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AUB to Compete in ICPC 2010 World Finals
Rasha Salem News Executive
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rganized by the Association for Computing Machinery, the International Collegiate Programming Contest 2009 (ACM-ICPC) is an annual two-level international competition. Teams first compete in regional programming contests held around the world. Winning teams and wild cards chosen based on outstanding performance then advance to the World Finals. The ACM/ICPC 2009 Arab & North Africa 12th Regional Contest (ANARC) was held this year in the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Egypt on November 22-24, 2009. The contest included 45 registered teams from 29 universities. Nine countries were represented: Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Syria, and
the United Arab Emirates. The AUB team consisted of third year CCE students Mario Ghandour Achkar and Jad Hachem, fourth year CCE student Oussama Hariz, Coach Nagi Nahas and Faculty Supervisor Professor Louay Bazzi. The team attempted and successfully solved 6 out of the 10 programming challenges of the five hour contest, ranking fourth amongst the competititors. ICPC Executive Director, Dr. Bill Poucher, has granted ANARC two wild cards for the 2010 World Finals, which are to be held in Harbin, China during Feburary 2010. The three teams advancing to the 2010 World Finals are: Faculty of Computers and Information - Cairo University: s2++ (Rank 1), The British University in Egypt: BUE Blizzard (Rank 3), and American University of Beirut: AUB Engineers (Rank 4).
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OSB students too tough for OSB building Fouad Badaoui Staff Writer
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usiness junior Alissar Sarieddine was unpleasantly surprised the night of Friday, November 20, when a glass door collapsed and fell on her, as she tried to open it. According to Sarieddine, she was leaving the small Balama study room on the second floor of the Olayan School of Business (OSB). She pushed the door open with her left palm with no more strength than one usually uses to open a door and it “just fell.” “I was shocked. It was raining glass,” said Sarieddine as she recalled the door disintegrating into an almost powdery state and falling down on her. Security was notified and Sarieddine was asked to walk up the only road on campus-up the hill from OSBwhere she was transported to the AUH emergency room.
There, she received the proper medical treatment, including stitches on the back of her left hand and a Tetanus shot. Apart from a few minor scratches and her hand, Sarieddine was unharmed. She is left-handed, though, and said she had some trou-
glass door would collapse that way, Outlook came out empty handed. Assistant to the Dean of Business Hala Azar said that there was no way to verify the facts or Sarieddine’s story. Associate Dean Khalil Hindi did not provide an explanation either but
“The door disintegrated into an almost powdery state and fell down on her.” ble writing a test but received no compensation, despite her situation. The incident took place shortly after the Business School had opened and Sarieddine did state that “it’s a new building and there was so much advertising.” Indeed, the new school is a modern building with many transparent doors and walls. After inquiring as to why a
said, “we trust our students”. It is still unknown whether the door had fallen due to structural inadequacies or environmental factors. Thus, the mystery of why it collapsed remains unsolved and pending an investigation.
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