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. During the ceremony Sleiman spoke of the importance of preserving the democratic system in LebaContinued page 2
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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