Several students fall ill, doctors think temperature changes to blame

By Sarah Wali
Several students last week got sick at school, doctors at the AUC clinic said, the illness an infection likely caused by sudden temperature changes as they left air conditioned classes and entered the sunny campus.
The clinic noted several cases of gastroenteritis, an illness triggered by an infection or inflammation in the digestive system.
Dr. [...]

Parking fee refunds coming soon

By Ahmed Wafaey Mansour and Mohamed El Sherif
Some students at The American University in Cairo will begin receiving refunds for parking fees, after the administration halved the initial 3,000 L.E. parking fee earlier this month.
“We already started the process of refunding the 50 percent for those who had already paid,” said Ron Smith, the associate [...]

A happy iftaar for the children

By Alya Hosny
The Anti Cancer Team hosted an iftaar for 200 children and their parents on Sept. 26 at the old campus in Tahrir Square.
The group holds annual events for the patients. This was their first charity iftaar this Ramadan.
“When you realize that you can put a smile on a sad face, it is the [...]

Janitors with a personal touch missed at AUC

By Bassem El Sanadi
Now that they are not around, everyone wonders where all those janitors and office boys in blue shirts who kept The American University in Cairo clean and efficient have disappeared to. 
On the old campus, in every building, there were two or three janitorial men in blue shirts known to the faculty and [...]

Advertisers’ hard sell at soft opening finds few buyers

By Nader Ramadan
At the Student Union soft opening, popular band Wust el Balad and musician Mahmoud El Esseily performed on a stage bathed in blinking strobe lights, white smoke and flashes of white, yellow and blue. But the real spotlight was on event’s private sponsors.
A large poster advertising Red Sea resort Port Ghalib hovered behind [...]

Students fed up with Army hotels

By Lujein Ashi

Cockroaches, cramped rooms and boredom are among the concerns shared by students living in hotels as they wait for The American University in Cairo to finish its campus dormitories by the end of October. 
“I don’t like the living situation we’re in, there are weird insects in the room and no place to study [...]

University blames construction contractors, again

By Nader Ramadan
Another high-ranking official with The American University in Cairo criticized the work of its construction contractors today, this time Boyd Hight, chair of the university’s Board of Trustees.
“We recognize that [the campus] is not complete,” Hight said. “We were assured by the contractors that the campus would be complete by June 1.”
Hight made his comments [...]

Flamenco for the shy and the veiled

By Zeina Tawakol 
Dressed in black tights, tap dancing shoes and a red skirt, Yasmin Eid swirled to Spanish folk music on Sunday afternoon in front of the Science and Engineering building.
Eid, president of the Flamenco Fusion club, performed for passersby to promote her club, which will offer women’s dance classes this semester starting Oct. 8.
“I [...]

Deadline for campus housing construction looms

By Zeina Tawakol
The American University in Cairo is racing to complete its campus housing facilities before its contract ends in November with the hotels currently housing students.  
“We hope that the dorms are finished before November or else we have to place the students in different places,” said Samah El Minawi, assistant manager of student [...]

HUSS loses popular Dean

Ann Lesch, The American University in Cairo’s Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is leaving her post to take up a new role at the university.
In an emailed statement to the university this morning, Provost Lisa Anderson stated Lesch will become the school’s Associate Provost for International Programs, and will head the development [...]