Caravan, Vol. 71, No. 21

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Volume 71 No.21
Monday March 4,1991 )
Sit-ins Fizzle out on Greek Campus
   By Dina Osman and Iman A1 Rashidy
   AUC students staged two sit-ins on the library platform last week.
   The first, on Monday, was held to demonstrate the students' desire for peace in the Gulf. The second, on Thursday, was staged to protest the arrest and alleged killing of Cairo University students opposing the war and the presence of foreign troops on Arab soil.
   The Monday sit-in was a minor affair compared with the Thursday sit-in in which as many as 40 students took part. AUC security
guards stood by while both sit-ins were in progress but, apart from questioning one student, they made no move to break up either sit-in.
   A statement circulated by the organizers of the Thursday demonstration at AUC said: "At AUC we cannot sit apathetically in the sun. We have to do something and so we urge you to show your support by joining a sit-in to be held now. Just get off your chair and sit on the ground. It will be a peaceful protest. Just to show that at AUC, we care and cannot allow this to go on without exiwessing our (pinions."
   While Thursday's sit-in was in progress. Noha Radwan, Arabic Studies graduate, circulated a petition saying that "freedom of expression is a human and constitutional right which should be respected. We condemn the use of violence against student demonstrations as a violation of their right to free expression."
   By the end of Thursday, 300 students and faculty had signed the petition. Radwan said she had been asked by Cairo University students to circulate the petition as a means of "demonstrating solidarity with the Cairo University students." She
also, said copies of the petition would be sent to foreign news agencies.
    Ahmed El Attar, Theater, Music, Art and Film junior, said he took part in the first sit-in Monday as a means of demonstrating his support for peace. He sat in again on Thursday, he said, "because I think I should." He added: "It's not illegal. We're not disturbing academic life. The AUC constitution says we can have a sit-in if we're not disturbing academic life."
    Kareim Zein, SU Business .Administration representative and
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Last Thursday's sit-in on the library platform
Photo by Iman At Rashidy
El Dajani Might Resign from SU Post
   By Eynas Barakat
   Last Thursday late afternoon, many people reported that Student Union President Mahdi El Dajani had resigned from his post.
   No one could confirm the statement; and El Dajani himself could not be reached that day.
   Although on Friday El Dajani refused to confirm or deny the repKjrt, Dean of Students
Jan Montassir said that after a meeting with El Dajani Thursday afternoon, she understood "that he is presently considering it," but it was still negotiable.
   "I'm sure everybody is aware there are problems between people in the union," said Montassir, "Anything more specific than that and you would have to ask him."
   Upon being asked, El Dajani said, "No answer.
I will declare it when it is right."
   El Dajani, after a two-hour Friday night meeting with the SU Highboard, said he was still considering resigning.
   Ayman Salah, SU vice president who would stand to become president upon El Dajani's
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head of the services committee, also sat in on Thursday. "As long as it is peaceful and not provocative," he said, "it does not harm anybody. I think it should be constitutional in case it's not."
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Three Candidates Vie for Editorship
   By Eynas Barakat
   Three candidates have nominated themselves for the post of editor-in-chief of the Caravan newspaper.
   Kareim Abbouda, Dina Osman and Heba Shaaban were scheduled to give their presentations today, March 4, in front of an election committee.
   All three candidates are currently members of the Caravan staff.
   Abbouda, Journalism and Mass Communication senior, is the paper's assistant English production chief. Abbouda has been working in the Caravan for one and a half years and also ran in the last election.
   Osman, Journalism and Mass Communication senior, is the Caravan news editor. This is her second semester in the staff, and she also ran for the post last year against Abbouda.
   Shaaban, the assistant Arabic copy editor, is the only candidate not majoring in Journalism and Mass Communication. Shaaban is a Political Science seniw and has a minor in Journalism and Mass Communication. She has been working in Caravan since last semester.
   The new editor will be chosen by the committee which consists of the full-time Journalism and Mass Communication professors. The editor will have a one week lame duck period before he or she takes over on March 17.
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