants. Yerba Mate might not compete with coffee in its taste and aroma. However, mate doesn’t cause a jittery effect on the nerves as coffee does.

Moreover, mate has a healing effect due to the high antioxidant such as flavonoids (and phenolic acids. A research study in the Oxford journal Mutagensis (2008) proved that mate offers a protective effect against DNA Damage.

Another study done in the University of Illinois found that certain compounds in yerba mate induce death in colon cancer cells. The

Obesity research journal published a study in 2009, claiming that mate extracts have weight management effects. These leaves also contain saponins, phytochemicals, which have been proven to stimulate the immune system and boost the body against diseases. The drink was also been proved for its vasodilatation effects by a study in the journal of biological research for nursing. This means it can reduce serum levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides.

Another study showed that mate tea inhibited atherosclerosis, the buildup of a waxy plaque on the inside of blood vessels.

So, next time you want to buy an energy drink, think about a more natural and powerful substitute like yerba mate, go home and enjoy a sip with your friends. Make it a ritual for your gatherings. After all, it is the drink of Gods!

Links to the studies: http://mutage.oxfordjournals.org/ content/23/4/261 http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/ news6091.html http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/ news6091.html http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v17/n12/ full/oby2009158a.html http://brn.sagepub.com/content/7/2/146 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S0955286302002310

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Movie Review: The Avengers Ian M. Gibson Copy Editor they could undertake the task of plotting the narrative of these supposedly different movies.

The instances of forced character development, the shoe-horning of conspicuous plot devices, and the endless usage of stereotypes and tropes in dialogue and action could all be measured, charted, and then carefully combined into a single algorithm. Hand this equation to, say, fanboy favorite Joss Whedon, give him free-run of a cast of A-listers, and throw-in a newly-signed nine-figure loan from Merrill Lynch and you get, well, The Avengers.

Because that’s what this movie is – the greatest superhero movie of all time. If by “superhero” you mean overdone Hollywood plot cliché and further define “greatest” as amalgamation beyond limit, then yes, that’s what The Avengers is. Hell, put that on the DVD cover: “The greatest superhero movie of all time”. It’s the most honest statement one can make about the movie, the kind that sums-up the whole two-and-half-hourwhen-will-it-end experience into that perfect marketing quip.

And when that picture-perfect consumer, the one with the bulging-wallet smile and beautifully homely median family, sees THE AVENGERS – ON DVD/BLU-RAY/LASER DISC NOW!, he’ll have to pick it up if only because of that superbly grabbing quote it bears. Don’t pity him, for he knows exactly what he’s getting into. All he wants to do is power-up the old 52” plasma with Dolby 5.1, hit play, and be whisked away into a world

of base emotions. There’s lust, anger, happiness!

Busty women in tights, impossibly strong men fighting, and jokes that explode! Oh boy, what more could any viewer want? To think? To feel?

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If you mix together seven superheroes, soak it in half a century of fantastical lore, sprinkle it with Hollywood movie-making magic, and then bake it all to the tune of $220 million, what do you get? A soggy punchline? A half-baked cheesecake? A new 3D blockbuster release for Mr. and Mrs. Movie Goer to waste their money on? And if the final result is actually the Marvel Studios conglomeration film The Avengers, do you think about taste? Does that even matter anymore?

For a film whose entire premise is the assemblage of half-a-dozen high-profile characters who perform an endless series of explosiony spectacles, The Avengers sure does fit the bill of cinematic hodgepodge. It is the perfect composite sum of the superhero movies of the past decade in that it includes every aspect of each of its feeder films, good or bad, in an attempt to do it all bigger, badder, and better. The first two, yes; the last, well, that’s hard to judge.

Because when you examine these films on their own, a funny thing starts to happen – they all blur together. The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man 2, Spider-Man, Batman Begins, Spider-Man 2, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Hellboy, Wolverine, and all the rest which are simply too many in number to list (but certainly too few to stop making according to Hollywood producers).

If one did have the time, stamina, and selfless necessity to sacrifice countless brain cells,

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Viewpoint: Humans of New York Nour Jane Kachicho Associate Editor A New Yorker might go home one evening, connect to the Internet and find his/her face randomly posted on Facebook supported by a streak of positive comments and over 100 likes.

Humans of New York, a Facebook page that has received over 86 thousand likes, has become a space for those citizens of New York to communicate by commenting on photos of familiar faces uploaded on a daily basis.

The photographer, who goes by the name of Brandon, describes what he does as being “the photographic census of NYC.” Brandon has taken Facebook to its literal term as he takes and uploads photos of those faces walking the streets of New York. In his travels he meets people; some are ordinary but most of them are unique in appearance. He then takes to conversing with them, takes a photo, which leads to an upload of their face on his Humans of New York Facebook page with some memorable observation or quote as the description.

The main point of Facebook is for the ease of communication and Humans of New York does just that. By creating an album filled with faces of a particular city, social media is taken to a whole other level and used smartly. A person’s

religious beliefs, sexuality, and ethnicity for example, no longer distances them from their fellow citizens dwelling in the same streets.

Not only does Humans of New York break the psychological proximity, but it also breaks the physical proximity; in a busy city such as that of New York, time is precious and people can’t stop and meet their neighbors, those riding the subway with them, nor those at work. People are pressed for time, but Humans of New York freezes time and captivates those faces for the busy individual who has no time on his/her hands to properly observe the surrounding city.

Humans of New York is the work of a careful observer, one who is able to capture a depiction of New York by creating a collage of different faces, most of which are extremely interesting and eyeopening to the Facebook viewer, no matter where he/she is situated in this world.

This form of citizen journalism is made possible because of the technological advances we live with today. Although citizen journalism means that we are moving from a less private world to a more public one, maybe there are some positive outcomes; unity is given more room to exist among social media users as they find that they

share common views. Social media users are also given an amplified voice.

Humans of New York has inspired photographers in cities around the world to start a similar page; one of the first to be inspired was Humans of Beirut, which joined Facebook in April 2012.

photo taken from facebook.com/humansofnewyork

The Movies of Summer 2012 Men in Black 3 (May 24)

The third in the Men in Black series brings more Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones back-andforth, but with Josh Brolin added to the timetraveling plot.

Prometheus (June 7)

Ridley Scott returns to familiar territory with this prequel to the classic Alien sci-fi series.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (June 21)

More explosions, patriotism, and villains to fight in this sequel to the ‘so-meh-it’s-good’ adaptation of the classic Hasbro military toys.

The Amazing Spider-Man- July 4

A reboot of the teenage superhero by sophomore director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer)

shows promise, especially with Andrew Garfield and Emma stone as the leads.

Total Recall (August 3)

Striking a more serious tone than the original movie, this new adaption of the Philip K. Dick novel stars an uncertain Colin Farrell on a futuristic Earth.

The Dark Knight Rises (August 16)

The finale to Christopher Nolan’s gritty Batman trilogy sees now-outlawed Bruce Wayne fight the husky Bane for control of Gotham.

The Expendables 2 (August 17)

Sylvester Stallone promises more guns, more muscles, and more hilarity in the follow-up to his entertaining 80s call-back action flick.

Lawless (August 31)

Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf don three-piece suits and tommy guns for a romp through the bootleggin’ business of the 1920s.

Dredd (September 21)

Another of the endless Hollywood remakes, but this one piques interest if only for the hard-edged, militaristic sci-fi premise of its predecessors.

Looper (September 28)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a younger Bruce Willis in this original time-travel action movie from the always fresh Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom).

Errata In Issue 21 of Volume 44, in the article entitled “Please me at any price,” by Mohamad Sibai, it should be clarified that the quote by Yakov Smirnoff referring to homosexuality in Russia was taken from a comedy act and in fact,

former Russian president Boris Yeltsin legalized homosexuality in Russia in 1993.

In Issue 21 of Volume 44, in the article entitled “Lecture discusses sexuality in Lebanon,” by staff writer Karen Sertin about the lecture “Roadmap

to Sexuality,” it should be clarified that birth control pills are not a medium for use against the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and are responsible only for a 95 percent guarantee against pregnancy.

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Viewpoint: “Divinity” in our genes Antoine Ayoub Staff Writer Last week, I was assigned to present one of my sociology class’s topics, which was entitled, “Is God in Our Genes?” This was an article in Time Magazine by Jeffery Kluger, written as a review of Dean Hamer’s book, “The God Gene.” As I read through the article, the writer enlightened me to an apparent logical argument I never thought of.

When one prays or attends religious rituals, what is one supposed to feel? Comfort, relaxation, happiness or perhaps even sadness. What other elements could you provide that describe a religious experience that represents spirituality?

But, that was just the point, for being spiritual is not the same as being religious. It remains true that religiosity cannot exist without one attaining a certain level of spirituality, but the vice versa can exist.

In his book, Hamer has linked the gene SLC18A2 to what we believe is a divine experience. This gene leads to the regulation of the amounts of serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine and histamine flowing into one’s nervous system.

That is, the activity of this gene can provide

with a biochemical explanation to the emotions mentioned above, and therefore to what one normally defines as a divine experience.

Moreover, the article says, “Spirituality is a feeling or a state of mind; religion is the way that state gets codified into law.” Not only that, but the writer continues on to say that religion is an institution, not just a state of mind. Conclusively, one can be spiritual without the need for religion, or the need for God. However, Hamer clearly states in his book that he is not in any way or form implying that God does not exist. It may seem a paradox in a way, but it means that experiencing God consists of more than just our emotions, but the sum of all our daily interactions with God and His creations. Religion is more than feeling spiritual; it is also commitment. This includes fasting, attending religious gatherings, and acting upon the values and beliefs that describe your lifestyle as a religious individual. This is then what I think constitutes when one can experience God.

photo taken from blog.beliefnet.com

Viewpoint: Either all flags or none Frederic Abou Jaoud Staff Writer Have you ever noticed the black, white, and red flag flying just above the main gate of AUB? Have you ever wondered what this flag is? Have you ever asked yourself why this particular flag? Have you ever pondered why other flags are banned from being put up? Well first of all, this flag is not related to the American University of Beirut or any other official or educational institution.

This flag is not even Lebanese! It is simply the political flag of the Syrian Social National Party (SSNP).

As a Lebanese citizen, I am truly aware that the geographic location of Bliss Street in the middle of Hamra has a very specific political and demographic situation. However, that “situation” should be embodied elsewhere and not above the main gate of AUB. Regardless to what particular party the flag belongs to, this flag must be taken down. Or at least other similar flags should be placed as well to insure the equality among all students in the university. Equality is one of the most vital themes cherished here at AUB and should never be ignored. Moreover, I totally agree here with what the American writer Stephen Gould once said: “Human equality is a contingent fact of history.”

In addition to its academic excellence, the American University of Beirut is renowned for its high moral standards. Seldom does one see freedoms disrespected at AUB and rarely does one see parity misrepresented at AUB. The flag was obviously not placed where it flies right now by the administration of AUB. However, this administration has the right to remove it.

According to some alleged rumors, this flag was put just before the SRC elections for political purposes. If this information is true, so be it. No one has the ability to prevent any certain party from using what it possesses in its favor. Still, this flag should be removed after the elections are over. Personally, I would honestly prefer to replace this temporary existing partisan flag by the permanently uniting official Lebanese flag.

This will surely portray a much better image of the university, not only to whoever visits it, but also to the random citizens passing by Bliss Street.

As a final point, this is not a matter of politics. This is a matter of ethics. Where is the equality among all different AUB graduates and undergraduates?

Or are some students considered to be “first class” possessing the right to set their flag at the entrance of the university and others are in “second

class” and do not enjoy that same right? There should be no first or second or even last class, especially within the zone of Lebanon’s number one ranking university. This flag surely shows how much difference, unevenness, disparity, imbalance, disproportion, one-sidedness and discrepancy really exist in the university. To solve this inconvenience, fairness must be restored. In short, either all flags or none!

photo taken by Frederic Abou Jaoud

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