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Outlook The American University of Beirut

AUB Freedom Club

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Vol. XLIII, No. 8

| Friday, Nov 19, 2010

AUB Secular Club

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| The Independent Student Publication Since 1949

Speaker’s Corner Starts off on a Strong Note Amir Bitar Contributing Writer

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SFC’s first Speaker’s Corner for this year took place on Wednesday, November 4 at 12:00 pm with the topic being “The Effects of Politics on Student Elections at AUB.” Fourteen students have originally signed up for the debate; nine of which, in addition to two additional students from the floor, eventually showed up, took to the podium, and spoke to a crowd of over a hundred students. The event was anticipated with a fair degree of opti-

mism; Dr. Talal Nizameddin, Acting Dean of Student Affairs, expressed his belief that “there will be a chance to discuss hot topics in a civilized way.” He added, “We know we have adult university students and we expect that everyone will show responsibility.” Nadine Hamdan, Acting Vice-President of the outgoing USFC, noted that last year “the subjects that we had were neither really AUB-related nor really student-related.” She believes “it is always better to target what we live through

and face here in AUB,” and was thus hopeful the choice of topic will lead to a more satisfactory student involvement. The majority of the students who spoke were unfavorable of the effects politics had on student elections and, consequently, on student life on the whole; six out of the eleven speaking students were expressly against the politicization of student elections. Mark Bou Mansour most arcontinued on page 2

AUBites engaged in Speaker’s Corner debate

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SRC Campaigns Kick Start this Year’s Elections Dalia Hosn Staff Writer

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o it begins again, Student Elections are right around the corner, as the Student Representative Committee candidates launched their campaigns Monday, November 15, in front of West Hall. While the political turmoil in the country has everyone on edge, one of the main concerns for the AUB Elections is whether or not the political affiliations of the various candidates will prove unfavorable for the university. However, the first day of campaigning has passed smoothly, though perhaps that is simply due to the absence of one of the main competitors.

Students at Work won last year, and apparently they’re “still working.” Many of the running candidates said that they were inspired by the efforts of last year’s SRC in their campaign against the 15-credit policy. Pierre Khoury (OSB Junior) said, “We saw the work that was done last year and we’re going to do the same this year and better.” Furthermore, when it came to the integration of politics in the elections, Khoury said that it was “because we can work together outside of AUB, politics makes us a group and allows us to work better. In the end we’re all friends.” A similar sentiment was expressed by Bilal Daher (FAS SophSRC campaign flooded with candidates, lobbyists, and voters

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Correction: Due to imprecise notes taken by the reporter, an interview with Dr. Ata Elias published on 9 November 2010 contained several errors and a misquote. Outlook deeply regrets the errors and fully recognizes its responsibility to correct them. We apologize to Dr. Elias and our readers. A corrected version of the article will appear shortly.

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