Issue 2

September 26, 2012

Vol. XLV, No. 2 October 2, 2012

Sleiman breaks ground for new medical center building Frederic Abou Jaoude Staff Writer Many students at the American University of Beirut may have noticed the soldiers around Hamra in the early morning last Tuesday. Protection was stationed around the area because Lebanese President Michel Sleiman was paying AUB a visit.

Sleiman was in town for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Academic and Clinical Center at the AUB Medical Center.

The new building, which is expected to be finished by 2015 and officially opened by 2020, is located on Maamari Street in front of Saab AUB medical library. This center will include advanced educational spaces and clinical offices for psychiatry, oncology, ophthalmology and a pain management center.

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President Michel Sleiman participates in groundbreaking ceremony at AUB | Source: Ahmad El Itani

Clubs’ day: No new clubs, but many new faces

A new era for the psychology department

Assia Noureddine Staff Writer

Hrag Vosgerichian News Executive

had decided to only allow old clubs to participate and become active in the event.

Students were gathering Interestingly, new and into small crowds. Club emerging clubs, on the cabinet members were run- other hand, were put on ning around, organizing hold since there are just too their stands, and inviting many old, inactive clubs newcomers and old stunot fulfilling their requiredents to join their clubs. ments.

This was the scene on The event had various September 25 and 26 in different clubs, ranging front of West Hall -- the set from culturally oriented dates for this year’s tradione to artistic, educational, tional Clubs’ Day. charity, voluntary, and Evidently, the Office of environmental clubs.

Student Affairs had new Altogether, there were 35 guidelines for this year’s different clubs, aiming to event. New rules had surenhance AUB’s student life faced; the administrators by etching a perspective

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and appreciation of students’ responsibilities and to develop students’ leadership and teamwork skills in their community.

Among the clubs presented was the Greenpeace Club that coordinates with the worldwide Greenpeace organization. Its’ stand was decorated with colorful, attractive posters and engaging flyers detailing the importance of protecting our environment.

Hussein Sleiman, the president of the club, stated that the club attracted

Effective fall 2011-12, the psychology department restored its independence from the department of social and behavioral sciences.

This fall, the establishment of a psychology research lab marks a major step forward for the psychology department, with Dr. Shahé Kazarian serving as its first chair.

As part of the Jesup Hall renovations, much of the psychology department’s wing was being reconstructed and reconfigured over

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the summer to create space for faculty offices and to make a psychology research lab out of room 107B in Jesup.

In the past, specifically between the years 1951 and 1976, there was an independent psychology department with a lab, noted the current chair of the department, Dr. Charles Harb. In 1976, however, the psychology department’s undergraduate and graduate programs were joined and intertwined with the academic curricula of the other social sciences (e.g. soContinued page 2

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Campus News · 3

October 2, 2012 September 26, 2012

AUB commemorates Ghassan Tueni Frederic Abou Jaoude Staff Writer Last week, the American University of Beirut honored one of its most notable alumni, seasoned journalist and politician Ghassan Tueni, who died earlier this year.

Tueni, former editorin-chief of the newspaper An-Nahar and AUB instructor, died at age 86. He was commemorated by AUB in a memorial ceremony on Sept.

24 in Assembly Hall.

The ceremony was attended by MP Ali Bazzi representing Speaker Nabih Berri, former Minister of State Mona Ofeish, former speaker Hussein Husseini, and Information Minister Walid Daouk, who represented both President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Graduating with a bachelor’s in philosophy from AUB in 1945, Tueni went on to obtain a Master’s degree in political science from Harvard.

After his father’s death in 1948, Tueni took over at AnNahar at the age of 22. He acted as editor and publisher from 1948 to 1999, then again in 2005, following his son’s death.

Tueni received an honorary doctorate from AUB in 2005. Later that year, his son Gebran was assassinated, and is remembered by many as a martyr of the Lebanese Cedar Revolution.

Perhaps one of Tueni’s most prominent quotes mentioned during the ceremony was his emotional plea during his reign as Lebanese Ambassador to the United Nations during the 1975 civil war, where he called on all who were accountable to “let my people live.”

Many distinguished guests took the opportunity to speak about Tueni and the legacy he left behind.

Tueni’s granddaughter, Nayla Tueni, who is currently

the chief executive officer and editor-in-chief of AnNahar, expressed the deep appreciation her grandfather had for AUB. Nayla Tueni, also one of Achrafieh’s deputies, vowed that her family’s newspaper would attempt to honor the legacy her grandfather left behind.

“I feel I have to say … that much of what the Arab world suffers from is largely due to the fact that neither our diplomacy nor our press has dared … to tell the people the truth about our state of being and where we stand in the world,” Tueni said in a speech at AUB in 2005.

Tueni was a strong supporter of academic freedom and praised AUB for its role in advocating for education and awareness.

“At AUB, academic liberty we were taught is sacred,” he said. “And we shall continue, I am sure, to offer it the sanctuary it needs and deserves.”

University President Peter Dorman, who was joined by many members of Tueni’s family, described Tueni as a “critical listener” and “passionate writer.” Dorman admired how Tueni’s inspiring rhetoric spoke not only to Lebanon, but to the entire Arab world.

The director of the AUB Center for Behavioral Research, Samir Khalaf, then took the stage as he described his personal longtime friendship with Tueni. Khalaf reminisced how Tueni would stand up and speak in times of need on behalf of all those who were robbed of their words.

The head of the Lebanese journalist’s syndicate, Mohammad Baalbaki, voiced that Tueni’s memory was eternal and that it is unlikely to ever meet someone who matched Tueni’s scholarly characteristics and journalistic integrity.

The special representative and head of the United Nations Support Mission in

Libya, Tarek Mitri, portrayed Tueni as deeply rooted in Arab culture and a devout Christian who contributed to the Levant Church. Mitri, who was also the former information minister, characterized Tueni as a sure statesman lacking any kind of ambivalence.

The chairman of the board of trustees at AUB, Philip Khoury, recollected how “no one understood Lebanese politics like Ghassan Tueni.” He said Tueni was the leading Arab journalist of his time and that “he will be missed but never forgotten.”

AUB holds memorial for one of its most notable alumni, journalist Ghassan Tueni |source: Mohammad Azzam

Booz&Co visits Bechtel Ghida Ismail Staff Writer Forty percent of the“ people in Booz&Co are AUB graduates,” said Hilal Halaoui, vice president of Booz & Company Beirut, during the company’s presentation in the Engineering Lecture Hall in Bechtel on .Friday, September 28 Booz & Company opened up in Bechtel for five hours and reached out to AUB engineering students, encouraging them to apply for .internships and jobs The presentation kicked off at 1 p.m. with different consultants and analysts, all of them recent American University of Beirut graduates, introducing themselves .and their fields of work A short movie was then screened to better introduce Booz & Company’s history and reputation. The film emphasized the way consultants at the firm team up effectively from around the world “to build something ”.great Booz & Company builds capabilities and careers,

and develops expertise, said Halaoui, who went on to say that Booz & Company’s .main focus is on leadership Halaoui also explained just how Booz & Company operates; he said that although the firm is management-based, it focuses on .technologies We understand the“ industry to be capable to develop a strategy,” Halaoui .said Booz & Company’s expe� rience may be encouraging to AUB students. Halaoui said that they graduate with developed analytical and problem-solving skills. The firm sponsors two students with an endowed scholarship in their final year. The students are chosen based on their academic and ex.tracurricular performance Halaoui ended the presen� tation with five reasons to join Booz & Company. The first reason he mentioned was professional exposure to .top clients The second reason was .the work atmosphere The third was the projects portfolio and its challenging

.assignments Fourth relates to career prospects. One could potentially grow in a firm that places a strong emphasis on .your career Finally, the reason that capped it all off—the lifestyle. Employees would lead a professional and challeng.ing life Booz & Company’s repre� sentatives and the attending students enjoyed a reception afterwards, catered

by Casper and Gambini, during which students chatted with representatives and .asked all their questions I wasn’t sure I wanted to“ continue in consulting,” said Malek Kronfol, a civil and environmental engineering .student However, after the pre�” “ sentation and after talking to some of the consultants, I realized how much I would like this challenging field of work. I will - very probably - apply for a job in ”.Booz&Co

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ciology, anthropology) and put under one department, the social and behavioral sciences department.

Dr. Harb highlighted that establishing a laboratory in a university psychology department is mandatory.

Pure psychology experiments – related to neuroscience, cognitive psychology, sensation and perception, behavioral psychology, and other fields in psychology – would be conducted in the lab.

Also, data would be collected and research participants’ behavior in experimental settings would be observed. Additionally, the diverse faculty members in the department will share this lab.

This psychology lab, which is still not fully operating, will be refurbished in December between the current fall semester and the upcoming spring semester. The renovated lab will include EEG and eye-tracking devices, psychological testing and measurement instruments, and other specialized lab equipment.

The lab space will allow faculty members to have the flexibility to teach the broad areas that comprise the psychology curriculum, to elucidate psychological science, and to demonstrate its application in real-life phenomena. Likewise, the laboratory will give students opportunities to engage in hands-on research by using the latest technologies in the field.

Additionally, the laboratory will prepare exceptional undergraduate students for graduate level work through conducting innovative and independent research projects and encouraging the development of improved

scientific and critical thinking.

“Undergraduates were able to conduct nonexperimental research projects,” said Areej Yehia, a psychology graduate student.

“Now, with the advent of a psychology lab into the department, experimental research will be carried out as well.”

On another note, Dr. Harb emphasized that the previously founded psychology and communications computer lab in Nicely 207 is available for students for rather different uses – instructional and technical purposes, to be specific.

Other than the lab’s implications for the students, the laboratory facility will definitely have an impact on the faculty of the department.

The lab will help maintain high-class research of the faculty, noted Dr. Harb.

Expectantly, there will be an increase in the quality of the psychological studies run, which would result in more faculty members to showcase their studies at conferences and to publish their articles in prestigious scientific journals.

The future of the psychology department looks hopeful and exciting. It looks like the department is entering a new promising era.

Indeed, the psychology lab will be expanding the psychology department, and will allow undergraduates to provide valuable research experience to potential experts in the psychology field. In collaboration, students and faculty will receive keen understanding of psychological science and the usefulness of empirical psychology.

many new students, resulting in a dramatic increase of the clubs’ members.

Likewise, the Freedom Club motivated students to join through their appealing events. The club’s cabinet members stated that more than half of their members were new students.

Interestingly, with the conflicts in Syria raging on, the Syrian Cultural Club witnessed an overflow of new participants seeking a feel-like-home environment.

Moreover, the Cultural Club of the South had an engrossing corner in the

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event. The club attracted people interested in the history of Lebanon’s south and the rich culture it prides itself with.

Additionally, the Camping and Hiking Club was promoting an adventurous environment away from students’ studies; the club encouraged hiking, cycling, and paddling in the inspiring outdoors of Lebanon.

Ahmad Mokbel, a new freshman student, commented on the event by reflecting on the fortifying value that this event brings to students’ lives. He noted that the event allowed students to choose from the range of activities they’d

like to partake in to refresh themselves from the pressures of studying during the semester.

A new American student, on the other hand, was not interested at all, saying that he was more into sports.

Old students stated that the event was still the same commonplace event as every year, but they were still showing refreshing enthusiasm by joining new clubs and societies.

No new clubs were added to the Clubs’ day line-up, but many new members were recruited | source: Assia Noureddine

The new medical center Continued from page 1 non, saying that it is envied by many regional nations.

“Lebanon’s stability should not be sacrificed in the midst of the Arab Spring,” Sleiman said.

After congratulating AUB on its new clinical center, he expressed his pride towards the educated Arab generations graduating from the university whose hospital is one of the biggest in the area. “[AUB] was successful in grafting the sense of tolerance into the minds of its pupils,” Sleiman said. “It

also taught its students to respect the religious convictions of others in a free manner without offending any beliefs or spiritual symbols,” he said.

“Emigration [among Lebanese youth] has always been a wound in all of our hearts,” he said.

“However, there are only two [facts] that compensate this loss.”

First, he said, successful Lebanese abroad serve as role models to the world.

Second, this human loss did not discourage Lebanese colleges and universities like AUB from im-

proving their educational standards and serving all other Lebanese students in other fields.

The groundbreaking finished when Sleiman laid the cornerstone of the anticipated building alongside many university representatives and political figures, including Public Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil and Information Minister Walid Daouk, as well as AUB President Peter Dorman and First Lady Wafaa Sleiman.

Columns · 5

October 2, 2012 September 26, 2012

Environmental column: The damages of denim Rayane Zahreddine News Executive Jeans are one of the few clothing items that are said to never go out of style. Almost everyone owns at least one pair, but did you ever stop and think of how jeans are made?

The first step is growing cotton, the thirstiest crop in the world. In fact, to grow enough cotton to make one pair of denim jeans requires 1,500 gallons of water!

In addition, cotton crops consume 16 percent of the pesticides used worldwide, and the pesticide spraying equipment runs on oil.

Next, the cotton is starched to make denim, and then it is dyed blue. The starch and the oil or coal-based synthetic indigo dyes are mostly disposed of in waterways, where they deplete the oxygen and harm aquatic life.

After that, zippers, buttons, and rivets are added to the denim pants. They are made of brass, which is produced from copper and zinc, and extraction has many detrimental side effects on the environment, including air pollution.

The finishing of jeans is also harmful for the environment. It includes washing them repeatedly in industrial washing machines to give them the right look, which consumes energy and an average of 42 liters of water for each pair of jeans.

Jeans may also be sandblasted and their dye stripped to give them a worn look. This process employs the use of many toxic chemicals such as potassium permanganate and silica.

The latter can negatively affect the workers’ health.

The harm doesn’t stop there. Shipping jeans from the factories to the retailers also adds to their carbon footprint. Even after buying

your jeans, 3.5 liters of water per pair are used on average every time they are washed.

More and more companies are becoming environmentally aware and are starting to reduce water consumption. Some produce ecofriendly jeans that include recycled fabric. Others use organic cotton for their jeans, which means fewer chemicals. However, these brands may not be available in Lebanon and it would be too costly to ship them here.

There are some things we can do on a personal level to lower the impact of our jeans on the environment.

For instance, washing them less often and hanging them to dry will reduce energy and water consumption.

Also, buying used or vintage jeans and donating those you don’t wear to charities prolongs the jeans’ lifetime. This helps in reducing water consumption and pollution that results from the production of jeans.

It should be noted that jeans aren’t the only clothing item that is harmful to nature. All of our cotton clothing consume water, one of the most vital resources, when they are manufactured as well as washed.

The biggest portion of the water consumption lies in the manufacturing process.

This water is sometimes called “hidden water” or “virtual water” as it is not always contained in the product.

Almost all products have “virtual water,” not only jeans or clothes.

Tech column: Taking apart the iPhone 5 Sara Sobh Contributing Writer The release of the iPhone 5 has caused a lot of excitement worldwide; there’s no debating it’s an immediate success. Teens went as far as to camp outside their local Best Buy to buy the popular Apple product. The newest iPhone installment was pre-ordered over two million times within the first 24 hours of its release.

But what makes the new iPhone better than its previous models?

The iPhone 5 has been completely remodeled and yet, it is still not entirely alien to its users. It has several new features and designs, and Apple has indeed improved the iPhone’s previous imperfections.

The iPhone 5 remains at the same width as the previous models. Its height is a slight 0.37 inches taller, but it is thinner than the iPhone 4. In fact, it’s width is a just 0.3 inches. The iPhone 5 also uses a nanoSIM card technology, instead of the micro-SIM card used in older versions.

The new iPhone is extremely light at only 3.95-ounces, compared to the 4.9-ounce iPhone 4.

This is mainly due to the new aluminum back, slim screen and smaller dock connector.

The new lightning connector is 80 percent smaller than the 30-pin iPhone 4 connector. Compared to other models, iPhone 5 is 20 percent lighter and 18 percent slimmer.

The iPhone 5 adopted 4G LTE, a standard and faster wireless connection than 4G. The new A6 chip is much faster than the A5 chip. Moreover, the iOS 6 includes many new options and improvements.

Fortunately for it’s longterm users, iPhone’s user interface has not changed much. The only alteration is the larger screen that now contains five rows of four apps. More apps can be placed on the home screen. Apple also promises 44 percent extra color saturation with the new display.

The camera remains an 8-megapixel camera, but Apple has added a new sapphire-crystal lens. The

camera has improved with the enhancement of the dynamic low-lighting and image stabilization on the 1080p video camera. It’s now possible to take still shots while shooting a video.

After 5 years of the 3.5inch screen, the iPhone 5 now has a 4-inch (diagonal) screen. Apple moves from the iPhone 4 and 4S’ 3.5inch, 960x640-pixel display to a 4-inch, 1,136x640pixel display.

Icons and app buttons are still the same size and there’s more room for other features and more space for videos and photos to be displayed.

The new Apple EarPods, have a new innovative shape that has been designed based on the geometry of the ear making them extremely comfortable. The speakerphone and noise-canceling quality has been adjusted as well.

It will not take long to adjust to the iPhone 5. It has been entirely re-engineered yet it is completely familiar. The new iPhone 5 is a flat-out beautifully designed smartphone.

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October26, 2, 2012 September

Food column: The naughtiest pizza on the block Health column: Save your

heart before it fails you!

Mohamad Almedawar Staff Writer

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Kanzi Kamel News Executive “Let’s order pizza!” is a phrase typically followed by two emotions: excitement and dread.

The excitement because, well, who doesn’t enjoy good pizza? And the dread for what lies ahead — the inevitable regret of eating that last slice you couldn’t convince yourself not to devour.

Comrades, I have found a solution.

Lebanon’s newest healthy hot-spot, Naked Pizza, has certainly lived up to its name with a revolutionary twist they call “pizza, without the after-yuck.”

And, despite its peculiar title, Naked Pizza has managed to leave diners feeling comfortably satisfied without the immense guilt that inevitably follows pizza.

Discovered by most AUB students through flyers strewn across campus, Naked Pizza is a relatively new phenomenon in Lebanon.

What makes its pizza so special is its rich fiber dough and fresh toppings.

The crust itself—

offered as both skinny and original—is sweeter and grittier than that of typical pizzas, and much better for it.

In perhaps one of the most clever (and delectable) methods of dressing a pizza, Naked Pizza roasts nearly every topping so that each bite is a riot of flavors lollygagging in your mouth. With the perfect amount of cheese, no added oils and the freshness of the ingredients, Naked Pizza manages to achieve the state of what America likes to call a “vegetable.”

For those who prefer side orders, Naked Pizza offers an array of appetizers including breadsticks, salads, and potato wedges. Unlike its pizza counterparts, the new healthy franchise offers no chicken wings or mozzarella sticks.

Though I wouldn’t recommend ordering from Naked Pizza if you love side dishes (the breadsticks were dry and tasted a little too healthy), even the high prices are worth the pizza’s deliciousness.

But seriously, 21,000 LL for a large pizza (which is the size of Pizza Hut’s me-

dium) is fairly steep. Medium and small are only somewhat more reasonable at 16,000 LL and 11,000 LL, respectively.

Still, if you don’t mind paying the extra penny, Naked Pizza manages to hold its own in the race for best pizza.

“It’s the sexiest pizza I’ve had,” joked AUB biology sophomore Carla Sertin.

“But honestly, it was fantastic.”

Even AUB computer science sophomore Sany Farajalla, who refuses to go near anything resembling a vegetable, admitted that Naked Pizza “certainly delivered what they promised.”

So the next time you and your friends want to order a pizza and don’t want deal with “after-yuck,” try your hand at Naked Pizza, and maybe you’ll find yourself appreciating being able to walk after you’re done.

Order from Naked Pizza at: 01/207788

How many pushups can you do per day? Fifty? Maybe a hundred? On average, the human heart muscles contract about 100,000 times every day, pushing around blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels.

It’s only when we appreciate the value of something that we attempt to protect and conserve it.

To emphasize the importance of the heart, Sept. 29 was World Heart Day to remind everyone that the beating hearts we take for granted must be looked after.

Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s largest killers, claiming 17.3 million lives a year, according to the World Health Organization.

Statistics show that males are at higher risk than females, especially after the age of 65.

A noteworthy health campaign is underway at the American University of Beirut by the Lebanese Action on Salt and Health group to promote a low-sodium diet. Excessive salt intake has been strongly correlated with several harmful diseases and risk factors, the most relevant being increased blood pressure, which has been known to elevate the risk of heart disease.

The group, formed by AUB physicians in the Vascular Medicine Program, is pushing for food industry reform for processed foods.

Despite the common belief that most of the salt we eat is added on the table or during cooking, bread and meat account for up 80 percent of the salt we eat.

Many factors contribute to the risk of heart disease.

They may include raised blood pressure, increased cholesterol and glucose levels, smoking cigarettes and water pipe (hookah),

inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables, obesity and physical inactivity.

Genetic factors have also been associated with heart disease. To date, 36 genetic variants have been associated with coronary artery disease, which is a subset of diseases that affect the blood vessels of the heart.

Accordingly, there are many ways to prevent rather than treat heart disease.

Actions as simple as laughter have been proven to decrease the risk of heart disease. Laughing decreases blood flow by 20 percent and expands the blood vessels, which lifts some burden off the heart and reduces blood pressure.

Eating less salt and fat, exercising regularly, avoiding unhealthy social habits like smoking and consuming appropriate quantities of fruits and vegetables every day are among hundreds of actions that may lower the risk of heart diseases.

If you’re worried if you or someone else is at risk, there are many things to be done on a personal level. You can learn about the symptoms of heart attack and help save someone’s life, including yours, by getting them to seek medical treatment in due time.

You can even get involved in your community by running the Beirut Marathon this November with the Brave Heart Fund to save a child with heart disease.

Remember, prevention is easier and less costly, both health-wise and economically. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Take action now.

No one is too young for heart disease — just ask the children at the Brave Heart Fund.

Arts & Culture · 7

October 2, 2012 September 26, 2012

Book review: 2666 Nerses Arslanian Staff Writer In “2666,” a sweeping 800-plus page novel that spans much of the 20th century, Roberto Bolano surrealistically explores identity and violence with a large cast of characters.

All the characters eventually find themselves drawn into what Bolano calls the “vortex” that is Santa Teresa, a fictional city loosely based on Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The first of the book’s five parts deals with the lives of four literary academics: Pelletier, Spinoza, Morini and Norton. They form a loose bond through their obsession with the German writer Benno Archimboldi.

Their search of the reclusive writer takes them to Santa Teresa, where they meet locals and make the acquaintance of homeless poets, bartenders, corrupt politicians, police detectives and fellow academics.

As time passes, questions arise about Norton and the four academics begin to question their friendship.

The book takes a strange turn as Norton’s stay in Santa Teresa begins to give her strange nightmares, and she becomes aware of the growing number of murders that are happening in the city. The fact that the murders, which are based on actual incidents in Ciudad Juarez, went virtually unnoticed throughout the world gives the novel a surreal aspect.

“2666” deals with many post-colonial aspects of Latin America and the effects of globalization in the late 20th century. The characters, who are from

Europe, the United States and Latin America, find themselves at odds with each other due to realistic deep-seated cultural divides that lie within them.

In one chapter, Bolano writes in stream-of-consciousness on post-colonial racism among the Europeans and Mexicans or, more generally, between the West and developing nations.

The book goes on to explore many themes of disaster and violence in a universe where the mass media predominantly focuses on tragedies in the West, despite the accumulating mass murders that happen in developing countries.

The readers of “2666” will often feel distanced from most of its characters due to the surrealistic quality of Bolano’s writing, which shares characteristics with the works of Murakami and David Foster Wallace. His writing breached a new genre in his time, unlike the popular literary-existential movement pioneered by Sartre and Camus in post-war Europe.

The book ultimately depicts a lack of self-identity in Europe, in which borders between countries are disintegrating at a rate that forces Europeans to reassess their inflated sense of nationalism.

The snake and the woodcutter Emile Wehbeh

Former Chief Chemist at the Chemistry Department Laboratories

A woodcutter was accustomed to go every day to a forest to collect some wood for the purpose of selling it and consequently spending it for the sustenance of his family.

Once, he entered a cave in order to shelter himself from the heavy rain taking place at that time, and to his surprise a snake came forward, and in her mouth was a golden coin. She delivered it to him saying: “Mr. Woodcutter, I see you toil and you are carrying the heavy load of yours on your shoulders, and to help you from the toil of your work, I decided to give you a golden coin every week.”

The woodcutter took the golden coin and he returned to his home happy and contented, thanking God for this happy event and saying to himself, “I got a happy and contented life.”

The woodcutter persisted in his visits to the cave

according to the request of the snake. Once he was sick, and he was obliged to stay at home, so he sent his only son to perform this happy task.

He explained to his son the whole story and he requested for him to go to the cave to get the weekly golden coin.

His son went to the prescribed cave, and after he met the snake and he introduced himself to her, she gave him the golden coin.

The son, while going back to his home, began to have conflicting ideas taking place in his head, some good, and some bad.

Unfortunately, the urge of the greed predominated his thoughts and he said to himself, “Can you believe that this snake can lay golden coins?”

He concluded that inside the cave there was a treasure of gold from which the snake brought these golden coins.

“Why not kill her and procure once and for all this treasure of gold and save myself from coming every week and waiting for

the snake to give me the golden coin?”

He decided to kill the snake, and in his next visit. While the snake was appearing, with the golden coin in her mouth, he struck her with a thick stick, but fortune played its role. The stick missed the head of the snake and cut only a part of her tail.

At this moment, the snake turned and struck the child at his jugular vein and killed him immediately.

The poor father awaited the return of his son with no avail. Although he was sick, he forced himself and went to the cave. To his great surprise, he found his son dead, and he knew immediately that the snake had struck him.

While he was afflicted with sorrow for the death of his son, the snake appeared again and in her mouth was a golden coin, and she said to the woodcutter: “Take this golden coin for the last time and I advise you not to come again, because when I see you, I will remember my tail which was cut by your son, and when you will see me, you will remember your son whom I killed; this will instigate our anger and then it is very difficult to free ourselves from what happened.”

This tale I heard from my mother when I was a child, and I used to ask her every now and then to repeat it to me again and again. Thank God when I entered the battle of life and the struggle for a decent life, I was always remembering the story of the snake and the woodcutter.

2666 by Robert Bolano | source: www.facebook.com

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October26, 2, 2012 September

Lacrosse launches at AUB Mohamad Sibai Staff Writer Lacrosse, one of the oldest team sports in North America, has officially launched at AUB. The man we owe much appreciation and gratitude to for this recent development was an AUB student just like us—Dr. Alan Shikani.

Now the chief of the otolaryngology division at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Shikani wanted to provide his alma mater with a taste of this challenging team sport.

He generously donated lacrosse equipment to AUB so that students would have the chance to play this foreign sport.

The lacrosse equipment has been stored at the Charles Hostler Student Center for more than a year.

In January 2012, Robert

Foster, interim vice president for facilities, joined the AUB community.

Fortunately, back in the States, Foster had played Lacrosse at the university level. When he learned about the available lacrosse equipment, he ordered even more of it for the university.

To introduce lacrosse, there would be ten players on a team: three attackers, three midfielders, three defenders and a goalie. The players would hold their sticks with the small net at the base called a crosse.

They would pass a rubber ball to their team players, by going across their opponents, to score in their team’s goal.

The game is very similar to American football in terms of aggression; the players are allowed to physically contact each other—otherwise the game

AUB lacrosse team would be bland and boring.

AUB is the first university in Lebanon to be in the process of forming a lacrosse team. The team will accommodate twenty players. Team members will be meeting for practices during the current

semester every Wednesday at 8:45 p.m. Foster, who coaches the team, aims to teach hand-eye coordination and speed to all interested students.

For all interested students, tryouts are still ongoing on the green field on

Wednesdays at 8:45 p.m.

All students are invited to come and experience this new sport and culture.

Lacrosse is a new sport, and it will take some time for inexperienced players to get comfortable with the intricacies of the game.

in a rebound from Lindgaard in the next minute. Unbelievably, Kagawa scored the 5th and final goal of the match in the following 60 seconds.

United almost scored from a 30 yard set piece, but were denied by the post. Overall, a well deserved victory for Spurs against a distorted defence that sorely misses injured Vidic.

Liverpool finally registered their first win of the season as they crushed Norwich city 5-2. A hat trick from Luis Suarez and another pair of goals from Nuri Sahin and Steven Gerrard made Norwich’s goals nothing more than a consolation.

Everton continued there amazing run against newly promoted Southampton with a 3-1 victory.

Everton now lie 2nd in the

league rankings, above both Manchester teams by 1 point.

Newcastle United were held when they played newly promoted Reading. A brace from Demba Ba could not win them the match as Reading fought back and at some point went up 2-1. Newcastle will be hoping to improve from their 2-2 draw, as they play Manchester United this week.

Stoke went on to prove that they are not an easy team to beat at home, as they beat Swansea 2-0. Similarly, Sunderland beat Wigan 1-0 with Fletcher scoring his fifth goal in 5 matches. Aston Villa, however, drew at home with West Bromich 1-1.

Premier League roundup

Mohamad Sibai Staff writer Chelsea continued their unbeaten run by ending Arsenal’s unbeaten run with a well deserved victory. Chelsea held possesion for most of the game and opened the scoring from a set piece delivered by

Jaun Mata and finished off

by Torres. Then, in the dying moments of the first half, Chamberlaine delivered a ball in between Ashley Cole’s legs only for Gervinho to get to it and smash it into the top of the net.

The second half kicked off with a lively display from Arsenal. Chelsea however proved to be more lethal, as they scored once again from a set piece taken by Juan Mata. The ball may have been saved by Manone had Koscielny not gotten in the way. In extra time, Arsenal almost equalized after Giroud got past Chelsea’s Peter Cech, but Giroud’s aim let him down. Chelsea now sit on top of the table with 16 points.

Manchester city, last years champions, were almost held at Craven Cottage. Fulham

opened up the scoring in the first 10 minutes of the match with a penalty kick. City fought back and equalized 42 minutes into the game. They eventually got the winner in the four minutes before the final whistle.

Tottenham Hotspurs ended their 23 year drought at Old Trafford by claiming all 3 points in an ecstatic 3-2 win.

In the first 2 minutes, Jan Vertoghan put Spurs up with a spectacular break from the left berth. Gareth Bale was released by Dembele into the middle, only to get past Ferdinand with ease and let one into the net. In the 51st minute, United got one back, as Nani tapped a marvelous cross from half time substitute Rooney. United’s comeback would have to wait as Clint Dempsey smashed

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October 2, 2012 September 26, 2012

Hamra personality of the week

Ghali printing center: “Three brothers, one account” Sarah Harfouch, Ayah Harfouch, and Heather Jaber Business Executive, Contributing Writer, and Editor-in-Chief “We were three brothers starting out with only three photocopiers,” said Mohamad Abou Ghali, one of the brothers running Ghali Printing Center, of opening the business 16 years ago.

If you ask any AUB student about Ghali’s, they would probably know exactly who and where it is.

What any AUB student might not know is the story behind the Abou Ghali brothers.

The business was opened in 1996 and established its printing services two years later. Originally, the youngest brother, Mahmoud, was running the store, with his two brothers, Ahmad and Mohamad, helping.

Three years later, the family experienced tragedy. Their roles were switched when Mahmoud was involved in

a car accident, leaving him wheelchair-bound. Customers may still find him present in the store, but it is usually Mohamad they will encounter behind the main desk.

“He was always around the customer, never around the cash register,” said Mohamad of his brother. “He is a leader - he led us to success.”

After their younger brother’s accident, Ahmad and Mohamad had to decide whether or not to continue running the store. Mahmoud had built up a strong network over the years, so they ultimately decided to stay open in his honor.

After so many years of running a business next to AUB, the Ghali brothers feel a sense of connection to the students and faculty.

While students only constitute about half of their customer base (they also provide graphic design and engineering services), Mohamad stressed his relationship with those familiar faces as vital.

Picture of the Week

Of the hundreds of doctors at AUH who have studied at AUB, Mohamad said he has gotten to know them over the years, and feels that the tables have turned.

“If my son was ever injured, God forbid, I know that in an instant there would be so many people surrounding to help,” he said, referring to potential visits to AUB. “If they don’t know me they know my brothers.”

Not only is it a familyowned business, but the Abou Ghalis hope to maintain their family-oriented atmosphere.

They pride themselves on remembering the faces, names, and stories of their customers.

In fact, during the interview, Mohamad Abou Ghali repeatedly greeted his customers by name and cracked jokes. He even read the company name printed on this interviewer’s notepad and knew who the owner of the business was and where she had printed out her notepads

Mohamad Abou Ghali | source: Heather Jaber

- at Ghali’s.

When asked the difference between him and the larger printing businesses, he replied that he likes to keep familiar faces in his store, so he doesn’t switch employees.

While some businesses may fall apart when run by bickering family members, the Ghali brothers don’t find it difficult to work together.

“We’re three brothers, one account,” said Mohamad.

“We were raised well.”

In fact, that trust is what

has kept them going all of these years.

As opposed to a larger company, Ghali’s is a smaller, keep-it-in-the-family kind of space.

“We only have one door,” he said, putting it simply.

The Abou Ghali brothers foresee themselves maintaining that sense of family.

“In the next 50 years, I see my son and my brothers’ sons as a part of Ghali’s,” said Mohamad. “Just like me and my brothers.”

Construction worker on lower campus | Source: Heather Jaber

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October26, 2, 2012 September

Movie review: The Dark Knight Rises Assia Noureddine Staff Writer Christopher Nolan has once again astonished us with his third installment of the Batman saga, “The Dark Knight Rises.” The Batman trilogy has captured the hearts of the public with its sophisticated vision, cinematography, visual iconography and as a brilliant contribution to the action genre.

Christian Bale and Michael Caine once again star as Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth, respectively. The film introduces two new faces to the recent trilogy: Anne Hathaway as the infamous Catwoman, and Tom Hardy as the ever impressive and frightful Bane.

In the film, Nolan depicted an entirely new version of the Batman. It takes place eight years after the last film, “The Dark Knight,” and Gotham City is no longer controlled by

organized crime. Those who have seen the second installment know that the premise of “The Dark Knight Rises” rests on Batman’s withdrawal from fighting crime after the death of Harvey Dent.

In the final film of the trilogy, the rise of a new threat and the presence of new allies and enemies compels Bruce Wayne to once again don the black mask of the Batman. This time, however, his courage is tested as he’s faced with enemies that surpass his strength and intellect.

As the film progresses, Batman realizes that to defeat his Bane, his greatest enemy, he must pass through a life-changing experience that nearly destroys him. He comes to need a greater understanding of who he is and what he wants—not as Batman, but as Bruce Wayne.

Nevertheless the movie shocked most of its audience with its unexpected

ending, splitting critics over whether it was the best way to end this trilogy and the epic story of the Batman, one of the most notable superhero stories of all time.

“The Dark Knight Rises” proved to be thrilling, emotional, heartbreaking, and most pleasantly unexpected. The film will shock and enthrall you from start to finish.

Nolan’s final Batman film has so far amassed more than $1 billion across worldwide box offices, making it the ninth-highest grossing film of all time.

Though many die-hard DC fans weren’t entirely satisfied with it’s closure, the successful trilogy has garnered a huge following.

Ultimately, “The Dark Knight Rises” was carefully crafted by the hands of the best working team of technicians and actors, and manages to deliver a lasting icon to honor the legacy of Batman.

The Dark Knight Rises is the third installment of director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy | source: www.facebook.com

Serj Tankian Harakiri Mohammad B. Azzam Photography Editor Just a few months before reuniting with System of a Down to once again be the greatest band ever, Serj Tankian does it again. Following the major success of Elect The Dead and Imperfect Harmonies, nothing less was to be expected with the release of his third studio album Harakiri.

Although still strong in his position regarding global politics and universal corruption, with songs like “Uneducated Democracy” and “Occupied Tears,” Serj introduces a new cause, from the title of the album, you guessed

it,Harakiri. Harakiri, defined by wordnetweb, is ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.

In this case it’s the massive animal suicides from all over the world.

“If you remember in Arkansas there were around 25,000 blackbirds falling from the sky,” he says, referring to just one case of a sudden, mass animal death in early 2011.

“There was something ominous about the whole thing and it really, really strongly affected me, more than anything else that was going on, enough to make me go, OK, this is a huge

f***ing sign.”

The idea is very well represented in both “Cornucopia” and “Harakiri, with “The drum fish/They beached themselves in Harakiri/The blackbirds/ They fell in thousands from the sky,” but it’s not only the brilliant motive behind his songs that make them so great, that combined with his majestic operatic voice and unique personality forms great grounds to the buildup of music. Superb background riffs accompanied by the great fluctuation in tone and music level, a characteristic usually attributed to System, newly readopted by serj in Harakiri

In addition to being one of the most unique voices of modern Rock.

Serj does an excellent job with lyrics. An amalgam of poetic skills and a strong drive to a cause are clearly reflected in his verses and word play. So superb, it was compared by many to SOAD’s magnificent

realease “Toxicity.”

Serj plans to launch three more albums in different genres in the near future.

But as different as they may be, they all carry the essence of someone who truly loves what he does and puts a lot of effort and emotions into his work.

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October 2, 2012 September 26, 2012

Outloud: How do you feel about Lebanon’s recent indoor smoking ban?

Kanzi Kamel News Executive

Adel Saleh: “It causes so many issues. People who need to smoke go outside, make noise, and get in trouble for doing even that. More than that, you’d think Lebanon would focus of more important things before smoking.”

Thomas Noufal: “It’s unfair to smokers, and it’s illogical. Why not just stick to non-smoking areas in restaurants? If people don’t like breathing it in, then they shouldn’t go to places where people smoke.”

Ibrahim Shatilah: “I’m a smoker, so obviously I hate it. Whenever I go out, I can’t enjoy whatever I’m doing.

And for those who say it helps pollution, the cars in Beirut pollute more than cigarettes ever could.”

Reem Salimi: “We can breathe!”

Roya Almousy: “It’s amazing!

There’s no one to invade my air space.”

Tiffany Boumerhi: “There’s less pollution, so it’s fantastic.”

Alexi Touma: “It’s great! I can go to a restaurant and not come out smelling like an ash tray.”

Karen Madi: “It’s the first step to cleaning up Lebanon.”

Adam Achour: “Lebanon’s priorities don’t make sense. Smoking bans shouldn’t be high on that list.”

Majd Roufail: “It’s bad for businesses since the majority of Lebanon smokes.”

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In the neighborhood

In the neighborhood | Source: Mohammad Azzam

”‫جتمع “وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم‬ Friday , October 5, 2012 West Hall

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October 2, 2012 September 26, 2012

Student ID photos: Sigh!

Bayan Jaber Staff Writer It’s that time of year again. You see groups of dressed-up girls piling through the same door.

Some perhaps underdressed, mind you. You will also note that some AUB guys probably shaved and got a haircut. Well, no surprise; it’s the beginning of the year and students want to get their IDs renewed.

The thing about AUB student IDs is that no matter how hard you try, the picture will always end up looking horrible. I’m not trying to console myself, since obviously my ID picture looks like something out of the special effects webcam, you know, those

that make your face look distorted, but I’ve come to realize that I am not the only one facing this predicament.

Whenever I ask someone to show me their ID, they either refuse or start complaining about how horrible the picture turned out. Let me tell you something though. I’m quite positive that if those people were to retake the photo, it would probably turn out even worse.

So to all those with good yearbook or ID pictures, I envy your photogenic qualities. To those with horrible ones, you are not alone. And for those who don’t care anyway, I salute you! Vanity is overrated.

On a more serious note,

and in reference to my own ID photo, did you know that the human face is not symmetrical? Many people claim that they have a “good” and “bad” side of their face. This is because if you were to divide your face in half, your left side would not be exactly identical to your right one.

Some biologists believe that facial symmetry is correlated to attractiveness and human mate choice.

Furthermore, research indicates that “this preference for symmetry may be biologically based” and that a symmetrical face represents “good genes.”

However, some of the most attractive celebrities have surprisingly unsymmetrical faces! In fact,

if you were to edit their portrait and make their features symmetrical, they would look highly unattractive.

In order to prove this counterargument, Australian photographer J ulian Wolkenstein took portraits of 11 people and produced perfectly symmetrical duplicates of their right and left sides to illustrate the differences.

“Part of my project has been to debunk the myth that symmetrical people are therefore better looking. Some of the symmetrical images don’t look attractive at all,” he told the Daily Mail.

Even if symmetrical faces are indeed more appealing, they may not be attractive

Homerʼs Odyssey (CVSP 201 anyone?) that espoused, among other things, the idea of heroics.

So today I find myself asking the same questions that a self-conscious Irishman asked about a hundred years ago: “Why are we still killing each other?”

Well, it turns out that anyone who’s invested their lives in something like a country, ethnic community, or even a religion, would be angered easily if someone gave criticism to that particular nation or creed.

As an American-born Armenian who grew up in Lebanon, I’ve never felt

attached to any one country. I have the urge to defend the United States when I hear people talking dirty about the States, and have the same defensiveness for Lebanon when I hear people complaining about it.

Adding my “Armenianness” into the mixture makes it more confusing for me to understand where I really belong, mostly because I feel very out of touch with the Armenian communities in the Middle East and the United States.

My first years at AUB saw me placed in the middle of students who hailed from the United States, Europe, and from different

per se. Sometimes, asymmetrical faces are more exotic and interesting.

Beauty does not always lie in perfection.

As Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Alice Walker puts it, “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”

Identity crises anyone ?

Nerses Arslanian Staff Writer I used to be one of those rabid atheists who would snub anyone who showed any signs of religious adherence.

Over time, after my dad talked me down into respecting people for who they are and not what they believed in, I started doubting myself and asking all sorts of questions about why the world is such a bad place—the typical angstridden teenage phase.

Iʼve read a lot of books to keep myself distracted from these thoughts until I came across an introduction to a

Penguin edition of Ulysses, one of the most impenetrable novels ever published.

In the 100-or-so page introduction, I read an excerpt of a letter Joyce wrote to his brother that went a little something like this: “Do you not think the search for heroics is damn vulgar?”

I got the impression that Joyce, and a lot of other artists that went on to form the literary movement known as Modernism, started to doubt the significance of ideals, principles and cultures if it meant that it would lead to war.

He structured Ulysses in a way that parodied

parts of the Middle East.

I’ve met a lot of people from all around, but I’ve never had a preference of one group of people over the other.

I’ve come to meet a few people who pointed out that people here have the tendency to form into groups instead of getting to know people outside their comfort zone.

I’m not one to judge, but I feel it is a more rewarding experience in the long run to hang out with friends I choose by “the content of their character” and nothing else.

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Editorial: Do something Lebanese!

The economizing student Rayane Zahreddine I stood outside for a

Heather Jaber Editor-in-Chief Let’s face it; money has always been tight for the average college student, maybe now even more than usual.

With political strife throughout the region, less tourism, rising government debt, and a dwindling economic growth rate, financially, the past year has not been especially kind to Lebanon.

I go to sleep every night reminding myself that I should really wake up, pack a lunch, and bring my own coffee with me so I can actually buy that book I need for class.

I wake up every morning and my conscience conveniently has no qualms about allowing me to rush out the door empty-handed.

I will arrive on Bliss Street and walk subconsciously to buy my morning coffee. Hey, I have a card; eventually it will add up to one free coffee and I will be saving money, right?

I know I should really go buy that book, but I’ll just do that later. Besides, someone said that the bookstore ran out of copies and they are ordering more. I couldn’t even if I wanted to!

Then it’s lunchtime and

I’m suddenly hungry. I walk onto Bliss to “grab” something to eat, which always ends up being a sitdown meal at a restaurant.

And when I’m done with my meal, my wallet a little bit lighter, the valet that parks my car always seems to find me as I’ve just paid for my food. Even when I try to avoid him, running down the street Mission Impossible style, I am always caught, and sadly watch the bills float out of my wallet as I pay him his daily fee.

Then I start getting sleepy before a meeting and I need coffee; it’s okay, I have a card – I’m saving, remember?

At some point during my day, I will remember with a jolt that I need to buy my book. Then I will remember how much money I’ve spent and decide to buy it tomorrow when I’ve amassed just a little bit more.

What if I need gas on the way home? What if my tire pops? What if I start dehydrating and need multiple bottles of water?

Of course, none of this accounts for the amount we pay for gas, school supplies, clothes, and other odds and ends. I even try to hide some of my leftover cash somewhere in my room at the end of the day.

But before I’ve saved up a good amount, I always manage to find it.

And then I spend it on coffee.

News Executive “If you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger,” said Gibran Kahlil Gibran.

I would like to share with you a small Lebanese experience I had this Saturday morning. I woke up early and felt like having a man’oushé for breakfast, to my father’s delight.

My mother suggested the street corner bakery instead of the usual man’oushé delivery. She quickly prepared the za’tar mixture, using local thyme and olive oil. She placed the Tupperware and a spoon in a plastic bag and handed it to me.

It was a two-minute walk to the local foron, which was already busy at nine in the morning. I made my way in the tiny shop and handed the baker my plastic bag.

“Six please,” I told him, and then I patiently waited.

while, watching a middleaged man carefully spread his own kishk mixture on flat discs of dough, and the baker carry wooden boards loaded with manakish in and out of the blazing oven.

An old woman sitting on a chair invited me to sit down by her and so I did. From time to time she would talk to a caged parrot next to her, telling him he was eating too much, or scolding him whenever he squawked.

I kept looking back in the bakery to see where my order was. When the baker ultimately opened my bag and prepared my six manakish with his expert fingertips, I was reassured.

While I waited, a young boy came to the shop carrying his za’tar Tupperware. He reminded me of my childhood, when going to the foron was a weekly, mandatory habit. I felt nostalgic for these days although I disliked going to the foron because of all the

waiting.

As I sat, I started observing the neighborhood.

I watched its residents coming, going and saluting each other. The street felt alive and human, and for a while, I could only think of how beautiful Lebanon and its people were.

The heat coming from the oven, the smell of dough being baked and the busy bakery brought me back to the old days.

Being there felt like a very traditional Lebanese thing to do. And I hadn’t done anything Lebanese in a while.

Finally, my batch was ready, and the baker gave back my empty Tupperware in a now oily bag. I paid him 2,000 LL, and I was on my way home for a delicious Lebanese breakfast.

I encourage you to try this someday. Discover and explore your neighborhood, find your local bakery, wait for your traditional man’oushé, and do something Lebanese!

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‫‪2012‬‬ ‫ت�رشين الأ ّو‬ ‫ل‪2012 ،‬‬ ‫الأوّل‪،‬‬ ‫‪262‬تشرين‬

‫السؤال‪ :‬ما الذي دفعك إلختيار إختصاصك اجلامعي؟ هل أنت راض عنه؟ و إن أردت أن تتبع شغفك‬ ‫بعيدا عن التفكير بفرص العمل‪ ،‬هل كنت اتخذت القرار ذاته؟‬

‫حسني حمود ‪ -‬هندسة كهرباء‬ ‫كومبيوتر‬ ‫“أردت أن أدخل الهندسة و من بني‬ ‫اخليارات املتوفرة ضمن هالقسم‬ ‫حبيت اجملال الي أنا في‪ ،‬باإلضافة‬ ‫فرص العمل متوفرة جدا”‪.‬‬

‫هادي عريضي –علوم إجتماعية‬ ‫“كان بدي علوم سياسية بس فتت‬ ‫شي ما خصه ‪ -‬هندسة كهرباء و‬ ‫كمبيوتر‪ -‬ما حبيتا و قلبت كثير‬ ‫إختصاصات و باالخر صرت علوم‬ ‫إجتماعية‪ .‬كان اخليار الي بتخرج‬ ‫في أسرع و هأل مبسوط و عارف شو‬ ‫بدي لبعدين بالنسبة للماجستير و‬ ‫الدكتوراة‪.‬‬

‫فردي فرتبديان– هندسة كهرباء و‬ ‫كمبيوتر‬ ‫“ لوما فكرت بالشغل كنت بعمل‬ ‫علوم سياسية أو علم الكمبيوتر‪.‬‬ ‫بس كملت بإختصاصي ألنو‬ ‫بيجمع بني الشي الي بحبه و الي‬ ‫بفيدني بالشغل لبعدين‪”.‬‬

‫ملا حسن ‪ -‬ادارة‬ ‫أعمال‬ ‫“ في كثير طلب‬ ‫على ادارة االعمال‬ ‫هااليام‪ ،‬واكثرية يلي‬ ‫بيدرسوا هندسة‬ ‫باالخر بيشتغلوا‬ ‫بهاجملال ‪ ،‬اختصاص‬ ‫ممتع ومشوق وال‬ ‫اتخلى عنه”‪.‬‬

‫أنور الشامي – هندسة‬ ‫مدنية‬ ‫“كان الزم عبي ثالث‬ ‫خيارات بالطلب‬ ‫اجلامعي‪ ،‬ما عرفت‬ ‫شو بدي حط فنقيت‬ ‫األكثر شي مطلوب‪:‬‬ ‫هندسة مدنية‪ ،‬طب‬ ‫و إدارة أعمال‪ .‬فكرت‬ ‫بالشغل و بس و لو بدي‬ ‫إتبع شغفي ميكن كنت‬

‫أكرم ماهايني –علوم‬ ‫سياسية‬ ‫“أنا بدي كون جزء من‬ ‫الي بيغير و بيصلح‬ ‫مبجتمعي مشان هيك‬ ‫اخترت هاإلختصاص‪.‬‬ ‫و ألنو فكرت بالشغل‬ ‫بعدين خططت شو بدي‬ ‫أعمل دراسات عليا و مع‬ ‫أي جمعيات الزم أتتطوع‬ ‫و كيف بشتغل عسيرتي‬ ‫املهنية‪”.‬‬

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Staff List Chairsperson

Talal Nizameddine Editor-in-Chief

Heather Jaber Associate Editor

Ali Kassem Arabic Editor

Mada Dibs Photography Editor

Mohamad B. Azzam Layout Editor

Abbass Naim Webmaster

Jad Shamseddine Buisness Manager

Luma Itani Buisness Executive

Sarah Harfouch Proofreader

Ian Larson News Executives

Kanzi Kamel

Rayane Zahreddine

Ferial Fakih Photographers

Pia Chaib

Karen Sertin Staff Writers

Mohamad Al Medawar

Antoine Ayoub

Loulwa Kalache

Mohamad Sibai

Frederic Abou Jaoude

Assia Noureddine

Hrag Vosgerechian

Karim Zahed

Hashem Osserian

Karen Sertin

Rola Ghaddar

Carla Stephan

Hadi Mehio

Nerses Arslenian

Diala Ahwash

Al-Zahraa Majed

Sarah Dirani

Rana Harbi

Osama Kheir

Ghida Ismail Cartoonists

Ghassan Nassar

Jad Jari

Riddle of the week: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (region/territory) a grammatical conjunction + Tool Time’s handy assistant + ‘‫ ’نح ُن‬in object form Karim Zahed 2012

Cartoon by Jad Jari

‫‪ · ١٧‬ق�سم العربي‬ ‫جل�سة طربية‬

‫لم تعد تستهوي آذان الشبيبة‬ ‫هاشم عبد القادر‬ ‫املعاصرين؟ انه احلنني الى الشرق‬ ‫متطوع‬ ‫كاتب ّ‬ ‫الذي يغفو في وجدان كل انسان‬ ‫مترجال ً من امام مبنى “فيسك”‪ ،‬شرقي اصيل‪ ،‬حنني لم يحتمل‬ ‫صوت لم آلف ان ّات العود و زفراته حتى ترقرق‬ ‫تهادى الى سمعي‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ألف ًة ملّت شمل الساهرين على‬ ‫سماعه في جامعتنا من قبل‪،‬‬ ‫صوت ايقظ في حنايا قلبي احلنني اغاني “فيروز” و”ام كلثوم” و “عبد‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫احلليم” و جمعتهم حول العود‬ ‫الى الشرق الذي سرقته منّا‬ ‫الذي يبقى رمزا ً لألصالة في زمن‬ ‫احلياة العصرية املطعمة بالروح‬ ‫تسارعت فيه وتيرة احلياة‪ .‬فكان‬ ‫الغربية احلديثة‪ .‬توقفت لبرهة‪،‬‬ ‫وإذ بي ارى شابا ً يناغي اوتار العود العود و اصوات الساهرين ندا ًء‬ ‫بانامله و صوتا انثويا ً دافئا ً يرافق لألصالة من قلب جامعة عابقة‬ ‫العزف الشرقي‪ ،‬و حولهما تتحلق بروح التراث الفني ‪ -‬الثقافي ‪،‬‬ ‫مجموعة من الشباب و الشابات روحا ً اضافت للسهرة و بال ادنى‬ ‫شك لونا ً و طعما ً نادرين في‬ ‫الذين غلّبهم الطرب فراحوا‬ ‫زمن انحطاط انتاج املوسيقى‬ ‫يتمايلون مينة و يسرة برؤوسهم‬ ‫من نشوة الطرب‪ .‬لم اكن الوحيد العربية‪ .‬دامت السهرة اربع‬ ‫ساعات مسائية مرت كلمح‬ ‫الذي شده صوت العود الرقراق‬ ‫البصر‪ ،‬و تعاهد احلاضرون على‬ ‫في حضن اجلامعة األمريكية‪،‬‬ ‫فما ان تعالت االصوات الصادحة احياء النفس املوسيقي الشرقي‬ ‫االصيل في كنف اجلامعة من‬ ‫باالغاني الطربية حتى باتت‬ ‫خالل تكرار هكذا سهرات‪ ،‬و‬ ‫اعداد احلاضرين في ازدياد‪ .‬فما‬ ‫الدعوة شرقية اصيلة عامة‪.‬‬ ‫الذي جمع شباب اجلامعة حول‬ ‫املائدة الطربية الدسمة و التي‬

‫‪2012‬‬ ‫ت�رشين الأ ّو‬ ‫ل‪2012 ،‬‬ ‫الأوّل‪،‬‬ ‫‪262‬تشرين‬

‫جاء اخلريف ؟‬ ‫أسامة خير‬ ‫مراسل صحافي‬

‫اجلامعات في اخلارج‪ .‬عاد الطالب‬ ‫الى مقاعدهم رغم أ ّن مؤشرات‬

‫اخلريف لم تظهر بعد و ذلك بسبب‬

‫االنحباس احلراري و استمرار احلر ّ و‬ ‫كان صيفا ً طويال ً استمتع فيه‬ ‫الناس بأشعة الشمس على البحار كأ ّن الصيف ال ينتهي في ‪ 22‬أيلول‪.‬‬ ‫و نسيم الهواء العليل على اجلبل جاء اخلريف‪ ،‬و جاءت معه هموم‬

‫اللعب و التعرف على أشياء جديدة‬ ‫مرحة في حياتهم كما أ ّن الشباب‬ ‫ارتاح من هم الدرس مبمارسة‬

‫الرياضة و املشاركة في احلفالت‪.‬‬ ‫أما األهل فشبعوا من "مشاوي‬ ‫األحد" حيث كانت اللحمة و‬ ‫الدجاج احلاضر األبرز على املوائد‬ ‫اللبنانية نظرا ً لعشق أهل البلد‬ ‫لهذه األصناف و خاصة صيفا‪ .‬ما‬

‫ما يرافق ذلك من ضغط‪ .‬لذلك‪،‬‬ ‫وقبل أن نغوص في غياهب املوادّ‬ ‫علينا أن نضع خط ًة واضح ًة لنسير‬ ‫عليها فمن سار على الدرب وصل‪.‬‬ ‫أعتقد أن معظمنا يدرك لغز التفوق‬ ‫ولكن ينساه ويُضي ُع ُخ ُطواتِه بني‬

‫احملاضر ِة واألخرى‪ ،‬بني "دادالين"‬

‫واخر‪ .‬أوّل ما علينا األخذ به في‬

‫عني االعتبار هو متابعة احملاضرات‬

‫التغيب عنها‪ ،‬ث ُّم االصغاء‬ ‫أضاف نكه ًة خاص ًة لهذا الصيف و وعدم‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫الصف واملتابعة واملشاركة‬ ‫جعله أقل ضغطا ً و أكثر متع ًة هو في ّ‬

‫في املنزل ومراجعة الشرح بشكل‬

‫يومي و أسبوعي وعدم االستهتار‬

‫دروسهم‪ ،‬قبل أسبوعني مما كان يبدأ النفسية عند االمتحانات وفي‬ ‫عليه العام سابقا‪ ً،‬ذلك لرؤي ٍة ثاقبة نهاية الفصل‪ .‬طبعاً‪ ،‬دورة احلياة‬ ‫ونصمم‬ ‫تتكرّر كلّ فصل ونقول‬ ‫لدى االدارة بغية تسهيل األمور و‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ضبط أوقات السفر مبا يتناسب مع كثيرا ً في البداية ولكن ننسى كل‬

‫االنسان والطبيعة كائنان لن يعرفا‬ ‫السالم‬ ‫فالسباق سيظل قائما ً‬ ‫ألن العقل أذكى من القلب‬ ‫لكن القلب أحكم من العقل‬ ‫فالصراع سيكون تائها ً‬ ‫ألن الفكر أعظم من النفس‬

‫جديد عدم الوقوع في اخلطأ‪ .‬في‬ ‫هذا الصدد‪ ،‬ال ب ّد من إرادة صلبة‬

‫بصقل شخصياتهم من خالل‬

‫الرياضية‪ .‬قضى األطفال أوقاتهم‬

‫األفق االمتحانات واالختبارات‬

‫بعد الراحة و االستجمام عاد طالب بالوظائف وحتضير األسئلة للدرس‬ ‫التالي‪ ،‬وبذلك نحصل على الراحة‬ ‫األميركية لصفوفهم و متابعة‬

‫االنسان سباق بني العقل والقلب‬ ‫االنسان صراع بني النفس والفكر‬ ‫االنسان منافسة بني الرأي والقرار‬ ‫فلماذا ال يأمر العقل القلب؟‬ ‫وملاذا ال تستجيب النفس للفكر؟‬ ‫وملاذا ال يتطابق الرأي والقرار؟‬ ‫ما ال يعرفه االنسان انه والطبيعة‬ ‫إخوان‬

‫جند الفرصة بعدها كي جنرب من‬

‫النصفية و املشاريع الفصلية وكل‬

‫التجمعات العائلية و النشاطات‬

‫صقاع هذا البلد احلبيب‪.‬‬

‫فريال فقيه‬ ‫مراسلة صحفية‬

‫ننسى أن هنالك فصل أخير ولن‬

‫حيث تكررت احلفالت املوسيقية و‬

‫الفرصة لزيارة أماكن ضائعة في‬

‫الطبيعة لم تستطع احملافظة على‬ ‫االرض واجلمال‬ ‫فوجدت االنسان لتعلّل عجزها‬

‫بذلنا الكثير لنيل القليل‪ .‬ولكن‪،‬‬

‫العام الدراسي اجلديد مبواده وفروضه‬ ‫ونية قويّة كي ال نزيح عن درب‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ومشاريعه و نتائجه‪ ،‬والحت في‬ ‫واألهم من كل‬ ‫النجاح والتفوق ‪،‬‬ ‫ّ‬

‫سهولة التنقل بني القرى و األماكن والتأثير‪ ،‬وبعد ذلك أخذ املالحظات‬ ‫وترتيب دفتر العمل كي ال يضيع‬ ‫السياحية‪ ،‬حيث كانت حركة‬ ‫املرور خفيفة لقلّة السياح ما أتاح منا أ ّي تفصيل‪ .‬أيضا ً عدم التقصير‬

‫الزاوية ال�شعرية ‪:‬‬

‫ذلك حتى إذا ما وصلنا لالمتحانات‬

‫ينغلق في العواصف املريرة‬ ‫ويتفتح في اوقات جميلة‬ ‫عقل االنسان كاستمرارية الطبيعة‬ ‫يعرف كيف يغذي نفسه‬ ‫لكن يجهل كيف يقاوم شرّه‬ ‫ما اليعرفه االنسان انه والطبيعة‬ ‫ضعيفان‬ ‫االنسان لم يستطع ان يصل الى‬ ‫الكمال‬ ‫فوجد القدر ليعلّل عجزه‬

‫فنفس االنسان كهواء الطبيعة‬ ‫تارة رياح غاضبة وتورا ً نسمة‬ ‫مطيعة‬ ‫وفكر االنسان كفصول الطبيعة‬ ‫يتقلب مع الزمان‪،‬‬ ‫ينتقل من غيوم الى صفاء‪.‬‬ ‫ومن أزهار الى ثمار‬ ‫قرارات االنسان كطيور الطبيعة‬ ‫تهاجر ما ال يعجبها‬ ‫وتستقر اينما يحلو لها‬ ‫قلب االنسان كالورد في الطبيعة‬

‫ذلك‪ ،‬أن نرضى عن أنفسنا أمت ّ الرّضى‬ ‫وأن نقتنع مع أنفسنا في نهاية‬

‫األمر أننا نفعل ما باستطاعتنا‬ ‫كي نتصالح مع ذاتنا ونسير قدما ً‬ ‫للهدف التالي والغاية الالحقة في‬ ‫احلياة‪ ،‬على أمل أن نحقق كل ما‬ ‫نصبو اليه‪.‬‬ ‫في نهاية القول‪ ،‬ال بد للفصل‬ ‫اجلديد الذي ابتدأناه أن يكون‬ ‫مختلفا ً عما سبق‪ ،‬اعمل أفضل‬ ‫اليوم ليكون الغد أحلى ‪ ،‬وتذكر‬ ‫دوما ً أ ّن أحدهم ال يجد مأوى وتذكر‬ ‫الباحث عن الطعام ومن ميوت من‬ ‫العطش وغيرهم ممن ال ّ‬ ‫حظ لهم‬ ‫للتعلم‪ ،‬واألهم‪ ،‬تذكّر الكثيرين‬ ‫احلاملني أن يكونوا معك على مقاعد‬ ‫هذه اجلامعة‪ ،‬فأنت اذا ً تعيش أفضل‬ ‫املمكن والب ّد لك أن تبذل أفضل‬ ‫وأبق‬ ‫املمكن‪ .‬ال تنسى أبدا ً الطموح ِ‬ ‫الدراسية سبيلك وسالحك‬ ‫اخلطة‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ّ‬

‫للغ ّد‪.‬‬

‫"لتكون لهم حياة وتكون حياة‬ ‫أفضل"‪.‬‬

‫لكن النفس أقدس من الفكر‬ ‫فاملنافسة ستبقى دائما ً‬ ‫ألن القرار أش ّد من الرأي‬ ‫لكن الرأي أعلم من القرار‬ ‫في االنسان عدوّان‬ ‫في االنسان حربان‬ ‫في االنسان شهيدان‬ ‫احلرب ونُعالج اجلريح‬ ‫ملاذا ال نوقف‬ ‫َ‬ ‫الم؟‬ ‫وننصر ّ‬ ‫الس َ‬

‫ق�سم العربي · ‪١٦‬‬

‫‪September‬‬ ‫‪26, 2012‬‬ ‫ت�رشين الأ ّول‪2012 ،‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬

‫السؤال‪ :‬ما الذي دفعك إلختيار إختصاصك اجلامعي؟ هل أنت راض عنه؟ و إن أردت أن تتبع شغفك‬ ‫بعيدا عن التفكير بفرص العمل‪ ،‬هل كنت اتخذت القرار ذاته؟‬ ‫رنا سواف ‪ -‬علم نفس (سنة‬ ‫أولى)‬ ‫“ مش كل الناس بيتجرأوا‬ ‫يختاروا هاالختصاص‪،‬‬ ‫عليي‪،‬‬ ‫معظمهم ضحكوا ّ‬ ‫بس أنا مقتنعة بقراري‪.‬علم‬ ‫النفس عم يتطور باخلارج‪،‬‬ ‫و طموحي انقل هيدي‬ ‫التطورات الى لبنان”‪.‬‬

‫كارن سورتن ‪ -‬ادارة أعمال‬ ‫“شغفي علم النفس ‪ ،‬بس قررت‬ ‫الدخول في ادارة األعمال النو االساس‬ ‫في عاملنا اليوم‪ ،‬ويؤمن شغل‬ ‫للمستقبل في مجاالت كثيرة‪ ،‬وهو‬ ‫اسهل من علم النفس “‪.‬‬

‫ساره قدورة ‪ -‬ادارة اعمال (سنة‬ ‫ثالثة)‬ ‫علي هذا اجملال من قبل‬ ‫“ فرض‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أهلي وظروف أخرى‪ ،‬بعد السنة‬ ‫الثانية بدأت احب هذا االختصاص‬ ‫اال انني افضل اختصاص الطب”‪.‬‬

‫حسن مواسي ‪ -‬هندسة‬ ‫مدنية (سنة رابعة)‬ ‫" قالولي انو هندسة مدنية‬ ‫اهني واحسن اختصاص‪ ،‬مع‬ ‫انو ما بحبو‪ ،‬بس كان ضروري‬ ‫فوت عاجلامعة وامن شهادة‬ ‫الشتغل بعدين"‪.‬‬

‫اجني فرح ‪ -‬ماجستير في الصحة‬ ‫العامة‬ ‫“اخترت الصحة العامة ألنو‬ ‫بأمنلي فرص عمل للمستقبل‪،‬‬ ‫و كمان بحب هذا اجملال وما كنت‬ ‫سأختار غيره”‪.‬‬

‫تاال القاضي ‪ -‬ادارة أعمال زراعية‬ ‫“ باالول كان بدي اقتصاد‬ ‫ولكنني لم اقبل‪ ،‬فدخلت ادارة‬ ‫اعمال زراعية واحببته كثيرا‪،‬‬ ‫فكرت بفرص العمل ولم اغير‬ ‫هذا اجملال‪ ،‬كنت الختارعلوم‬ ‫سياسية او اجتماعية اذا ما‬ ‫كانت قصة شغل”‪.‬‬

‫‪ · ١٩‬ق�سم العربي‬

‫‪2012‬‬ ‫ت�رشين الأ ّو‬ ‫ل‪2012 ،‬‬ ‫الأوّل‪،‬‬ ‫‪262‬تشرين‬

‫ال ّنوادي ّ‬ ‫الطالبية ت�سطقب منت�سبني‪:‬‬

‫العميد طالل نظام الدين‪“ :‬النوادي امل�سي�سة معروفة وميكن �ضبطها ب�سهولة وال م�شكلة على هذا ال�صعيد”‬

‫رنا حربي‬ ‫مراسلة صحافية‬ ‫إمتأل ‪ West Hall‬يومي الثالثاء‬ ‫واألربعاء املاضيني بالطالب الراغبني‬ ‫باملشاركة في حدث تشهده‬ ‫اجلامعة كل سنة مع بداية العام‬ ‫الدراسي و هو “أسبوع النوادي‬ ‫الطالبية”‪ .‬حجز كل نادي مكانا ً‬ ‫له وضع فيه إسم النادي على‬ ‫ملصقات علقت على ألواح‬ ‫خشبية وبجانبها طاولة جلس‬ ‫عليها القيمني على النادي جاهزين‬ ‫إلستقبال طالبهم القدامى وكذلك‬ ‫دعوة الطالب اجلدد للمشاركة‪ .‬بدأ‬ ‫الطالب بالتوافد ومن بني احلشود‬

‫كان العميد طالل نظام الدين يجول‬ ‫على النوادي مبتسما ً وسعيدا ً بهذا‬ ‫احلدث الذي يعتبر جزءا ً ال يتجزأ‬ ‫من احلياة اجلامعية ‪-‬اإلجتماعية‪.‬‬ ‫فتوجهت نحوه وسألته عن أهمية‬ ‫وجود نوادي طالبية في اجلامعة‬ ‫فرد قائال ً أن هذه النوادي‪ ،‬والثقافة‬ ‫التي تنشرها واحلياة اإلجتماعية‬ ‫التي تخلقها‪ ،‬توازي بأهميتها احلياة‬ ‫العلمية التي تقدمها اجلامعة‪.‬‬ ‫وعند سؤالي عن مدى تأثر هذه‬ ‫النوادي بالسياسية احمللية ‪ ،‬إعتبر‬ ‫العميد أن النوادي املسيسة‬ ‫معروفة وميكن ضبطها بسهولة‬ ‫وال مشكلة في هذا الصعيد‪ .‬وكان‬ ‫قد حصل جدال بني ‪Freedom Club‬‬

‫و‪ Social Club-‬حول مكان استقرار‬ ‫كل من الناديني ولكن سرعان ما‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫انفض االشكال بعد تدخل االدارة‪.‬‬ ‫في ما عدا ذلك كان اجلو العام‬ ‫إيجابيا ً ‪ ،‬مفعما ً باحليوية واجلهوزية‬ ‫لبدء العام الدراسي‪ .‬شارك في‬ ‫احلدث أكثر من ‪ 35‬ناديا ً انقسموا‬ ‫بني نوادٍ ثقافية‪ ،‬ترفيهية وخيرية‬ ‫يطمح كل منها لضم أكبر عدد‬ ‫ممكن من املنتسبني‪ .‬من النوادي‬ ‫الثقافية النادي الثقافي اجلنوبي‬ ‫الذي يهدف إلى نقل ثقافة جنوب‬ ‫لبنان إلى اجلامعة األميركية في‬ ‫بيروت وإحتضان الطالب القادمني‬ ‫من اجلنوب ومساعدتهم على‬ ‫احلفاظ على هويتهم املقاومة‪،‬‬ ‫النادي الثقافي البقاعي‪ ،‬النادي‬ ‫الثقافي العراقي‪ ،‬النادي الثقافي‬ ‫الفلسطيني الذي يهدف إلى‬ ‫توعية الطالب أكثر عن القضية‬ ‫الفلسطينية‪ ،‬النادي الثقافي‬ ‫السوري الذي يشدد املسؤولني‬ ‫فيه على اهدافهم الثقافية بعيدا ً‬ ‫عن أي مواقف سياسية متعلقة‬ ‫باألوضاع الراهنة في سورية‪ ،‬النادي‬ ‫الثقافي األرمني الذي يهدف إلى‬ ‫تكوين عائلة تضم الطالب األرمن‬ ‫في اجلامعة‪ ،‬وغيرها من النوادي التي‬ ‫أيضا ً تشارك في خلق هذا املزيج‬ ‫الغني املوجود في اجلامعة ‪ .‬وهناك‬ ‫نوادٍ ثقافية وإجتماعية بدورها‬ ‫ولكنها أيضا ً تتسم برؤية متكاملة‬

‫‪Society, Nutrition Society .Club‬‬ ‫حول كيفية بناء اجملتمع والدولة‬ ‫ً‬ ‫وأخيرا هناك نوادي ترفيهية مثل‬ ‫مثل نادي رسالة لبنان‪Freedom ،‬‬ ‫‪ ،Club‬أقدم نادي في اجلامعة رابطة نادي املوسيقى‪ ،‬نادي الرقص الالتيني‬ ‫‪ ،Drama Club ،‬نادي شباب لبنان‬ ‫اإلنعاش القومي‪Social Club، ،‬‬ ‫‪ Youth Club‬وكذلك نادي العلمانيه التابع للجيش اللبناني وجمعية‬ ‫شباب لبنان والذي هو على تواصل‬ ‫الذي هو عبارة عن مجموعة من‬ ‫الطالب املستقلني الطامحني لنشر وتنسيق مباشر مع اجليش اللبناني‪،‬‬ ‫‪Camping and Hiking Club ,‬‬ ‫الفكر العلماني بعدما أثبت في‬ ‫نظرهم النظام الطائفي فشله‪ .‬أما ‪ Chess Club‬وغيرهم من النوادي‬ ‫النوادي اخليرية فتهدف إلى مساعدة التي تنظم حفالت ترفيهة ورحالت‬ ‫ونشاطات رياضية‪ .‬كذلك كان هناك‬ ‫احملتاجني‪ ،‬من خالل جمع التبرعات‬ ‫لأليتام واملعوقني وكبار السن‪،‬ونشر مشاركة جلريدة اجلامعة “األوتلوك”‬ ‫باحلدث حيث تلقّ ت طلّبات كثيرة‬ ‫التوعية خاص ًة في ما يتعلق‬ ‫باألمراض‪ ،‬وضم املتطوعني اجلاهزين النضمام الى أسرتها‪.‬‬ ‫كان ‪ West Hall‬األسبوع املاضي‬ ‫خلدمة اجملتمع وتقدمي املساعدة مثل‬ ‫ملتقى للتعارف و نشر الثقافات‬ ‫‪Reaching Out Club ، Al-Zheim‬‬‫اخملتلفة بني الطالب‪ .‬ولقد استطاع‬ ‫‪ ،er’s association‬الصليب األحمر‬ ‫الطالب من خالل انتسابهم إلى‬ ‫اللبناني ‪aie serve، awareness ،‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫النوادي أن ينخرطوا في احلياة‬ ‫‪ ،club‬نادي تابع ملنظمة اليونسكو‪،‬‬ ‫اإلجتماعية وليس فقط العلمية‬ ‫وغيرهم من النوادي التي هدفها‬ ‫في اجلامعة‪ .‬من املالحظ أن العديد‬ ‫تقدمي املساعدات اخليرية واالرشاد‬ ‫الروحي كالنادي االسالمي “‪ Insight‬من هذه األندية لديها أهداف‬ ‫مشتركة وخاص ًة األندية اخليرية‪،‬‬ ‫‪. ”Club‬كذلك هناك نوادي هدفها‬ ‫بدورنا نسأل ملاذا ال تتوحد هذه‬ ‫تطوير الطالب ذهنيا ً خاص ًة في‬ ‫ً‬ ‫األندية معا لتصبح أكثر فعالية‬ ‫مجال تخصصه وحتسني قدراته‬ ‫وقوة ؟‬ ‫كطالب وكعضو فاعل في اجملتمع‬ ‫الحقا ً مثل نادي فن اخلطابة( (�‪Toast‬‬ ‫‪masters Club) ، Boost Your‬‬ ‫‪career, e club, Engineering Stu‬‬‫‪dent Society, Emerging Markets‬‬ ‫‪Club, Great Minds Club, PSPA‬‬ ‫‪Society, Economics Student‬‬

‫الأقنعة‬ ‫يتقمص أحد الشخصيات‪،‬‬ ‫لكي‬ ‫الزهراء ماجد‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أو ربمّ ا لكي ال يختبئ حتت قناعه‬ ‫مراسلة صحافية‬ ‫اليومي العاد ّي‪ .‬أعني بقولي هذا‪،‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أن ّه ربمّ ا قد لبس فالن قناعا معينا‬ ‫اليوم‪ ،‬في صف العربية ‪251‬‬ ‫لكي يرتاح مع ذاته ويبدي ما أراد أن‬ ‫املقامات‪ ،‬وعند مناقشتنا لبعض‬ ‫يخفيه لوقت كثير خشية اجملتمع‬ ‫شروط املقامة وما إلى ذلك من‬ ‫األمور الدراسية االدبية‪ ،‬جرى احلديث والقواعد التي ال يزال يفرضها‬ ‫علينا كبشر عموما‪ ،‬وكلبنانيني‬ ‫عن موضوع‪ -‬فلسفي‪ -‬بنظري‪،‬‬ ‫خصوصا‪ .‬ولكي أكمل ما حدث‪،‬‬ ‫استدعى انتباهي واندفاعي‪،‬‬ ‫لهدف اإلكمال ال أكثر‪ ،‬سأل‬ ‫“األقنعة”‪.‬‬ ‫األستاذ إن كان هذا الفالن رمزا لنا‪،‬‬ ‫والفكرة األساسية من املوضوع‬ ‫كانت‪ ،‬حسب ما أذكر‪ ،‬أن ّه في أحد أ ّي إن كنا نحن كذلك أيضا نرتدي‬ ‫األماكن كان أحد الشخصيات (أبو أقنعة‪ .‬رفض الكثيرون هذا السؤال‬ ‫ولكنّني قلت لهم أننا وفي هذا‬ ‫الفتح االسكندري) يرتدي قناعا‬ ‫الصف نرتدي أقنعة‪ ،‬وفي كلّ صف‬ ‫معينا‪ ،‬فسألنا األستاذ بالل األرفه‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫نغير األقنعة‪.‬‬ ‫لي إن كنا ندري ماهية فعله‪ .‬ردّ‬ ‫من صفوف احلياة ّ‬ ‫واألقنعة‪ ،‬ليست باملعنى السلبي‬ ‫أحد الزمالء قائال أنه ربمّ ا فعل ذلك‬

‫لشخص منافق على‬ ‫الذي نو ّجهه‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫سبيل املثال‪ ،‬بل إن ّها شرط متو ّجب‬ ‫علينا فعله لكي نكمل مسيرتنا‬ ‫بشكل سليم‪ .‬فأنا هنا‬ ‫في اجملتمع‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ارتدي قناع الفيلسوف‪ ،‬كما يظن‬ ‫البعض‪ ،‬ومع أصدقائي أرتدي قناع‬ ‫الصداقة‪ ،‬ومع األساتذة والدكاترة‬ ‫أرتدي قناع التلميذة اجملتهدة‪ ،‬ومع‬ ‫أهلي قناعا آخر‪ ،‬ومع ذاتي‪ ،‬وفي‬ ‫الطريق وعند احلب‪ ،‬وعند الكره‪ ،‬وفي‬ ‫السالم وفي احلرب‪ .‬إذا أن ّه ال ميكن أن‬ ‫ترتدي قناع احملب أمام أصدقائك‪ ،‬أو‬ ‫قناع الطائش أمام أهلك‪.‬‬ ‫حاول األستاذ ربط احلوار بأفالم‬ ‫ثم مبسرحية لفيروز‬ ‫سينمائية ومن ّ‬ ‫عن األقنعة (هالة وامللك)‪ .‬في هذه‬ ‫املسرحية كان لكل شخصية‬

‫قناع ميثلها‪ ،‬فاملستشار لبس قناع‬ ‫احلمار‪ ،‬وأمينة اخلزانة لبست قناع‬ ‫الفأرة‪ ،‬بينما لبست زوجة العرّاف‬ ‫“العفيفة” قناع الراقصة‪ ،‬وهكذا‬ ‫دواليك‪ ،‬وعندما تخلّى اجلميع‬ ‫عن قناعه‪ ،‬عاد ليمثل القناع في‬ ‫احلقيقة‪ ،‬أي صار القناع هو حقيقة‬ ‫الشخص‪.‬‬ ‫كلّنا إذا أقنعة‪ ،‬وكلّها تنحصر‬ ‫عملية إدراك الذات‪ ،‬هذه الذات‬ ‫في‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫املتشابكة املتضاربة الهويات‬ ‫والشخصيات‪ ،‬ال ميكنها أن تعرف‬ ‫ودمرت‬ ‫ذاتها إال إذا عاكست ما تريد ّ‬ ‫أهواءها وسعت لألهداف السامية‬ ‫التي من شأنها أن تنمي وتغذ ّي‬ ‫اليومية‪.‬‬ ‫الروح‪ ،‬كالفيتمينات‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫وإن أردنا أن نأخذ املعنى التقليدي‬

‫لألقنعة‪ ،‬فذاك موضوع آخر‬ ‫ال ينتهي من اجلدال‪ ،‬واملعنى‬ ‫السلبي هو النفاق واملصالح‬ ‫بالدرجة األولى‪ ،‬وقد وصف االمام‬ ‫علي (ع) املنافقني بقوله‪“ :‬ميشون‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫اخلفاء ويدبون الضراء‪ ،‬قولهم‬ ‫الدواء وفعلهم الداء العياء‪،‬‬ ‫يتقارضون الثناء ويتقاربون اجلزاء‪،‬‬ ‫يتوصلون إلى الطمع باليأس‬ ‫ويقولون فيشبهون‪ ،‬ينافقون في‬ ‫املقال ويقولون فيوهمون‪”.‬‬ ‫دعونا نسعى لكي ال نقع في‬ ‫الدائرة الثانية‪ ،‬نعم هذا قناعي‪،‬‬ ‫الناصحة اآلن‪.‬‬

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‫أحمد عثمان‬ ‫علوم سياسية‪ ،‬ماجيستير‬

‫لي صديق في برنامج املاجيستير‪،‬‬ ‫شارف على االنتهاء من صفوفه‪،‬‬ ‫وعلى البدء باألطروحة‪ ،‬قال لي أن ّه‬ ‫ال يستبعد أن يوكل أمر كتابتها إلى‬ ‫شخص آخر‪ ،‬بعد االتّفاق على سعر‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫طبعا‪.‬‬ ‫االستكتاب‬ ‫ً‬ ‫دهش صديقي الستهجاني املسألة‬ ‫برمتها‪ ،‬وأخبرني أن استكتاب‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫األطروحات أمر ٌ شائع‪ .‬أضاف أن ّه‬ ‫غير مقتنع باجلدوى من كتابة‬ ‫أطروحة في مجال عملي كذلك‬ ‫الذي يدرسه‪ ،‬وأكد لي أن األساتذة‬ ‫أنفسهم ال يتحلّون باألمانة‬ ‫األكادميية‪ ،‬حيث أن محاضراتهم‬ ‫غال ًبا ما تكون منقولة بحرفيتها‬ ‫من أولى املراجع التي يزورونها على‬ ‫موقع غوغل‪.‬‬ ‫هذه التحاليل العبقرية‪ ،‬وسواها‪،‬‬ ‫تكاد تصيبني باليأس‪.‬‬ ‫بوعي أو بال وعي ‪-‬‬ ‫نحن ال نزال ‪-‬‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫نعمل على أساس أن شيوع اخلطأ‬ ‫يصححه‪ ،‬وإلاّ ملا كانت حجة‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫صديقي األولى هي أن اجلميع‬ ‫يستكتب اجلميع‪ .‬هذا النمط من‬ ‫التفكير كارثي‪ ،‬ألنه ال يزال يفترض‬ ‫أ ّن الصواب هو املمارسة التي جتمع‬ ‫األكثرية عليها؛ وهو بالتالي تفكير ٌ‬ ‫حيواني عشائري‪ ،‬عاجز عن فصل‬ ‫الفرد عن اجلماعة‪.‬‬ ‫ال بد لي من أن أعترف أن التفكير‬ ‫هذا ال يجرّم بالضرورة املمارسات‬ ‫الفردية‪ .‬هو ال يقول مثلاً أن عدم‬ ‫استكتاب أحد هو خطأ‪ ،‬لكنه يقول‬ ‫أنه ببساطة أمر ٌ مثالي‪ ،‬واملثالية في‬ ‫هذا السياق أمر اختياري يقوم به‬ ‫السذ ّج واألطفال واألجانب‪ .‬مبعنى‬ ‫آخر‪ ،‬فإننا حسب هذا التحليل نحيا‬

‫في حالة انفصام ما بني الفكرة‬ ‫واملمارسة‪ ،‬وحري بنا أن نذهب‬ ‫جميعا إلى دير الصليب لنعالَج‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫قبل أن يضيع لبنان ضحية أمراضنا‬ ‫النفسية والعصبية‪.‬‬ ‫وأنا في واقع األمر أوافق صديقي في‬ ‫أن مجال دراسته ال يحتاج أطروحة‪،‬‬ ‫لكنّي أخالفه الرأي فيما يجب‬ ‫فعله انطالقًا من هذه املالحظة‪ .‬‬ ‫القوانني ليست انتقائية‪ ،‬ونحن في‬ ‫لبنان نعاني من ليبرالية مفرطة‬ ‫في ال ّتعامل معها‪ .‬قد ال تعجبنا‬ ‫األطروحة ضمن برنامجنا الدراسي‬ ‫إال أن هذا ال يبرر أن نتحايل عليها‪،‬‬ ‫ألننا في حتايلنا منارس ‪ -‬مجددًا‬ ‫تقبل ظاهري‬ ‫انفصاما ما بني‬ ‫‬‫ً‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ورفض واقعي‬ ‫ملتطلبات البرنامج‪،‬‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫علنيا‪ ،‬فنترك‬ ‫إما أن يكون رفضنا‬ ‫له‪ّ .‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫البرنامج برمته (الصدق مع النفس‬ ‫وإما أن يكون‬ ‫أمر ٌ مكلف‪ ،‬بال شك)‪ّ ،‬‬ ‫قبولنا صادقًا‪ ،‬فنقبل باألطروحة‬ ‫ألننا قبلنا بالبرنامج‪.‬‬ ‫وأخيرًا‪ ،‬ال بد لي من التوجه إلى‬ ‫احلجة القائلة بأن األساتذة ليسوا‬ ‫على مستوى األمانة األكادميية‬ ‫املطلوبة‪ ،‬بالعودة إلى فكرة‬ ‫املرجعية األخالقية‪ .‬ال أفهم كيف‬ ‫إلنسان يحترم نفسه‪ ،‬أن يقبل‬ ‫باعتماد أيًا كان مرجعي ًة (أكانت‬ ‫أخالقية أو سياسية أو دينية)‪ ،‬ألننا‬ ‫ُخلقنا أسوياء ونبقى كذلك‪ .‬نقصد‬ ‫ت‬ ‫األساتذة ألن ّهم أعلم منّا مبجاال ٍ‬ ‫معينة‪ ،‬ال ألن ّهم سوبرمان‪ .‬هم‬ ‫مثلنا عرضة للخطأ‪ ،‬وواجبنا عندما‬ ‫يخطئون أن نصححهم ‪ -‬أو في‬ ‫أسوأ األحوال‪ ،‬أن نصمت ‪ -‬لكن ال أن‬ ‫نتحجج بهم غطا ًء ألخطائنا‪.‬‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫املرجعية حتيا وال حتيا معنا‪ ،‬أبعد من‬ ‫املادة وأقرب من أنفسنا إلينا‪.‬‬

‫ال ّرئي�س �سليمان ‪“ :‬بقيتم منارة علم وثقافة ت�شع وال‬ ‫تخفت‪ ،‬ال بل منبعا للفكر القومي‪ ،‬وم�صنعا لأحالم الأمة”‬ ‫تكملة من �صفحة ‪٢٠‬‬ ‫املشاريع التي يطمح املركز الطبي‬ ‫متحدثا عن خدمات املركز الطبي‬ ‫الى تقدميها في لبنان واحمليط العربي‬ ‫في اجلامعة االميركية في بيروت‬ ‫واالعالم وليد الداعوق وعدد من‬ ‫وفق رؤية اجلامعة االميركية لعام‬ ‫الهادف الى ارتقاء الرعاية الطبية‬ ‫النواب والشخصيات السياسية‬ ‫‪ .2020‬وقال “لم يتم اختيار بيروت‬ ‫في املنطقة الى مستوى عال عبر‬ ‫مقرا ً للجامعة األميركية من بقبيل‬ ‫واالعالمية إضافة الى رئيس اجلامعة مسارات س ّتة‪( .‬املسار األول هو‬ ‫الصدفة‪ .‬لقد أدرك املؤسسون‬ ‫االميركية الدكتور بيتر دورمان وعدد التوسع بالقدرة االستيعابية من‬ ‫من الشخصيات وأعضاء اجلسم‬ ‫أهمية اقامة جامعة تكون في‬ ‫‪ 350‬سرير الى ‪ 650‬سريراً‪ ،‬املسار‬ ‫والثقافي‬ ‫الطبي والتعليمي واالداري‬ ‫الشرق األوسط ‪ ،‬ومن الشرق‬ ‫فتم ضم نحو‬ ‫الثاني هو التوظيف ّ‬ ‫وسط تشديدات أمنية كثيفة على ‪ 80‬أخصائيا ً من الناجحني واملعروفني األوسط‪ ،‬ومن أجل الشرق األوسط‪.‬‬ ‫شارع “بليس” والشارع املؤدي الى‬ ‫جامعتنا ليست جامعة أميركية‬ ‫في مجاالتهم ‪ ،‬املسار الثالث هو‬ ‫مستشفى اجلامعة‪.‬‬ ‫ذات فرع في لبنان‪”.‬‬ ‫الرعاية التي تتمحور حول املريض‬ ‫وشدد الدكتور خوري في كلمة‬ ‫فتم استحداث وحدة مختصة‬ ‫وكان رئيس اجلمهورية وصل‬ ‫القاها على اهمية هذا احلدث‪،‬‬ ‫بشؤون املرضى ‪ ،‬املسار الرابع‬ ‫والسيدة عقيلته الى اجلامعة‬ ‫إضافة الى أهمية “رؤية ‪”2020‬‬ ‫اقامة مراكز امتياز باستمرار منها‬ ‫االميركية في بيروت‪ ،‬وكان في‬ ‫اخلاصة باجلامعة االميركية في‬ ‫مركز سرطان االطفال ومعهد أبو‬ ‫االمناء‬ ‫استقبالهما رئيس مجلس‬ ‫بيروت وطموحها بتقدمي املزيد من‬ ‫حيدر لعلم األعصاب ومركز ملرض‬ ‫في اجلامعة الدكتور فيليب خوري‪،‬‬ ‫اخلدمات في مجال الرعاية الطبية‬ ‫التصلب العصبي املعدد‪ ،‬املسار‬ ‫رئيس‬ ‫رئيس اجلامعة االميركية‪ ،‬نائب‬ ‫اخلامس هو الشراكات االستراتيجية واالبحاث في لبنان ودول املنطقة‪.‬‬ ‫اجلامعة االميركية للشؤون الطبية والسادس هو التركيز على اجلانب‬ ‫عميد كلية الطب الدكتور محمد‬ ‫بعد انتهاء الرئيس سليمان من‬ ‫االكادميي والبحثي)‪.‬‬ ‫صايغ وعدد من الشخصيات‪.‬‬ ‫إلقاء كلمته‪ ،‬انتقل وعقيلته‬ ‫واحلضور الى املكان اخملصص‬ ‫ثم ألقى الرّئيس دورمان كلمة‬ ‫بدأ االحتفال بالنشيد الوطني‪،‬‬ ‫لتشييد املبنى اجلديد‪ ،‬ووضع احلجر‬ ‫باللغة االنكليزية بنهارٍ وصفه‬ ‫ثم النشيد اجلامعي‪ .‬ثم كلمة‬ ‫بالتاريخي ‪ ،‬وحتدث فيها عن أهمية االساس‪ .‬ثم تسلم هدية عبارة عن‬ ‫لعريفة احلفل رنا علي‪ .‬حتدث‬ ‫وجود اجلامعة االميركية في مدينة “أداة بناء مذهبة”‪.‬‬ ‫بالرئيس‬ ‫بعدها د‪ .‬صايغ الذي رحب‬ ‫بيروت وبناء هذا املركز االكادميي‬ ‫سليمان والسيدة عقيلته واحلضور‪ ،‬والعالجي الذي يعتبر جزءا من‬

‫قانون منع التدخني يف الأماكن العامة‬ ‫سأل أحدهم‪ :‬هل التدخني مضر‬

‫التطبيق اجلدي‪ ،‬إال أنه بات حيز التنفيذ‪،‬‬

‫وإذا ما انتشرت في اجملتمع‪ ،‬بات املس‬

‫بالصحة؟‬

‫وليس من املفترض أن نقابل دواعي‬

‫بها شيئا ً مرفوضاً‪ ،‬فاملشكلة في كل‬

‫أجاب آخر‪ :‬بالتأكيد ولكن ‪.....‬‬

‫إقراره بالرفض والسخرية‪ :‬فليس كل‬

‫شيء إال السيجارة واألرجيلة‪ .‬فعند‬

‫من ال يدخن ملزم باحترام حرية االخرين‬

‫اعتراف البعض بأنها فعال ً عادة سيئة‪،‬‬

‫ليس لهذا السؤال أدنى اعتبار في‬

‫في التدخني ‪ -‬وأقله في األماكن العامة‪.‬‬

‫يتحججون بأنها وسيلة اللبناني‬

‫لبنان‪ ،‬على الرغم من أنه من أهم‬

‫كما وإن معظم املرافق السياحية لها‬

‫“للتنفيس” عن تقصير الدولة في تزويد‬

‫أسباب إقرار قانون احلد من التدخني في‬

‫ملحق خارجي الذي بحسب القانون‬

‫أدنى مستلزمات العيش الكرمي‪.‬‬

‫األماكن العامة ‪ .‬وبالرغم من أن اجلميع‬

‫يسمح التدخني فيه‪ .‬كذلك‪ ،‬فالقول‬

‫ولكن‪ ،‬ماذا لو أن املشكلة‪ ،‬أو شيئا ً‬

‫يقر بأحقية هذا القانون ونبل أهدافه‪،‬‬

‫بأن القطاع السياحي مهدد إذا مت احلد‬

‫منها‪ ،‬هي في السيجارة بحد ذاتها؟‬

‫إال أن اختالفا ً قد وقع على أولوية‬

‫من ‪ -‬وليس منع ‪ -‬هذه العادة املضرة‪،‬‬

‫ماذا لو أنها من األسباب التي حتد‬

‫تطبيقه بحيث أن للدولة مشاغل أكبر‬

‫دليلٌ على هشاشة النظام اإلقتصادي‬

‫اللبنانيني من السعي لتقييم‬

‫وأهم من هذا القانون الثانوي‪ .‬كذلك‬

‫الذي يأخذ بعني اإلعتبار إيرادات اخلزينة‬

‫مشاكلهم والعمل حللها بالطريقة‬

‫فقد رأى البعض أن لهذا القانون تبعات‬

‫قبل صحة املواطنني‪.‬‬

‫املناسبة؟ وإن كان هذا التساؤل بعيد‬

‫على صعيد إقتصاد املقاهي واملطاعم‬

‫لعل أبرز ما يعول عليه هذا القانون هو‬

‫عن تصور البعض‪ ،‬يبقى لنا أن نأمل أن‬

‫التي سيخف ارتياد الزبائن إليها إن‬

‫وعي املواطن‪ .‬وأقصى ما ميكن أن يفعله‬

‫ال يكون للتدخني أي أثر في زيادة نسبة‬

‫التزمت بتنفيذ القانون‪ ،‬يرافقه تسريح‬

‫هو تضييق حرية التدخني إلى حدود‬

‫سرطان الرئة لدى العجزة أو معدالت‬

‫عدد ال بأس به من األيادي العاملة‪.‬‬

‫احلرية الشخصية‪ ،‬في حني أن الغاية‬

‫التشوه اخللقي لدى املولودين حديثا ً في‬

‫قد تكون هذه اخملاوف مبررة‪ ،‬غير أنه‬

‫منه هي إرشاد املواطن إلى مساوئ هذه‬

‫السنوات العشر القادمة‪ ،‬حتى يكون‬

‫وإن كان هذا القانون بعيدا ً كل البعد‬

‫العادة التي أصبحت مالذا ً للمدخن‬

‫احلق ‪ -‬كل احلق ‪ -‬على الدولة اللبنانية‪.‬‬

‫عن القوانني التي تتطلب التعديل أو‬

‫الهارب من ضغط مشاكله احلياتية‪.‬‬

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‫ال ّرئي�س �سليمان ‪ :‬لعدم تقدمي ا�ستقرارنا فدية على مذبح الربيع العربــي‬

‫ال ّرئي�س دورمان ‪ “ :‬جامعتنا لي�ست جامعة �أمريكية ذات فرع يف لبنان ‪ ،‬بل جامعة يف ال�رشق الأو�سط ‪ ،‬ومن ال�رشق الأو�سط‪ ،‬ومن �أجل ال�رشق الأو�سط “‬ ‫مدى الدبس‬ ‫أكد رئيس اجلمهورية العماد ميشال‬ ‫سليمان أن “احترام الدولة من خالل‬ ‫قوانينها خلصائص كل ثقافة‪ ،‬إضافة‬ ‫إلى متازجها مع سائر الثقافات جعل‬ ‫من لبنان واحة‪ ،‬كادت أن تكون وحيدة‪،‬‬ ‫للدميقراطية املرجتاة من كل شعوب‬ ‫املنطقة‪ ،‬وهي دميوقراطية ال يسعها إال‬ ‫أن تكون تشاركية‪ ،‬وأال تسمح بالوقوع‬ ‫في شرك أي تطرف أو انكفاء‪.‬‬ ‫وإذ أشار الى ان “الدميقراطية التي‬ ‫يتمتع بها لبنان جعلته موضع أطماع‬ ‫ورمبا سمحت هي باالستقواء عليه‬ ‫وتعريضه ألزمات هددت في كثير من‬ ‫األحيان وجوده وكيانه‪ ،‬أكان ذلك في‬ ‫املصالح املتضاربة للدول‪ ،‬والذي أدى‬ ‫إلى استحضار صراع األنظمة على‬ ‫ساحاته‪ ،‬أو في مشاريع وخطط رسمت‬ ‫في ليل لضرب صيغة العيش الواحد”‪،‬‬ ‫فإنه شدد على “ضرورة ان ال نسمح‬ ‫بتقدمي استقرارنا فدية على مذبح‬ ‫الربيع العربي‪ ،‬اذا كنا توافقنا على اال‬ ‫يكون لبنان بعد اليوم ساحة لهذه‬

‫الصراعات او منصة لتبادل الرسائل”‪.‬‬ ‫وختم كلمته‪“ :‬هنيئا للجامعة‬ ‫األميركية في بيروت مشروع مركزها‬ ‫اجلديد‪ ،‬وهي ما برحت تعلي صروح‬ ‫العلم منذ ما يقارب القرن ونصف‬ ‫القرن‪ ،‬توسع مساحات االختصاص‬ ‫والبحث العلمي ترفع من مستوى‬ ‫اجلودة والكفاءة‪ ،‬تتمسك مبساحاتها‬ ‫اخلضر‪ ،‬من ضمن الوفاء لرسالتها‬ ‫التربوية العريقة‪ ،‬وللقيم التي نشأت‬ ‫عليها وآمن بها اآلباء املؤسسون‪ .‬إنني‬ ‫واثق أنه منذ اللحظة ولغاية عام ‪،2020‬‬ ‫تاريخ اكتمال مكونات البناء‪ ،‬بأننا‬ ‫جميعا مسؤولون ومواطنون‪ ،‬سنكون‬ ‫متابعني لهذا اإلجناز وداعمني له‪ ،‬واثقني‬ ‫بأنه سيساهم بامتياز بإعالء شأن‬ ‫لبنان ومتتني ركائزه العلمية والثقافية‬ ‫واحلضارية””‪.‬‬ ‫كالم الرئيس سليمان‪ ،‬جاء في خالل‬ ‫حضوره ورعايته احتفال وضع احلجر‬ ‫األساس ل”املبنى االكادميي والعالجي‬ ‫في اجلامعة األميركية في بيروت”‪،‬‬ ‫في حضور وزيري الصحة العامة علي‬ ‫حسن خليل‪.‬‬

‫سيشتاق له لكن لن يُنسى‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اجلامعة األميركية تكرم فقيدها وفقيد لبنان غسان تويني‬ ‫ّ‬

‫ياسر الزّيات‬ ‫متطوع‬ ‫كاتب‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫أقامت اجلامعة األميركية في‬ ‫بيروت تكرميا ً للصحفي والسياسي‬ ‫الراحل غسان تويني‪ ،‬وذلك في قاعة‬ ‫“األسمبلي هول” مساء االثنني املاضي‪.‬‬ ‫ودعت اجلامعة األميركية إلى تكرمي‬ ‫ابنها البارّ‪ ،‬الذي تخرج منها ودرّس فيها‬ ‫وكان عضو مجلس أمنائها‪ ،‬وقد حضر‬ ‫التكرمي حشد كبير بينهم مملثون عن‬ ‫رؤساء اجلمهورية واحلكومة ومجلس‬ ‫النواب‪.‬‬ ‫وق ّدم التكرمي رئيس اجلامعة بيتر دورمان‪،‬‬ ‫وافتتحه بكلمة أشاد فيها بالراحل‬ ‫الذي اعتبره “فخرا ً مذهال ً” للجامعة‪،‬‬ ‫و”املواطن الكامل الذي يطمح اجلميع‬ ‫أن يكونوه”‪ ،‬و”متحلّيا ً بالقيم التي‬ ‫كانت اجلامعة تسعى لترسيخها في‬ ‫طالبها”‪.‬‬ ‫ومت ّ عرض فيلم قصير عن “عميد‬

‫الصحافة اللبنانية” ومحطات بارزة‬ ‫من حياته احلافلة‪ ،‬تضمن حلظة تكرميه‬ ‫بالدكتوراه الفخرية من قبل اجلامعة‬ ‫قبل سبعة أعوام‪.‬‬ ‫أما رئيس مجلس أمناء اجلامعة د‪.‬‬ ‫فيليب خوري فرأى فيه قائدا ً وأكادمييا ً‬ ‫وشخصية مؤثرة في اجلامعة‪،‬ورجال ً‬ ‫لم يهادن الفاشية‪ ،‬واغتنى به كل‬ ‫“سيشتاق له لكنه‬ ‫من تعرف إليه‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫لن يُنسى”‪ .‬وتلت كلمة خوري كلمة‬ ‫د‪ .‬سمير خلف‪ ،‬مدير قسم األبحاث‬ ‫السلوكية واالجتماعية في اجلامعة‪،‬‬ ‫التي استحضر فيها ذكرياته مع تويني‬ ‫“الصحافي واملفكر والسياسي اخلالق‬ ‫والصديق”‪.‬‬ ‫وتال الكلمات الثالث عزف مقطوعتني‬ ‫على البيانو أدتهما السيدة أرميني‬ ‫شوكاسيزيان‪ ،‬كانت إحداهما‬ ‫لسيرجي راخمانينوف والثانية لكارل‬ ‫ماير‪.‬‬ ‫بعد ذلك ألقى نقيب الصحافة‬ ‫اللبنانية محمد بعلبكي كلمة‬ ‫هادئة رثى فيها تويني ثم وطنه الذي‬ ‫كان يحلم أن يراه على غير ما آل إليه‪.‬‬

‫وبعدها قدم رئيس بعثة األمم املتحدة‬ ‫د‪ .‬طارق متري املزيد من صفات الوزير‬ ‫والنائب الفقيد‪ ،‬الذي كان‪“ ،‬رجل أسئلة‬ ‫كثيرة ولغات كثيرة”‪ ،‬و”لم يكن يوما ً‬ ‫ازدواجياً”‪ ،‬أو مشتتا ً بني هوياته املتعددة‪،‬‬ ‫كلبناني وعربي ومسيحي ومشرقي‪.‬‬ ‫وختمت حفل التكرمي حفيدة الراحل‬ ‫نايلة تويني‪ ،‬التي عبرت عن صعوبة‬ ‫الكالم عن جدها واإلحاطة بأدواره‪،‬‬ ‫مشيرةً إلى أنه رجل الدولة والصحفي‬ ‫الذي طاملا دافع بشراسة عن سيادة‬ ‫بالده وحرية صحافتها وقدرة شبابها‪.‬‬ ‫غسان تويني سياسي وصحفي لبناني‬ ‫بارز‪ ،‬ورئيس حترير جريدة النهار سابقاً‪،‬‬ ‫ولد عام ‪ ،1926‬حصل على بكالوريوس‬ ‫في الفلسفة من اجلامعة األميركية‬ ‫في بيروت وعلى ماجستير في العلوم‬ ‫السياسية من جامعة هارفرد‪ ،‬ترك‬ ‫مؤلفات عديدة أبرزها “اتركوا شعبي‬ ‫يعيش”‪“ ،‬الثقافة العربية والقرار‬ ‫السياسي”‪“ ،‬قراءة ثانية في القومية‬ ‫العربية”‪ ،‬و”حوار مع االستبداد”‪ ،‬توفي‬ ‫في حزيران املاضي عن عمر ناهز ‪86‬‬ ‫عاماً‪.‬‬