CAMPUS WIRE 2 INSIDE SCOOP 3 GET INTO THE “GROVE” Discrimination at AUC? ARAVAN TCH E S T U D E N T- P R O D U C E D N E W S P A P E R O F T H E A M E R I C A N U N I V E R S I T Y I N C A I R O Volume 86, Issue 21 caravan.aucegypt.edu Sunday, April 2, 2006 Amr Khaled brings development to AUC Drug users suspended BY ETHAR SHALABY BY RYM IBRAHIM notified of their sons’ incident and were Caravan Editor Caravan Reporter called in by the administration,” said Ahmed Maged, another representative of the discipli- A part of Egypt’s faith, history and Three freshmen were suspended for one nary committee. culture necessitates achieving real devel- semester from the American University in The students were observed by the main opment, which can never exist until we Cairo (AUC) for smoking hash, an illegal campus security for a period of one week. transform our country to one that produces drug, on campus. They were caught by the end of the week more than it consumes, said Amr Khaled, The Student Judicial Board (SJB) made smoking the illegal substance. the 38-year-old Egyptian televangelist, in the decision to suspend the 16 to 18-year-old The decision to dismiss the three students an exclusive interview last Sunday. students 10 days ago. was taken by the disciplinary committee a “Revival and development can be The students were caught on the fourth week after they were caught. achieved when we manage to produce and floor of the Main building’s balcony with The students are only allowed to register exchange products with other foreign hash that was purchased in front of the Main for the summer course if they are proven to be countries and succeed in getting our campus for LE 50. “clean” or drug-free. The AUC clinic will resources to the rest of the world, instead “This was not the first time they were randomly examine them throughout the of being absolute consumers,” said Khaled spotted, but they were given a second semester, said Maged. in an interview with the Caravan. chance,” said Donia El Sadat, an SJB “Many other students that we have been Khaled came to the American member and a representative on the disci- told are taking and dealing drugs inside our University in Cairo (AUC) to speak in a plinary committee. campuses are currently under observation,” development forum organized by the Photo provided by Ethar Shalaby “It’s normal,” said one of the students who said El Sadat. Student Union (SU), Alashanak Ya Balady DEVELOPMENT FROM WITHIN: From left to right, Caravan editor Ethar Shalaby, Walid El-Sallab and Amr Khaled. was caught but wished to remain anonymous “One major reason the three students (AYB), and the Entrepreneur Society (ES). in an interview with the Caravan, “I don’t think were dismissed was because of their weak In his speech, Khaled highlighted three side of people as well,” said Khaled. easy to find similarities between the it’s a big deal to smoke on campus.” academic history. The university was not able effective methods that each person should Khaled said many people misunder- development goals of “Life Makers” and “The parents of the three students were to compromise with them,” added Maged. follow in order to achieve real development. stand the concept of being religious and that of ES. “Set your target, refresh your sense of don’t consider development as a major “‘Life Makers’ promotes all types of belonging and never give up. These are the part of religion. development and this goes along with our ECLT department short on professors three main messages [for] development,” “In my perspective, the real meaning goal, which focuses on community devel- said Khaled. of being religious is to turn your faith into opment from the perspective of social Mai El Nawawy, a mass communica- development that can benefit everyone in entrepreneurship,” said Ibrahim. BY REHAAM ROMERO their posts. According to William Melaney, tion graduate student, said that the most the society,” Khaled told the Caravan. AYB president Moaaz Kamal said that Caravan Reporter professor and chair of the department, he will important thing in the speech was the way In his development project, “Life the development goal of “Life Makers” also be on sabbatical while Gian Balsamo will take Khaled encouraged the youth to have a Makers,” Khaled says he wants to convert complements that of AYB. “AYB sets nine Ten students majoring in English and a leave of absence to to do research. goal in their lives and feel responsibility the static energy of faith to a dynamic development programs, [which are] imple- comparative literature (ECLT) at the However, all courses will be taught as toward their country. energy of development. “Life Makers,” mented in Ein El Sira district, and acts in American University in Cairo (AUC) voiced scheduled, said Melaney. “No course will be Khaled said he expanded his Islamic Khaled’s development project for young accordance with Khaled’s main develop- their concerns about losing more than half of left…The schedule will remain the same, but preaching efforts to include development Muslims, includes educational seminars ment project,” said Kamal. their department’s professors next semester. the name of the instructor might be different,” because for more than 200 years Egypt has and forums, community service activities, According to Khaled, the success of Four professors attended the meeting, he said. been taking from the rest of the world and helps in financing individual and “Life Makers” will not be demonstrated in which was headed by ECLT professor The department has managed to fill two without giving back and hasn’t added or group projects. short-term fireworks, but will appear gradu- Stephanie Gearhart and took place in the sem- positions so far. Daniel Seldon, a professor of produced anything new. “My slogan in ‘Life Makers’ is ally in the coming years. The program will inar room on the university’s main campus on Renaissance and Classical Literature, will In the interview with the Caravan, ‘Development through faith.’ In this begin by undertaking joint development March 23. teach Gearhart’s courses and Barbara Harlow, Khaled said that until now, Egyptian project, I encourage [youth] to turn the programs with other organizations. “We basically heard rumors that every a professor at the University of Texas at development hasn’t taken place in areas faith filling their hearts into a new, “The project plans to found new com- professor in the department was leaving,” Austin, will fill in for Melaney. where it should. effective step toward development in panies and work with various national and said Nora Eltahawy, an English and com- “Barbara Harlow has taught in AUC before,” “Real progress should not only appear Egypt,” said Khaled. international institutions which believe in parative literature junior and vice president said Ferial Ghazoul, professor of ECLT, adding in fields of agriculture, industry or engi- Mohamed Ibrahim, the student accomplishing a real renaissance in of the Literature club. She wrote a petition that both Seldon and Harlow speak Arabic. neering, but should appear on the moral development manager in ES, said it was Egypt,” said Khaled. asking the department to address the stu- The department wants to replace Sweet dents’ concern. with a faculty member who can also cover Carnival and Olympics “People panicked because they thought Balsamo’s courses next semester. “Dr. Sweet LEAD students face they wouldn’t graduate if the professors who is to be replaced by a scholar in eighteenth teach their required courses were going to century literature and romanticism. But this is merge into one event leave,” said Gearhart. currently under negotiation since we still have challenges, cope well BY RYM IBRAHIM Currently, the ECLT department has six to get the administration’s ok,” said Melaney. full-time faculty members, four of whom will Eltahawy voiced her particular concern their schools. Caravan Reporter BY MOMEN MOHAMED not be teaching next semester. Both professor “It is a big challenge for us, as we Caravan Reporter The Student Union (SU) has merged the Carnival David Sweet and Gearhart have resigned from try to make them feel [like] part of the See LIT, 2 and the Olympics tournament into one event, said Students in the Leadership for community that we are in…and actu- Hatem Alaa, the SU activities committee chairperson. Education and Development ally they are,” said Salah. The opening ceremony was held on March 24 in CLIPSE HIS Program (LEAD) face major Because of different traditions E T the Rare Books garden at the American University in adjustments to adapt to the atmos- the students come with, the pro- Cairo (AUC). phere of the American University gram informs the students about Ahmed Barada, an Egyptian singer and a former of Cairo (AUC), but they aren’t the type of cultures they will be squash champion, attended and sang at the opening cer- complaining, said Nehal Salah, exposed to so that they do not feel emony. Other performances included the band the coordinator of the LEAD pro- alienated from the AUC communi- Marbleheads as well as Youssef Daoud, who won first gram. ty. “[The] students in the program place as a solo singer at this year’s SU talent show. Nada Hamada, a freshman in are polished and sculpted so they “I like the fact that there were live bands play- the LEAD program from the El can cope with the community,” ing,” said Mohamed Ashraf, a member of the Fayoum province, said that AUC said Salah.