Playing with your veil is sexy

By Menna Taher
“How many of you flirted to get your way?” Anne Justus, an AUC psychology professor, asked a room-full of students. Hesitant looks exchanged about the room. “C’mon, I’m sure you flirted to get a better price or avoid standing in a cue before,” she pressed. Slowly hands were raised.
According [...]

Model United Nations attracts less because of AUC move

By Menna Taher
Despite its popularity among student organizations, the Model United Nations is having difficulty in recruiting members for its spring conference.  
Though the last day to sign up for MUN is on Thursday, conference secretariats say recruitment has been lower than in previous semesters. 
“Until now, there are 267 applicants,” said Sally Sabbahy, a secretariat [...]

AUC girls in the city

By Marley Gibbons
At night, the view from Choice Middleton’s penthouse apartment is panoramic, as Cairo spreads out below in a neon glow.
She and five other girls lounge in their living room. They have just moved into the four-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment in Zamalek. Chandeliers hang from the ceiling and a twister mat is on the floor.
Only [...]

No free bus rides for visitors

The bus advisory committee has decided that students and staff wanting to bring a visitor to campus on the bus will need to buy a ticket.
The rule will come into effect tomorrow, according to a university release. Tickets go on sale today. They are non-refundable and can only be purchased by someone with a university [...]

Food coupons now available on campus

As promised, AUC students can get their 200 LE food coupons at the shop in front of the bookstore.

Student housing will not be ready by spring semester

At a meeting at the Dar El Handasseya last night, Resident Director Sarah Cosette announced to dorm residents that on-campus housing would not be complete by the spring semester.
Online applications will be available on Dec. 1 for students to apply for housing in the Zamalek dorms or at the Maadi hotel, she said.
Cosette warned that [...]

Nine injured in third accident involving AUC bus service

By Caravan Staff
The American University in Cairo reported that a Family Transport bus was involved in an accident on Saturday, the third such incident since the school semester began.
The minibus was carrying 22 AUC custodial staff when it hit a large truck on the Ring Road at 4 p.m., about 23 kilometers from the campus near of [...]

Atta released with an order from Interior Minister

By Asmaa El Gammal
Ihab Atta, the detained fellow from The American University in Cairo, was released from prison last night upon an order from the Egyptian Interior Minister.
Atta was received by family members and AUC professor Saeed El Wakeel, one of Atta’s colleagues at the Arabic Language Insittute.
Atta’s colleagues were ecstatic about his release.
“This is [...]

Last day to catch film festival

By Sara Khalil
If you haven’t been by yet, this evening is the last viewing of films at The Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video Festival in the Core Center.
Tonight’s three films deal with the issue of diminishing water resources in America and in India.  The filming begins at 5:30 p.m.
Coordinated by the American Museum of [...]

Debating sexual harassment in Egypt

By Nourhan Elsebahy
Sexual harassment is on the rise in Egypt, and even an increase in women wearing the veil has not prevented its spread, said experts during a debate at The American University in Cairo.
“There is a disturbance in our social structure where values are diminishing,” said Samir Naim, a sociology professor from Ein Shams [...]