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More than $400,000 of awards! The queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program: Campaign to encourage Organ Donations! ST was crowned Miss Dana Abdallah from AU year tes of Lebanon for the University and Institu on ce pla k emony that too 2009. In a crowded cer , ma Ad in tel ncy Palace Ho November 12 in Rege and FM y lod Me e, on io and covered by MTV, Rad en dents Magazine. Thirte Stu y rsit ive Un te Ga The y jur a e for be d for the title, participants compete ina Ze ar, kk Se me aya, Em that included Jad Saw , Mirna Younes, Nidal idy Bre m ssa Wi as, Nahh Dr. ni, Magdalena Roumi, Bcherrawy, Bachir Marou a. uss Mo y Ram Dr. unes and Elie Gharios, Maura Yo

The event was produced by Aya productions, organized by MAC Management and presented by Aline Watfa and Albert Thoumy. The first runner up was Nora Nasr from USJ, Second runner up is Angela Hobeika from AUST, Miss Congeniality Eliane Zougheib from LCU, Miss Photogenic Maria Hraoui from AUB and finally Miss Elegence was Christy Khoury from NDU. Miss University and Institutes 2009 Dana Abdallah was awarded more than $400,000 in gifts, mainly including an apartment worth $250,000 in Bsalim, $10,000 in cash and more… Candidates were selected either for being winners of their universities’ or institutes’ pageants. In other cases, candidates were subject to a casting directed by former Miss Lebanon Christina Sawaya, Dr. Elie Gharios and Fadi Abdelnour. The candidates were then subject to series of activities that extended over many weeks before the prime night. Part of their grades was also attributed to SMS voting, while the rest was left for the Jury’s evaluation. The activities included weekly excursions to important touristic and cultural destinations such as les reserves of Afqa, Bakish, Chtaura, Anjar, Massaya wineries and more… That’s besides a trip to Limasol and Larnaka in Cyprus. Nassim Rahal offered the photoshooting sessions. And on another hand, the candidates were pursuing regular training from June to November at the Jeita Country Club, on etiquette and behavior with Laura Younes, Catwalk with Stephanie Salem and dancing with Joseph Daou.

In a brief discussion with Mr. Camille Abou Haidar, head of Mac Management, he revealed to The Gate University Students Magazine that the campaign of Miss University and Institutes of Lebanon 2009, Dana Abdallah (AUST) will focus around Organ Donation.

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Student Elections Day Documentary

AUB Election Day runs smoothly The mood on campus on Election Day proved more tepid than usual on November 17, 2009, with fewer students running for the Student Representative Council (SRC) than in previous years. Only 209 students ran for spots on the 109-member SRC, while the 2008 elections had produced 377 candidates. Although turnout was low throughout the day, by evening, large numbers of voters headed to the polls pushing participation rates to 73 percent--a figure similar to those of previous years--according to official results released by the Student Affairs Office on November 19. Nevertheless, elections in all seven faculties and schools ran smoothly, and students refrained from causing a ruckus. Divided into two main camps, under the banners of the yellow “Students at Work” and the red “Student League,” in addition to a motley group of independents--which included the AUB-based No Frontiers, green, and secular groups--students campaigned for more than a week to win over voters.

What stood out this year was a small group lobbying for blank ballots. As usual, access to campus was restricted to students and staff with valid AUB IDs, in addition to print, radio, and TV reporters covering the event. The Office of Student Affairs, which oversees elections every year, enforced voting rules in the strictest fashion.

Moreover, Student Affairs Dean Maroun Kisirwani banned all political flags, post ers, flyers, and photos on campus. To help enforce these rules, the Office of Student Affairs could rely on four close dcircuit television (CCTV) cameras, insta lled last year around West Hall, to record and punish, if needed, any violators of the University Code of Conduct. By 5.30pm, shortly after voting had ende d, two large computer-linked screens were set up outside West Hall. These beamed election results to spirited students, while also serving as a buffer between the two camps. Nevertheless, the two sides did not skimp on taunts, boos, and cheers. The screens kept students distracted with the results, as well as with some welcome humor. Indeed, students typing in resu lts would sometimes send out light-hearted messages to the thronging students in English or Arabic-in-Latin script: “Tawlo belkon (Please be patient),” one mess age said. Another teased students with the words: “Breaking News.” And after a brief pause, student technicians typed,” Road ents Magazine te University Stud Ga e Th C winners Runner is dead.” the names of SR hereby publishes by the d ce un ficially anno per faculty, as of blished pu d an t Newly-elected SRC representatives still iru n University of Be ica er Am have to vote in the week of Novembe . r on AUB’s website 30-December 4 for SRC cabinets as well as was the 17 representatives on the 24-memb where this report er that by the time te t ye No t no University Student-Faculty Council (USF VP elections were C). done, USFC and conducted. Student elections at AUB have a long history that dates back to 1949, when the first general elections took place. This annual event was interrupted in 1982 because of the Lebanese war of 1975-1990, only to resume in 1994.

FAFS SRC winners VOTES Melanie Nabil Assaf Nour Assef El Sayegh Stephanie Gabi Rahi Ghassan Moussa Rashid Tara Hani Bizri Antoine Nadim Baroud Farah Bassam Houmani Dina Abdul Rahman Sakr Yara Beyh Jad Naji Tutanji Loulwa Walid Kassem Maria Rabih EL Koussa Leen Mounir Haydar Ibrahim Ali Hajj Hassan Stephanie Najib El Akkaoui Farah Omar Mekkawi Tonie Maria Clovis Abi Nader

21 17 16 78 66 61 15 25 26 21 25

19 39

FHS SRC winners VOTES Georges Joseph Assaf Maya Wahid Terro Nadia Mohammad Adel Fanous Acile Sybella Chawki Hammoud Wilfred Simon Chahine Ali Abdel Karim Halas Samer Ahmad-Fawzi Alameddine Mira Hassane Zaatari Nour Mohammad Hassan El Amine

Aya Sami Alameddine Christel Jamal Ghandour Faisal Ahmad Sardar Jawad Sirhan Haydar Mazen Nizar Jizzini Fadi Mustafa Jradi Michel Joseph Oghia Naima Hassan Hammoud Ramona Tanious Moubarak Zeina Patricia Hindi Elie Raymond Jawhar Fadi michel Ghieh Laila Antoine Nasr Lara Hassan El Husseini Mohammad Ghassan Sheet Tony Antoine Ghattas Zeina Nizar Jizzini Mayssa Fatte Nour Fayez El Jalbout Roger Pierre Kahil Salim Hassan Bayoun Tarek Ajwad Al Halabi Abdallah Marwan Al Ayache Adnan Mohamad Sardouk Elie Semaan Finianos Hisham Elie Mansour Jade Youssef Dimien Karim Marwan Daou Michael Elias Raad Rami Adnan Nuwayhed Rami Ghassan Darwish Rasha Youssef Ghazal Rhea Lydia Hindi

VOTES Ahmad Adnan Majzoub Farah Said Fawaz Georges Georges Zakhem Lama Nakhle Atallah Michael Khalil Yehya Fouad Farah Louay Mohamad Saleh Nourhan Zheir Farhat Omar Antoine Al Barmaki Rudy Pierre Boutros Marc Jacques Homsy Marcel Robert Prince Richard Aoun Weam Ezzat Aboul Hosn Emilio Ghassan El Asmar Fawaz Ziad Bou Alwan Johnny Ghazi Bassil Mohamed Khaled Olaymi Soulaf Mohammed Khalifeh Christian Nabil Bassil Mohammad Walid El Jammal Balsam Jamaleddine Madi

35 91 83 88 80 162 171 186 157 156 169 167 180 168 108 117 114 46 55

FM SRC winners VOTES

VOTES 191 194 234 189 169 78 76 70 81 78 171 173 168 193 180 169 182 147 159 155 154 179 306 282 283 299 281 288 279 282 292 286 289

Mohammad Imad El Chami Bahij Kreidieh Maroun Barbar Yammine Omar Yazan Khalaf Shafeek Saleem Kiblawi Hussein Ali Assi Medicine Walid Wassim Semaan Fadi Camille Maalouf Ramzi Omar Mardam Bey

30 48 44 45 47 22 25

OSB SRC winners VOTES Nadia Haddad Yusra Ahmad Talal Adra Aya Khaled Dimashkieh Hussam Mohammad Shoucair Rasha Sami Hamadeh Rudy Sobhi Antonios Samer Fadi Makarem Elias Kamal Ghanem Mounir Antoine Sfeir Natacha Fouad Khlat Yehya Imad Oueini Lara George Eid Nadine Khaled Hamdan Rami Alhan Fares Rim Roy Mecherkany

17 18 125 127 118 132 127 112 105 101 105 136 136 130 122

FAS SRC winners

34 17 33 65 64 14 23 21 16

FEA SRC winners

FAAD winners

Documentary

NDU Elections (November 20, 2009) In a very democratic atmosphere, full of enthusiasm for service and student representation, NDU students started voting since 8: 30 AM to elect a new student body for the 2009 – 2010 academic year. The electoral day witnessed a high turnout from students who came to practice their right to elect council members that will be responsible of representing them before their faculties and their university’s administration, as well as to play their positive role in the development and service of their university, while giving the example required to build strong political foundations for their country Lebanon. NDU’s electoral process was directed by the director of the Student Affairs Office, Father Salim Rajji, as well as SAO’s assistant director Dr. Ziad Fahd, along with a large administrative and academic team, to make sure the whole process goes without any problems. Two lists were competing for 33 seats distributed upon 7 faculties, each of which had its own program tackling its issues and needs.

Mr. Suheil Matar, Director General of the Public Relations office at NDU, said during the electoral day: “the university’ s administration is very proud of its stud ents who, today, are making an extra step on the path of democracy. Candidates, as well as their supporters, expressed today a serious spirit of respect for rules and regulations and for constructive competition for representation. Our administration worked hard for this day to be calm and joyful, away from tens ion. We thank as well the security forces for their care to ensure security to all stud ents and to the electoral process itself as well, and we apologize from all citizens that suffered from the traffic that occurred at our university’s entrance gates. We hope this day ends with a victory for all stud ents in this democracy test and we thank all the media that is kindly and objective ly covering today’s event”.

Ballots closed at 4:00 PM, after which votes were counted in presence of specialize d committees as well as representatives of all candidates.

VOTES Louis Saghbini Antonio Gemayel Raya Hilany Milio Ghanem

FBAE winners

218 214 210 207

VOTES

Serge Boustany Fadi Barakat Akram El Hajj Hadi Tawk Anthony Daou Fayez Moufarrej Joey Kmeid Tony Chamoun Libana Geagea Rima Nehme Hanna Zouein

FH winners Christian Nawfal Mazen El Hage Josette Gemayel Nadim Lahoud

FPSPAD winners Yara Issa Maritta Sislian

FE winners Gilio Nemer Roy Haddad Jad Nasr Rami Wheibeh El Khazen Omar Abi Nader Roy Awwad Hanna Obeid Toufic Medawar

FNAS winners Rami Saade Reine Hanna

FNHS winners Guinasta Aoun Jano Sawma

743 739 729 726 725 723 722 722 719 716 715

VOTES 297 277 276 260

VOTES 45 40

VOTES 589 585 581 577 577 573 573 569

VOTES 153 140

VOTES 52 51

Campus Activities

Campus activities First Lebanese to climb Mount Everest shares lessons

of the summits

“There’s an Everest for everyone”

AUB

t Lebanese to Maxime Chaya, the firs several other and t climb Mount Everes lessons red sha , rld wo peaks in the tures with learned during his adven al Center dic Me B members of the AU ber 11. vem No on ary Women’s Auxili women Chaya told about 100 Bathish in nt attending the eve introduced ing be er aft , Auditorium Amal Najjar t by Association Presiden Nadia on ers and Program Chairp . Alameddine

Great performers at AUB z reverberated The sounds of jaz ly Hall on mb se through the As legend Charles z jaz as 3 November an on ph e led a 10-m Davis on the saxo e, ums, trombon band including dr ss, guitar, double ba c sti ou trumpet, ac e th d an , es on ph saxo three additional ni ba er Ziad Al-Rah Lebanese perform unique concert, e Th on the piano. ys New York Times sa led by a man the do s ian sic mu w fe at plays “in a way th ic ganized by the Civ any more,” was or t en ev ng isi -ra a fund Welfare League as ire qu ac s ee oy pl em B aiming to assist AU ove skills to help impr English language . job performance

Al-Aqsa in DANGER

Eleven studen t clubs set up stands outside Wes t Hall on No vember 5 with many p hotographs and maps documentin g the plight of the Palestinians, Jerusalem, an d the Aqsa mosque. All the participat ing clubs were determ ined to raise awareness o the many diffi f culties of the Pa people. A le cture, “The Su lestinian fferings of the People o f Jerusalem” was held in the Bathish A uditorium at 5:30 pm.

Nursing students spread awareness against H1N1 of Nursing (HSON) The Hariri School the call of many has responded to tors and parents school administra school children in order to teach of t the prevention ou and parents ab d rte sta ns s campaig H1N1. Awarenes o tw , ing go on e ar d on October 13, an in es different plac days per week, in as hoping to cover is ON Lebanon. HS e. bl possi many schools as

USJ

of 25th anniversary Celebrating the s ce rvi Se l cia e So the funding of th , oseph University t-J in Sa at e fic Of e, nc sta led: “Assi a symposium entit n, lidarity: evaluatio so d an n io at cooper l cia ectives of the So stakes and persp of rted on the 22nd sta J” Services at US er at Kh ou Ab Pierre October 2009, at Sciences Campus n ma Hu e th on Hall Professor René in the presence of of the University, Chamussy, Rector of ri Wakim, Director Mrs. Carmel Ghafa e th all s Office and the Social Service ors, am, Deans, Direct te e th members of University officials and students along with university friends, donors, and representatives from other universities and high schools in Lebanon. Social Services office closed the symposium with a dinner at Le Maillon restaurant where were invited various donors who have helped the service during these 25 past years

Chinese food Festival at USJ sident toine Hokayem, Pre Over dinner, Dr. An s ciu nfu Co the tors of of the Board of Direc al on ati ern Int of r to ec Institute and Vice-R at e Confucius Institute Affairs at USJ, said Th w ne to n tio its coopera USJ has expanded r for ed the Ambassado nk tha o als He fields. the : ers Chinese partn his support, and the thout wi an nb and the Ha Shenyang University a en be ve ha uldn’t whom this event wo s. es cc su te , it is important to no On the other hand ld he l va sti Fe od se Fo that during the Chine 09, the 20 6, er mb ve No from October 27 to J Administration at US Institute of Business the d an s sse cla cooking (IGE) held Chinese ners China prepared din ier tel L’A t ran restau inese Ch o ance of the tw again with the assist leaders.

Beirut, November 4th 2009: To mark the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, and during the Chinese Food Festival organized by the Confucius Institute at Saint Joseph University (USJ) and the Institute of Business Administration (IGE) of USJ, Professor René Chamussy, Rector of USJ and the team of the Confucius Institute invited, Saturday, October 31, 2009, a large number of guests including the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Lebanon HE Mr. Liu Zhiming. The dinner was prepared by chefs coming especially from Shenyang, Mr. Jidong Li and Mr. Jia Wei. Upon entering l’Atelier, restaurant of the Hotel Training Institute of Business Administration (IGE) at USJ, guests felt transported to China through a typical interior design including impressive porcelain vases of all sizes with a variety of patterns. The menu displayed typical Chinese dishes such as: Cantonese spring rolls, fish balls soup, stir-fried prawns with peanuts and chili, stuffed eggplant tempura, stewed fish with black beans, dry green beans with minced beef, steamed rice and fried rice Yang Zhou style.

Campus Activities

LAU

LAU exhibit showcases budding student photographer

November 12 - 17, 2009

dent photography The second annual stu works of 120 students the exhibit showcasing from November 4–6 was held at LAU Byblos rut campus tomorrow. and will move to the Bei 0 black-and-white 40 The exhibition features , on four themes: action photographs focused and , tail de l ura hitect campus atmosphere, arc anized by the newly org is nt eve The it. portra hitecture and Design. Arc of l established Schoo ctor Bassam Lahoud, LAU photography instru ether, says that in who put the event tog attraction for visitors, an as addition to serving will help stir interest he hopes the exhibition students and lead to a in photography among minor in the field.

Pharmacy Day spreads awareness on H1N1 and effective medication use U community on To educate the LA e and the current effective drug us 1) epidemic, Influenza A (H1N ries s carried out a se nt pharmacy stude e th on s itie ing activ of awareness-rais th wi 6, er mb ve No Byblos campus on of the Guidance n tio ra bo lla co e th e Pharmacy Day Office–Byblos. Th is t organized for th was the first even hy at Ap No e th academic year by alth Awareness Pharmacy and He Student Society.

Extreme Day brings excitement to LAU Byblos had ste for adventure Students with a ta ing rill th in e at rticip the chance to pa 23 on the Byblos r be to Oc s itie activ ed treme Club organiz campus. LAU’s Ex ive ut ec ns fifth co the event for the of the Guidance lp he e th th wi year Office–Byblos.

“I have a lot of students telling me they want to do a photography minor,” says Lahoud. The featured student photograph ers are from Lahoud’s 2008–2009 Photogr aphy I courses, offered at both the Beirut and Byblos campuses. Lahoud said he chose the four them es to relate to the different majors of his students who come from various background s including graphic design, architecture, com munication arts and fine arts.

Campus Activities

DR IVE CA AU D OR GA NI ZE S BL OO D

AUD

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Dubai, October 27, 2009. The Health Center at the American University in Dubai (AUD) held on Tuesday, the 27th of October, 2009, the Blood Drive Campaign for the Fall Semester of the current academic year 2009-2010, on the University’s Campus. The campaign was organized in association with the Blood Bank Department at Al Wasl Hospital, and blood collected during the drive will be donated to the Hospital’s Thalassaemia Center.

Hear t Atta ck “Don atin g Bloo d Mini mize s the Risk of havi ng a and decr ease s Bloo d Pres sure.” N e ll y H a la b i

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aking 09. Spe r 4th 20 e b m e e th v o at Dubai, N d Sports Arena ay, ke ai yesterd c b a u p D a in y to is it h rs e in iv , n Un nton America President Bill Cli as w re e th S id Former U the campus, sa ation, to educ fifth visit promote portunity in to d e e n mic op a vital East. d econo n a ty li e Middle a th in equ m extremis fighting

Is “Pea ce Is Not Just The Abse nce Of Conf lict… It A The Pres ence Of Oppo rtun ity And Coop erat ion And Sens e Of Just ice, Fairn ess, And Mov eme nt.”

AU D PA RT IC IP AT ES IN MO DE L UN ITE D

NATIONS CONFERENCE IN US Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about Dubai, Novem civics, effective communication, ber 11, 2009. The American Univ globalization and multilateral ersity in Duba i (AUD) is participatin diplomacy. In standard Model UN, g in the 43rd session of the University students take on roles as diplomats of Pennsylvan ia Model United Nations and participate in a simulated session Conference (U PMUNC) of an intergovernmental organization taking place N ovember 12-1 6th in Philadelphia in (IGO). Participants research a country, the US; one of the top MUN events in take on roles as diplomats, investigate the US held at an IVY League Institu international issues, debate, deliberate, tion and AUD is the only institution invi consult, and then develop solutions to ted from the Middle East. world problems.

aud only university in the middle east to participate

AU D HO ST S JW T ST OR YT EL LIN G WO RK SH OP Dubai, November 23, 2009.The American University in Dubai (AUD) hosted a workshop organized by AUD’s Visual Communication Department and the university of JWT ‘UJWT’, an initiative launched by JWT, a top tier advertising agency to provid e its talent with the latest and highest standards of learning and development . Mr. Edward McDougal, a US expert in the filmmaking industry, delivered an insight ful lecture to AUD students and to em ployees from JWT, about decoding visual symbols.

HYDE PARK AUB

Dubai University in The American ts and en m nual tourna ents from organizes an ev g in rt o and sp competitions A the merican pionship of sports cham tries and e Arab coun th in s tie si er univ year in the rganized each ifications the region o spec ch includes campus, whi the football d an s m iu ad st l, ic p m ly of O for volleybal playgrounds d an d m an iu k ad ac st s tr nnis, athletic basketball, te to the gym n o iti d ad in ol swimming po nnis and table te

Dubai University in The American ith the w es iendly gam fr ed iz an rg o arjah in versity of Sh American Uni soccer for lleyball and basketball, vo s during am te d female an e al m th o b matches ive days. The two consecut etween the b ing results ry va ith w ended s. different team

ND U Al um ni Aw ar ds : An nu al Ga th er in g

Campus Activities

with Success Stories Under the high patronage of Army’s Commander in Chief General Jean Kahwaji, NDU honored 17 of its graduates mad e exceptional success in their human and career life, in a ceremony orga nized by the Alumni Affairs Office in the Issam Fa res Hall at NDU’s campu s, Zouk Mosbe h. The honored Alum ni were: Cesa r Rechdan, Ziad Zoghbi, Antoine Zarifeh , Fadi Obeid, Andre Hajjar, Elie El-N ar, Sam Lahoud, Elie H anna, Joseph Chartouni, Liliane Bousta ny, El Walid Nassif, Ch ie Nasr, Tarek Karam, antale Dagher and

Charbel Bou Mosleh. For the occasion as well, NDU’s President offered to General Kahwaji the University’s Trophy. As for the “Alumni by Choice” award, it was attributed to Mr. Suheil Matar and Carla Hawa Beiruti. And finally, the top 50 graduates list for year 2009, for both males and females, was announced. Carole Hanoun, Joelle Ghanem el Bon and Nisrine el Hachem were the first three females. As for the males category, the first three were: Marwan Keyrouz, Edmond Boueiz and Ziad Kazzi

NDU IESAV wins first position at

Ci ty St re et Co nfer en ce at ND U NDU’s

Student Film Festival r Robert es cerises” fo “Le temps d the first -IESAV) won Cremona (USJ al student ’s third annu U D N in n tio posi over 8 days at took place th al iv st fe m fil ” of Amanda i bala ta’meh at NDU. “Hak nked second lah (USEK) ra Abou Abdal in Donio la A lwejj” of Be ek ab “T d an ed third. (ALBA) rank

The final ceremony took place at the Issam Fares Hall and was attended by many actors, actresses, directors, deans of faculties, students, professors as well as sponsoring companies’ managers. The “best young director” award was won by Jessica Younes (NDU) for hel film “Elias”. Others received various prizes from the sponsoring companies as well. The first three winning films were exposed in the ceremony and the committee declared 7 November 2010 as the date for the fourth annual festival next year.

NDU’s faculty of Engineering has launched a conference under the title of “city street” in the Issam Fares Hall and was attended by the deans of faculties, professors, students and businessmen from 12 countries. Dean Habib Melki exposed how cities around the world have become very similar

with skyscrapers filling the skies, traffic filling streets, crowds of passengers falling for the speed of social and economic dynamics, and highlighted the special features that still mar k every city and keep its special identity. NDU’s VP for academic affairs Dr. Amin Rihani considered the conference a call for important discussions, from different perspectives, and for a deep re-assessme nt of city streets taking in consideration time and spa ce, design, construction, arts, business, media and soc iety. Dr. Jack Harb presided the first session that discussed three topics: the front appearance in buildings in Islamic Cities, giving a new life to old cities while keeping the image of its streets and finally cities’ heritage and its protection strategies. The second session was presided by Dr. George Abdelnour and exposed three topics as well: societies and streets yesterday and today, construction identity in the golden era and Arab writings in Lebanon and the Arab World. Participants then paid a visit to Downtown Beirut where the conference pursued its activities.

Academics

Photocopied v s Original books: a dilemma “

couraged to be honest Students are expected and en standards of academic and to maintain the highest rk and assignments integrity in their academic wo university. Th ey and required textbooks at the ic dishonesty or shall refrain from any academ misconduct…

“

Intellectual proper ty includes ownership and associa ted rights relating to invention s, discoveries, copyrights, copyright able works (including soft ware, architectural or ar tis tic designs, and musical or dram atic works), mask works, trademar ks, trade secrets, and numerou s other forms of intellectual creations [the “creation(s)”]

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/general/ np.aub.edu.lb (AUB - https://p l) 910091.htm intellectual/179

(NDU- Course policy, NDU’s academic Integrity policy )

And thus, every student at university is to abide by the university’s policy on academic integrity including respecting and maintaining copyrights. Consequently, students are expected to buy any “original” material, especially textbooks to. However, students face a dilemma whether to buy the original copy or just kill the book and photocopy it. What is the main story between the lines? What makes students photocopy a book? To start with, the story is mostly about the cost of books. In Lebanon, most universities require foreign books that are scarcely found in the Lebanese market. Hence, students find it difficult to buy a book which can mainly be found outside the country. The students then solve their problem by either finding someone who willed to buy the original copy of the book and photocopy it or “Google” the book and download it for free from websites. However, Lebanese bookshops do provide these books by ordering them in limited quantities. On the other hand, they

charge the student with heavy taxes and burning prices. How is the college student, who nevertheless has no fixed income, to afford buying these books? Many libraries have found their way into marketing photocopied books and made a huge income out of it by strategically attracting the needy customers (college students).

And in this case, both teachers and students are put under the pressure of copyrights and copylefts. Some teachers may overlook this issue and move on with their courses, thus jeopardizing the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy, while others may reinforce this law and send students out to the real world of business to buy the book or drop/fail the course. Under such circumstances, many bookshops started offering certain deals to students. For instance, certain bookshops offer to re-buy books for 50% of their price when courses are over, or placing original books in university libraries for sharing. Hence, the student has options to help him/her acquire the necessary material for the courses.

To buy or not to buy? that is the question that remains in the life of a college student. The dilemma is protecting intellectual property rights on the one hand and taking into account the economic situations of students on the other hand. Therefore, the solution should be that the

universities have to:

1. Prohibit any kind of photocopying or downloading etc. 2. Buy these books 3. Lease the books to the students. Students have to:

Stop infringing IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)

2. Pay symbolic rates for renting the books 3. Hold the books clean and in good situation during the rent period.

Alternatively, universities have also found a way to banning photocopied books through book policies, yet students did not abide by this regulation. The universities then had to rely on other methods which combine their policies with the teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; complaints. They decided that teachers have the right to send a student out of class if not having the original book. This policy may work for a certain time but for how long?

Jowell Bou Zeid (NDU)

Soci-Selections p.28 CAREER ORIENTATION : - Direction MBA - Job offers p.34 NGOS AND YOUTH : Donner Sang Compter

p.38 FEATURED INTERVIEW : Sabine Fouchaux p.40 LIFESTYLE: Special Christmas outfits

Career Orientation

Direction: MBA A Masters’ Degree is becoming more of a must if you are planning to advance in ranks, salaries, social status, career satisfaction and definitely, professional skills. While economies and business fields are evolving, the need for advanced studies is increasing, to fill further advanced positions, and the need for developed skills and experience in today’s difficult world financial situations is increasing, on behalf of average capacities. MBA programs constitute a common direction for all fields of studies, even the most specialized ones. It is difficult nowadays to find any educational path that doesn’t lead at the end to join that path’s business network, which makes of MBA programs a source of attraction to all university students around the world.

However, not any MBA degree can suit your ambitions! There are many criteria to think of before deciding which MBA progra

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Career Orientation

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NGOs and Youth

“We give life … It’s in our blood!” “The greatest proof of responsible citizenship is to serve someone you don’t know…” Lebanon suffers from continuous scarcity in blood. Whether you need to be subjected to a medical operation or whether you need blood transfusion for any reason, you literally need to “campaign” to provide the needed quantities of your blood type. Every Lebanese citizen needs to always have in hand a complete directory of all hospitals, blood banks, potential donors etc… and always be ready to feel the humiliation of begging for blood units. Yorgui Teyrouz, a young university student currently and founder of “Donner Sang Compter”, sensed this suffering since early age, and decided to act…

The beginnings

It all started within a small group of scout members who used to call each other whenever anyone needed blood .The contact list started growing, and people had started calling Teyrouz as he was able to link them with people who could donate, simply by searching through his contact list.

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On May 17th, 2009, the idea of Donner Sang Compter was among the 10 finalists out of 2000 participants who won 50,000 $ each, in the KAAYIA awards, dedicated to launch the project and cover the costs of the needed campaigns. This was a big push to Donner Sang Compter.

Q : Another challenge: confidence and faith

A : Donner Sang Compter is a non-

profit organization that recruits potential donors, organizes their information (blood type, contact, availability, etc…) and links them to people in need of blood. Practically, someone would call the operator; they explain the blood type needed the quantity and their location. The operator will look at the excel sheet and filter down to the possible donors within a reasonable distance. On another hand, it works on spreading awareness on the importance of including blood donation within the culture of our society and as part of everyone’s life, through organized campaigns, especially in universities.

Q : The role of universities ? A :Universities play a vital role in making Donner Sang Compter’s job easier. According to Teyrouz, university students are primary targets mainly because they can afford devoting time and efforts for a cause, and technically speaking, they’re young and therefore can provide healthier blood than the elder. And on another hand, it’s the easiest environment for word-of-mouth spreading and recruitment. “90% of our working force is made up of university students” says Teyrouz.

Q : Hatred and fanaticism: a problem? A : Teyrouz reveals a dangerous truth about weird behaviors faced with some donors. He cites sample example and prefer to keep other uglier ones off the record: “If he’s not from my sect, I refuse to give him blood.” “If you guys vote for us in university X, I’ll get you all our guys listed on your database.” Teyrouz believes it’s a very sad fact, but true, and probably due to the sense of hatred for “others” and “selfishness” that wars have left in the hearts of the Lebanese. It’s unfortunately part of our culture, as Teyrouz says. “If we look deeper into some sentences that our parents repeat to us, we get to understand where this culture comes from.” He cites for example: “Why care for others? Take care of your own self and let go!” “Stop getting yourself distracted. Focus on your own affairs and let others take care of their own!” In Lebanese terms, those are: “Chou baddna bghayrna? So77tak ahamm chi! Hayda el gharib chou tale3elna menno! Htamm bi cheghlak enta eza sarlak chi ma 7ada ra7 yettalla3 fik!”

Q : Seeds of hope A : Teyrouz: “In January, we were able to meet 80 blood demands per month. Now in October only, we were capable of meeting more than 200 demands!” Those improvements make Teyrouz and his team very enthusiastic about the amount of support they are getting and the capacities they are building and expanding.

Q : Future projects A : Teyrouz reveals to The Gate about the future projects that Donner Sang Compter is planning to launch. Donner Sang Compter is working on organizing a seminar in 2010, gathering all blood bank responsibles with professional medical teams, to unify blood donation standards and criteria all over Lebanon. On another hand, the organization is preparing continuous recruitment and awareness campaigns on road, in coffee shops, cinemas, universities, schools, to further enlarge their donors’ database.

Q : How does it work exactly?

A : Teyrouz feels angry when asked by some people: “Do you seriously believe that you’ll be able to make a change? A young person like you will now solve what all governments failed to achieve? Etc…” It’s hard for people like him to accept the lack of confidence and faith, especially that Donner Sang Compter is proving its efficiency in the field of blood needs

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Featured Interview

Sabine Fouchaux

“Without the right management, you can never reach!” In her calm family residence in Rabieh, Sabine Fouchaux, singer of the famous “B3atli Email” and “Bes2al 7ali” songs, welcomed The Gate for this friendly conversation and spoke of her successful experience in a time where new performers are rising almost on daily basis. Clearly full of passion for her artistic career, Sabine Fouchaux speaks of her beginnings, projects, future plans and dreams to The Gate’s readers…

The beginnings “I started singing when I was still very little at school. My audience was restricted to friends, relatives and neighbors. I liked gathering them and performing for them. This is how I started living my talented experience, until I first met Ghassan Rahbani at age 18 and that was my first step into the professional world of singing and performing. I made my first song “b3atli email” and it was a success, which continued with my second one “Bes2al 7ali”, as well. Now I am very happy to be working with my new managers at Signature Productions and I have a new clip that will be launched within a month! The new song is called ‘Lessa’ and it’s in Arabic.”

Style, Timing and Management Although she had been absent from screens since her last song, people, especially youth, still carry Sabine Fouchaux in their memory. Sabine believes this is due to many factors (luck being just in the first step). “When b3atli email was released, the song broke the standards that were still rigid at that time. So it made a positive shock and kept me and my song in people’s memory. It was also unusual to have a very much western-looking girl singing in Arabic. This gave an even more amplified impact. And finally, it’s thanks to proper management that I was able to reach the public successfully.”

“I can sing both. Language doesn’t matter to me but I will keep singing in Arabic. Almost all of my audience is more attracted to it than to English. And Arabic opens for me bigger opportunities to reach the whole Arab-speaking populations. This same path happens as well to international English-speaking singers. They do their first steps in their own countries and then manage to expand their success throughout their region until they finally reach their whole continent.”

Singing: Hobby or career? Sabine quickly affirms: “Singing is my career and I can hardly see myself anywhere else. My whole life revolves around it.”

Till when? “Definitely not in any way before 15 years from now. By then, I’d probably think of maintaining my life with a business career. But now I’m still young and full of energy and I want to invest it completely in my singing career.”

What you need is the right strategies and connections.”

Encouragements “I encourage every young girl or boy, who feels that he or she carries the talent, to follow the right path, take the challenge, develop skills and good management and build a career in it.”

What about university?

Personal life?

“When you’re in the arts business, it’s hard to think of devoting time for university. I tried to get into academics but my time is too random. What if I had exams and at the same time had to travel for a concert for example? It’s very risky to commit for university and singing at the same time. I am however studying music since three years with Fouad Awad and I still have one year to graduate. This was my alternative and very much helped to improve my talent.”

Many artists answer questions about their personal life, some because they have no problem sharing it with the public, some because they believe it does good marketing for them… And many refuse to answer to maintain a margin of freedom and independence. As for Sabine: “I used to speak of my personal life when asked by journalists, but then I regretted it. The only thing I would speak of is probably the day I get married. It’s wrong to think that revealing your love stories and life issues is a good way to advertise yourself or to please your audience’s curiosity. Many among my audience used to blame me when I answered personal questions and I respect their care for me.”

Challenges… Apparent success is the result of hard efforts and always hides behind it series of challenges in every step. Sabine confirms that and explains that those “are due to the sense of

“

Gossip?

“It follows me everywhere and at any time, even when I’m away. In some cases, I witness lots of lies being written or spoken about me. I never answer in order not to incite curiosity about rumors. “ I select the right time and conditions to reply!”

Too many singers… Sabine expresses her concern about the excess of video clips being produced, and the surplus of music and clips TV stations. Those would disperse the public’s attention somehow and reduce the exposure of some that might deserve it much more than others. She believes however that despite this excess, the public always maintains its loyalty to singers that mark their memory with special songs or clips “and this is why I am very confident and enthusiastic about my new song’s video clip. I’m sure people will love it. It’s been a while that I’m away and I care to get back in touch with my audience.”

Singing: A business? “A singer must be very careful about maintaining the balance between business and talent development. Sometimes one might fall in the trap of getting busy following up on the parties to do and the management to adopt and other pure business stuff. And finally the last thing to think of would be the essential, which is singing. In my case, singing is my priority and the essence of my work. I don’t want to ever kill that spirit in me!”

Final Message. Time runs! What you can do today, don’t leave it for tomorrow, and never be passive in your life!

Arabic or English?

enmity that rises against you when you succeed. Greed and jealousy could push some people to try to hurt you by all means if they feel you are threatening their interests. Rare are the ones who sincerely want you to succeed. As much as beauty appears in everything we offer, dirtiness still makes its way everywhere. Another challenge is “to find proper management and production. I felt how important it is mostly when I was alone for some time. It was a very hard period for me on all levels. As you know, I’m still too young. What can I do alone, at age 22 only, if the right people are not at my side to help and create the right opportunities for me? Not even money, if available, can make you reach anywhere.

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Food For Thought p.44 HEALTH AND NUTRITION : Get grades on your food choices. p.45 SPORTS AND ATHLETICS : Stars on Campus p.50 SEXUAL EDUCATION : Bathroom walls talking back p.54 PSYCHOLOGICAL AWARENESS: Politics: The World’s Second Oldest Profession

Health and Nutrition

Get Grades

on your food choices: by Dominique Dano, nutritionist, info@dominiquedano.com, 03/661046

This very minute as you read this, old cells in your body are dying and new ones are replacing them at a rate of about 50,000 cells per second. The raw material for new cell construction comes directly from the foods you eat.

‘‘You are literally what you eat.

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The raw material for new cell construction comes directly from the foods you eat. You are literally what you eat. The condition of your body today is the result of the sum total of all the food choices you’ve made in the past. The condition of your body in the future will be the sum total of all the food choices you make today. Most people take their food choices very lightly, not realizing that everything they eat has an impact on their physical condition. Even worse, some people give no thought at all to what they eat every day – they choose anything without giving any consideration to the long term consequences. Choose low grade foods and you’ll have a low grade body. Choose high grade foods and you’ll get leaner, stronger, healthier, more muscular and more energetic. The problem is, how do you know what to choose? Which foods get good grades and which foods get bad grades? When you walk down a supermarket aisle or look at a restaurant menu,

you’re faced with a dizzying array of choices. Label claims like “low cholesterol,” “low fat”, “30% less fat,” “all natural,” and “100% organic” grab your attention and seem to scream, “pick me!” But how do you really know what’s a good choice and what’s a bad choice? Worry no more, here’s a system you can use to “grade” your food choices. First, you figure out what kind of “grades” you’ve getting now, and then you start working on improving your grades. This rating system is set up in a scale like grades, because food choices don’t simply fall neatly into two categories; “pass” or “fail.” Rather, food quality can range from very poor, to poor, to fair, to good to excellent. It’s a scale or a spectrum – the same way temperature and color are spectrums. Food quality can range from highly processed with zero nutritional value on the low end (an “F”) to all natural with high nutritional value on the high end (an “A+”). You could take nearly every food type through this type of scale to “grade” it. Your task is simple: look for places in your diet where you can improve your grades…then improve them. If you have straight A’s already, the chances are extremely good that you’re in great health and in excellent shape.

ASK the Million Dollar Question!!!!!!! “A” foods are those that are NOT manmade and are NOT processed or refined. How do you know if a food is in its “natural state” or not? Simple, you ask the “million dollar question”: “Did this food come out of the ground or off the tree this way?” If the answer is yes, then it’s all-natural and it’s an A grade food.

“A” foods should make up the majority of your calories, but if you only ate A grade foods and nothing else, this means your diet would be somewhat restricted and limited (an A grade diet is a strict diet). It might also make it difficult to gain weight, because many A foods lack the caloric density required to stay in caloric surplus. That’s why it’s ok to use “B” foods like pasta or whole wheat bread sometimes especially on a muscle size-gaining program.

can receive, and it’s not easy An A+ is the highest grade a food food, the food must not only to earn. To be qualified as an A+ ient dense. These top-of-the nutr be natural, but also extremely vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, line “super-foods” are packed with ntial fatty acids, fiber and other carotenoids, phytochemicals, esse for you. d healthy stuff that’s extremely goo th only food with an entire days wor the are For examples, red peppers rich is ach Spin e. pen lyco er-fighting of vitamin C. Tomatoes contain canc ies like carrots, sweet potatoes, vegg nge Ora D. in vitam and ium in calc with carotenoids. Asparagus is and butternut squash are packed greens like spinach are nutritional loaded with vitamin K. Deep leafy ium, es of Vitamin K, carotenoids, calc powerhouses with ample quantiti uts and spro sel brus tion men I Did C. in and iron. Potassium and vitam broccoli? These are winners too. hy carbs in the A+ category, There’s only a small handful of starc k eye peas, lentils, beans (navy, blac including yams (sweet potatoes), old-fashioned unsweetened pinto, kidney, garbanzo), barley and are 100% natural, eaten almost oatmeal. These are the starches that the ground. They are also either exactly the way they come out of have a nice balance between low on the glycemic index or they ly causes them to be released slow carbohydrate and protein, which are e thes s, diet tion peti com on Even into the bloodstream as glucose. athletes. the carbs of choice for physique y a lot of fruit on the “A” list; especiall put ld wou Most nutrition experts , ever How etc. ies, berr ies, straw nutrient dense fruits like blueberr and body composition improving cing han e-en siqu phy a from ing com ade in my book because fruits are standpoint, fruit “only” gets an A-gr es ohydrates such as green vegetabl simple carbohydrates. Fibrous carb al ition nutr r thei of ause bec only get the highest grade possible not ct on helping reduce body fat via value, but also because of their effe low calorie density.

Carbohydrates

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White potatoes Brown rice tened) Quick oatmeal (unswee ing canned, lud inc t (no All fresh fruits sweetened, or juice)

Fats

Proteins

A-grade proteins are the LEAN, com plete proteins (those containing all the essentia l amino acids). A-grade fats are those high in ome ga-3’s and other healthy essential fatty acids. An A is a great grade. Eat mostly A-grade foods and you ’ll get great results.

Flaxseed oil Fish Fat (salmon, trout, herring, sardines)

Spinach Kale Broccoli Brussel sprouts Asparagus Collard greens Red peppers Tomatoes Yams & Sweet potatoes Barley unsweetened) Oatmeal (Old fashioned Beans Black eye peas (long grain/basmati) Slow cooked, brown rice Lentils

Foods

An A is the second highest grad e a food can receive. To receive an A grade, a food must be 100% natural (not refined or processed in any way), and it mus t be fairly high in nutrient density, while low in calorie density.

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Chicken breast Turkey breast Fish Shellfish Egg whites Non fat cottage cheese round Top round steak, eye or Whey protein

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These are the foods that not only spell disaster for your physique; they’re also horrible for your health. F-grade foods include the following categories:

1) foods containing trans fats, 2) foods high in saturated fats, 3) Highly processed or refined foods, 4) highly sweetened foods or foods that are pure sugar, 5) foods that are high in refined sugars and fats, 6) processed, high fat meats.

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So how did you do? Did you pass? Did you get straight A’s? Did you flunk? Don’t worry, if your “grades” weren’t so good, it doesn’t matter. What’s in the past is done. What matters now is that you look ahead and make a concerted effort to improve your grades. Don’t feel like you must get straight A’s starting today. In fact, if you get mostly A’s & B’s, you’ll get fantastic results. Just do your absolute best to improve your grades by improving your choices, starting with your very next meal. Remember – everything you eat helps or hurts; moves you forward or backward. From a cellular and physiological standpoint, there’s no such thing as standing still or “maintenance.” One of the few things in life you can always be certain of is Change. Make sure your body is changing for the better.

Sports and Athletics

Sport StarsCampus! on

Lama el-Masri (LAU)

Al-Ansar player, dreaming of joining Arsenal…

Lama started her football stardom journey with the Saudi Al-Jafali team, and was offered Bahraini Nationality in order to join the ranks of the Bahraini youth team. Lama’s excellence in sports was not restricted to football. She played for LAU’s basketball and football varsity teams before graduating, where she received the coach award.

Lama’s excellence in sports was not restricted to football. She played for LAU’s basketball and football varsity teams before graduating, where she received the coach award.

Lama is today the star of Al-Ansar’s female football team. She played within its ranks in the local championship last year, despite the difficulties that this game is passing through in Lebanon.

“I gave everything I have last season and exhausted myself between traveling for participation with AlAnsar’s games and championships” she says. Lama’s stardom unfortunately risks reaching negative ends in Lebanon, as the local season is always threatened by teams’ withdrawals and by “the yet low standards and capacities” as Lama says.

By that, The Gate University Students Magazine presents Lama as an example of a determined and devoted young talented player, who never drops her hopes despite all difficulties, and even expresses readiness to bare the challenge and aim at improving her skills to serve her national teams better, while being part of a region that still doesn’t fully believe in a young female’s capacity to take such initative and reach such levels…

Elie Rustom (USEK):

Al-Muttahed’s basketball team star…

l player for his Elie Rustom started as a basketbal with which he school’s team (Sagesse Baabda), gained many played in many championships and awards as well.

That encouraged him to pursue his path in the field. He joined the Blue Stars youngsters’ team and finally reached Al-Muttahed’s Tripoli team. “Many are the ones you encounter in the Basketball field, but rare are the ones that keep their marks in your heart” says Rustom to The Gate University Students Magazine. “I maintain great friendships currently with my colleagues in the team. And many people had a positive role in having me reach where I am today, but the biggest effect was the one of Mr. George Kelzi, who made me finally reach Al-Muttahed’s team.” Local teams and players have very good standards according to Rustom. “This reflects mostly in the high level of competition that was witnessed last season between more than two dominating teams and between many stars in different teams. Personally, I am satisfied about my performance in the

last season and I am very enthusiastic for the current one too. On the Arab scale in general, our teams are the best. We’re fine as well on the Asian level despite our failure to qualify for the World Cup.” Fans constitute a high importance for Rustom. According to him, the game’s level drops considerably if players didn’t feel they have people to share their victories and their teams’ challenges with. The problem is that some people get dragged to involve politics and sectarianism in their chants, and sometimes address insulting words to players, which is not suitable for our game. Sports are made to raise spirits and not destroy them.” Elie’s dream is to play in the NBA. He believes it’s the dream of every player. However, he insists that he is currently very comfortable in his local team, and that is thanks to its administration and his colleagues. Academically speaking, Elie is aiming to finalize his studies in Engineering at USEK University in Kaslik, in parallel with his ambitions in the field of Basket Ball.

Through the example of Elie Rustom, The Gate University Students Magazine highlights the importance of schools and universities’ role in discovering youth’s capacities and developing them at early age so they may reach and carry their national sports level higher as well.

Sexual Education

Sex out Loud Bathroom Walls Talking Back! ;) Samer Abi Chaker, MD, MPH

As we dwell in a society that swore secrecy to sexuality talk, many questions remained unanswered. Yet, as curious beings, we persist in our quest to know more. For it is through knowledge that we grow comfortable with and understand ourselves. Given the awkwardness of a sex subject, we often turn to our close friends for answers. However, before we ask that “embarrassing” (though it should not be) question, we obsessively repeat it in our heads making sure we take all precautions so that “My friend won’t get me wrong”! It also takes more time to muster the courage to ask that question, time that we often don’t have! “Are you a virgin? Do you plan on staying virgin till marriage?”

“Have you ever tried to kiss a person of the same sex?

reesome?”

Have you tried a th

seem benign questions, and most of the times you feel comfortable asking them to a friend once you’ve known him/her a bit. But how about: How should I act on our first night together?

Should I have sex or not? Should I wait or will he/she dump me? I am not sure if I like guys or girls, how would I know? And what if that close friend is not around to answer your longing question? What if that close friend is not even there? What if you don’t sufficiently trust him/her yet with these issues? Where do you turn to? Ok… There’s the internet, with loads of info available. Still, what kind of information should you trust? Where is it found??? By now, you need to know what you should do! You can’t wait anymore! It is at these moments that some would contain that question and seal their mind shut, others would try to seek answers on public interfaces, such as blogs, Q&A on sex-ed websites, or (such as our case) on bathroom walls! At least they get to retain their anonymity… When I was studying at the university, I once had a discussion with a friend on raising sexual awareness among our university students. But we thought that getting through the university administration would be very difficult. And then she said mockingly: “We should take this administration on a

trip down the girls’ bathroom, what is written on the walls could very well change their minds!” Naturally, I found this captivating, especially when compared to the writings on men’s bathrooms. It seems that in the act, Lebanese guys tend to think more deeply of the political strata in this country! And of course one should not miss the sudden ingenuity of devising curses! I still don’t get why this zest of political argumentativeness is carried to such a concealed place. I certainly won’t give this more thought, but I would definitely discuss the other writings! In case you were wondering, I never took a trip down the girls’ bathrooms, but some people were kind enough to provide me with pictures of the writings on the wall. One could argue that the issues raised may not reflect an actual feeling, but rather a sense of curiosity, or maybe it could be just for fun! But for the sake of this article, I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt and I will attempt to provide as much of a complete response. Many questions were raised, and most were quite intriguing, yet we only have space for a selection of them. I will not disregard the other questions; instead I will try to keep answering them in future articles.

Alright now! First question:

Am not sure if I am a virgin or not doctor? How do I check without going to a n, defining virginity is Before answering this questio n concept of virginity important. The most commo girl) who has never had refers to someone (guy or e. To be fair, there a “penile-vaginal” intercours ounters, such as oral enc ual are other forms of sex according to several sex and anal sex. However, majority of youths studies done worldwide, the l sex without vaginal ana or who had either oral sex mselves as virgins. But intercourse still consider the s? For example, the what about same-sex couple age in sex? Usually eng case of two women who men do not involve wo ong am sexual encounters s finger penetration or penetration unless there wa ). So if you had any of os! sex toys are used (ex: Dild a virgin??? these encounters are you still a society like ours, in t, tha is tter ma The fact of the tence of the exis the all this debate lies around dically, the hymen Me en? hym hymen. So what is the

is a thin layer of tissue covering part of the vaginal entrance, with no known function whatsoever. It usually contains some blood vessels responsible for the bleeding we note upon first intercourse. However, unlike what most people think, the hymen is not uniform among women. It exists in different forms and sizes. Some hymens are slanted, some have pores, some are thin, and some are thick. Some women are even born with a hymen that completely obliterates the vaginal entrance! (In that case as the girl gets her first period, she feels all the symptoms related to menstruation, but still she never bleeds. And upon visiting the gynecologist, the latter would artificially induce a small cut in the hymen to allow the menstrual blood out.) Other women are born with a hymen that barely surrounds the vaginal orifice, and upon first sexual intercourse, the woman is not likely to bleed. To make things even more complicated, the hymen may be worn out in childhood, through physical exercise, by masturbation (not while striking the clitoris, but in case the finger slips inside the vagina), or through tampon use. In the end, checking a woman’s hymen by a medical professional or even by any other figure is not always a reliable tool to assess a woman’s virginity, nor is bleeding upon first intercourse. So to answer that question, and based on the most common definition of virginity, I would ask

whether there was any vaginal intercourse

still a virgin

if not, then i would say that you ar

Sexual Education

Before moving on, I feel I have to say something about that… What if you did not bleed on first intercourse with your future husband? Should he think lesser of you? As far as I recall he married

the woman he loves for her personality, wits, and loving care. Does that all go to waste if he did not find that drop of blood on the white sheet? I certainly hope not… (What if there was a black sheet on the bed? These sheets are trendy these days :P!) Also worth mentioning, why does our society encourage men to have sex before marriage and not our women? Here’s something worth thinking about… entation. In fact they s that related to sexual ori We noted several question up! Most of them however of all questions we picked were the most frequent ticularly like the replies as par than homosexuality. I her rat , y alit exu bis to related ll. To answer that question part of our society so we en” . dd ago “hi rs the yea ror 50 n mir y tha the d more you to a concept describe zed esi oth hyp ch, ear I would like to introduce res ity ent and pioneer in sexual Dr. Alfred Kinsey, a promin set categories. Instead not be classified in clearly ld cou ity are ual sex an hum t tha ing Scale”, by which you osexual-Homosexual Rat six and ual sex ero he developed the “Heter het ively 0 to 6. Zero being exclus assigned a number from . ual being exclusively homosex While interviewing people for his research, Kinsey and his team discovered that even though most people labeled themselves as exclusively heterosexual and a small percentage as exclusively homosexual, the majority of his subjects had behaviors and thoughts that varied along the scale. He found out that the greatest majority of people lie somewhere in the middle of the scale and not on its extremes. This does not mean that our sexual orientation is changed, not at all! It is just that during one’s life, sexual fantasies, attractions, and thoughts may shift at different points, and the extent of this shifting differs from one person to another. Take a look at the scale here. I invite you to locate yourself. Be aware that there is no “test” that you can do to see where you fit on the scale, but it is rather a process of self-evaluation based on your past and present preferences, experiences, desires, and thoughts.

What if you find out your best

friend is bisexual,

what would

0- Exclusively heterosexual with no homosexual 1- Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2- Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual 3- Equally heterosexual and homosexual 4- Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual 5- Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 6- Exclusively homosexual

(as in als o lesbian)

you do?

Hook up with her! But I will make sure that nobody knows because of the f***ed up society we have here, I like onetime experiences (sexual ones especially)!”

I need ur help! I think I’m Bisexual! A girl once kissed me and I really like it! WHAT SHOULD I DO??

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Dump you not letting My BF is getting So excited I’m t have any side him touch me at all, does tha effects on him?

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Sexual orientation is defined as “an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction toward others. It is easily distinguished from other components of sexuality including biological sex, gender identity (the psychological sense of being male or female), and the social gender role (adherence to cultural norms for feminine and masculine behavio r).”1 But determining one’s sexual orientation is not a simple matter, social and biological factors come into play. It is a process that needs time, what you are experiencing today may not hold true 5 years from now. Figuring out your sexuality is sometime a given in our society, so we don’t give it much thought. It is only when we exhibit unorthodox emotions or experiences, that we rethink what was prearranged for us. And as soon as we note something different in us we start seeking answers! My advice to you is not to rush this experie nce, give yourself time. If you feel like experiencing something new, don’t be afraid to do so. Afterall it is part of your quest to discover yourself, and if you don’t, the doubt within you will only grow bigger and bigger.

FOUR typical signs of sexually transmitted infections: 1- White discharge from the vagina, or the tip of the penis 2- Painful or non-painful pimples or tubercles on the genitals 3- Burning/painful sensation upon urination 4- Unusually foul smell coming from the genitals

of Even if you kissed, got attracted to, or even hooked up with a person l, or even bisexua are you that mean not does it twice, or once sex same the scale. Most homosexual for that matter. Time will tell you where you lie on that mature. more getting only you’re feeling, you’re importantly, never fear what

N.B. You may exhibit either one or all of these signs, still some of these signs may not be pertinent to a sexually transmitted infection. Still if you ever develop such symptoms to attend to a medical professional as complications of waiting may be very serious

I end I hope that I gave you some “food for thought” in this article. Before s previou my in found s mistake some it though, I would like to apologize for g. checkin double after even out slip to tend s mistake article, sometimes small (boys s quarter private your in note we ns questio ng answeri on keep I will to go by a and girls). I am definitely not trying to invade your privacy, I just like saying one student wrote:

Common Misconceptions/ Myths:

So my answer is

Y do you all write on bathroom walls?? If you have something to say,

say it out loud!

So I thought you if you didn’t get the chance to say it loud, maybe I would…

Bigger penis is not always better! Since most women enjoy sexual stimulation in the first few centimeters of their vagina, even less than average length penal size can help a women achieve an orgasm.

Sexual Health Information Resource: http://kinseyconfidential.org/ resources/gender-sexualorientation/#orientation http://lesbianlife.about.com/ http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/ youthresource estion or

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Psychological awareness

Politics:

The World’s Second Oldest Profession Sawsan Razzouk, Psychology

Nikita S. Khrushchev believed, “Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even when there is no river.” Do you ever stop to ask how this may happen? How the masses suddenly seem oblivious to key facts and focus on others? How some politicians succeed, and others do not, while they may all be promoting the same agenda?

The specific relationship between politics and social psychology has generated a plethora of enduring debates, theories and research that makes this area of study compelling and exciting. A theme frequently scrutinized is PERSUASION. Political psychology is a dynamic, growing subfield at the intersection of psychology and political science. One needn’t cross international borders to understand this field; Lebanon serves as an ideal subject for research in this domain—this, we can all agree to.

There are several prominent models pertaining to persuasion, one of which is Hovland’s; it deals with persuasion as a process of communicating a message composed of three components. These are the communicator, the communication, and the situation. Usually the communicator, or the source, has adopted a position and is attempting to change the attitude of the audience to be in line with his/her own. The more credible the source, the more likely he/she is to succeed in their attempt to persuade an audience. CREDIBILITY is the degree to which someone can be believed, and it depends on the source’s levels of EXPERTISE AND TRUSTWORTHINESS. For example, would you believe a candidate who has lied to the public several times? Or would you consider voting for someone who has no expertise or any type of suitable training in politics or relevant fields?

ATTRACTIVENESS AND CHARISMA play a role in the process of persuasion as well. A communicator who is charming, good-looking, neat, and sincere is more likely to persuade the audience, other things being equal. Moreover, if someone is of a certain background or identity, and ARGUES FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE AGAINST IT, he or she will be more successful in persuading others. For example, promotion of a political agenda is more successful if the candidate is from a Republican family and has been raised as such, but runs for office as a Democrat. A powerful way to undermine the persuasive power of an argument is to attack the credibility of the source. This is called source degradation. But, what about the message itself? Characteristics of the communication (what information is conveyed) such as what arguments are employed, are deemed central as well. Two sided messages, that contain arguments for or against a position, are often used for persuasion since this is perceived as “BALANCED COMMUNICATION”. Political candidates who use this technique not only seem more credible, but also sway the public in their favor. When discussing what makes an argument weak, Margaret Thatcher stated, “I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not

a single political argument left”. She is referring to what is known as “Ad Hominem”, a very common mishap and it signifies attacking your opponent, as opposed to attacking their arguments. Also of key importance to this model are the characteristics of the situation (the circumstances in which the message is conveyed) such as whether the person receiving the message is in COMFORTABLE SURROUNDINGS.

A more recent theory about persuasion is the Elaboration Likelihood Model. According to this, there are two routes to persuasion: THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL ROUTES. If the issue is important to us, we assess the presenter’s arguments via the central route. If the issue is not very important to us or if we cannot clearly hear the message, we employ the peripheral route. The more likely people are to elaborate on a message (to relate it to other things they know, which means thinking about it on a deeper level) the less likely they are to show a nonspecific positive emotional response to it. A politician will gain edge if he or she understands the difference between the two situations. If the audience is aware of the distinction, reception of a campaign will be more critical, and the politician may lose his/her advantage.

When a message is being processed peripherally, or the receiver isn’t paying close attention, cues such as SURROUNDING AUDIENCE APPLAUSE, and candidate’s attractiveness and their perceived AUTHORITY play a role in convincing the public. Also, a positive attitude may develop towards a candidate or party if the audience isn’t very involved in political campaigns, and are FREQUENTLY EXPOSED to a certain candidate or his/her message. Furthermore, IF THE CANDIDATE OR CAMPAIGN IS COUPLED WITH THINGS THAT HAVE INHERENT POSITIVE VALUE, the audience is more likely to be conditioned into holding a candidate in positive regard. For example, if a politician is seen holding babies and reading to children, or even playing with puppies, the warm and fuzzy feelings that babies and puppies bring about will be attached to the candidate in this relatively less-concerned audience.

It can be argued that most young Lebanese employ the peripheral route to persuasion when it comes to choosing which of our many political groups to endorse. Usually, a credible source (relative to the individual and his/her surroundings) sways the individual’s opinion, leading him/her to make a largely uninformed and mindless choice.

Myth busting: Contrary to a common belief, impact of high credibility source does not remain unchanged ove r time. Studies have shown that this imp act decreases while the persuasive imp act of the low credibility source increa ses. This unusual effect has become kno wn as the sleeper effect.

Joke: During his whistle-stop campaign for the presidency in 1948 , Harry Truman is reputed to have asked a fellow in the crowd before him how he was intending to vote. “Mr. Truman,” came the reply, “I wouldn’t vote for you if yours was the only name on the ballot .” Truman turned to an aid e and instructed, “Put that ma n down as doubtful.”

As Joel Augustus Rogers once said, “HE WHO HAS A MESSAGE AND NO PROPAGANDA WILL NOT GET FAR”. Though this may break the heart of many idealists, it is quite true. To communica te with the ps ychology page propose an id editor, ask a qu ea, send an em estion or ail to psycholo gy@thegate-m e.com

People in high-involvement conditions (who use the Central route) scrutinize the message itself, making the aforementioned cues decrease in persuasive strength. They tend to follow the candidate’s message closely and mentally evaluate his/ her arguments by constructing their own counterarguments. It follows that STRONG ARGUMENTS WILL SUCCEED IN CHANGING SUCH INDIVIDUALS’ minds more often than weak messages. For instance, when an ATTRACTIVE CANDIDATE makes an argument which is not very logical or compelling, and when the person receiving the message pays attention to it, the attractiveness of the communicator has less effect.

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Creative Juice p.58 ARTS AND TALENTS A really great talent.. p.60 CREATIVE WRITING For once the devil was right p.62 BOOK REVIEW The Secret p.64 TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Arts and Talents

“A really great talent

finds its happiness in execution.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In this case, Joumana El Daye a very talented student committed part of her time to designing jewelry, a true passion she decided to pursue over a year ago. Her first works started with the “scarf-necklace” inspired by the “kaffieh”, a trend set last summer. Every necklace she designs is handmade using different materials such as metal, glass, Swarovski, beads and of course scarves. Although she’s a pharmacy major at LAU Jbeil, this amateur designer did not hesitate to realize her dream. Adapting her time between her studies and her talent, Joumana was able to launch her first collection at a brunch organized at home and participated later on in the “Joaillerie Liban” exhibition at Biel and Faraya’s summer festival. That’s when things became more professional for our junior designer. With the encouragement of family and friends, Joumana was ready to go. The events she participated in, gave her the major chance to meet many fellow designers who share her same passion and consequently widen her horizons: new faces, new clients and even more inspirations.

In fact, when it comes to creating her collection her main inspiration comes from the diversified styles of her girl friends. Each one of them is unique in her own way, which reflects in the pieces she makes. That way, the collection is varied and fits the taste of many… Customized jewelry is her specialty: only one piece of each model is made. A similar piece can be, upon request, ordered but using different colors or materials; anyone can add his own touch to his jewel in order to make it as unique and as personal as possible. As for her future plans, Joumana is starting a handbag collection. A “gilet” bag with a pocket on each side: very easy to wear and yet so stylish and new! She also plans on participating in coming exhibitions and will also have points of sale at Kulte in Verdun and Kaslik so keep yourselves on the lookout.

“

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them” says Joumana adding: “I advise all students with a talent to use it but most importantly to believe in themselves.

”

by Sybil LayousŘ&#x152; LAU

To view her recent collection log on to the Facebook group BIjoum or contact her via email at: joum@bijoum.com

Creative Writing

For Once ... Down came the snow, As the wind started to blow. The boy walked across the street, Discarding the destiny he shall meet. Freezed by cold, weakened by hunger, Not wanting to live any longer, An orphan he was and an orphan he shall stay, In the harsh world of evil, lies and betray. Mistakes he committed none, So why the punishment for something he hasn’t done? But as he cursed life and the cold, Not letting go of the hope his hands hold, He heard the devil’s voice whispering in his ears, ‘Obey me and I will dry your tears’

the Devil Was Right ‘I will take you to my sweet warm hell, If you do everything which, to you, I will tell, Go ahead… kill, steal, do something bad, And I will give you things you never had’ Then the boy heard the voice of an angel Telling him not to obey the old scandal She told him: ‘Life is a bless’ But the cheeky boy replied: ‘Well, let me guess… You’ll tell me to be good, nice and respect my elders, And I will be respected by society members. Well listen to me miss nice angel, Good destroyed me and to my life it was fatal, I never did something wrong, I didn’t even try, Like a mountain, my faith in good was high, I was good and what did I gain? Dead parents, hunger and intolerable pain. Well, I don’t think life treated me well So this time I will choose to go to Hell.’ by Rasha Hamze, AUST

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW

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AUTH OR’S BRIE F: Rhonda Byrne was born in Australia on March 21st 1951. Originally a writer and a producer, Byrne got listed in Time’s Magazine’s list of 100 people who shape the world.

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The Secret issued in the end of 2006, wishes will come true no matter how sold over four million copies by hard it is to be achieved or how long 2007, and was translated into thirty it should take. They believe that every languages. The movie, also named ‘The person gets what he attracts and vice Secret’ sold for 2 million DVD copies. versa. Life responds to your thoughts, This book contains paragraphs therefore controlling your thought in by designers, authors, specialists, C R IT IQ U E the right way would shape your life ministers, leaders, managers, the way you wish for it to be. This is filmmakers, teachers, designers, called the Law of Attraction, which can publishers… expressing their vision of This book targets average people, give you absolutely anything you want, what they think the Secret really is. and not as mistakenly thought, by mainly relying on the fact that positive The secret to them all is a certain way and astrology in interested people thoughts bring positive manifestation hocus pocus issues. The book stresses of living, thinking and feeling that a and negative thoughts bring negative person should get adjusted to. Once on staying happy and optimistic all manifestation. the time, which is impossible. Imagine you get there, all of your dreams and facing the daily disturbances that everyone passes through while keeping a smile on your face all the time! This book focuses on paying attention to your own needs and desires above all. This promotes selfishness in Theme: people. This is mostly stressed when Self-Help book Byrne mentions that people shouldn’t listen to other people’s miseries and Pros: problems since that would make Endorsed by Oprah herself, Gives you another them think of their bad conditions perspective of life. Forces you to stay happy and i.e. making them have bad thoughts optimistic. that would grab bad vibes from the world. Also, Byrne mentions that you Cons: can control anything by your thought Motivates selfishness in people even your weight. Food doesn’t make you fat unless you think it does. This Recommended for: scientifically doesn’t make sense Pessimists, and people seeking change and and many doctors expressed their different perspectives of life. discomfort. A main issue that people wish to question Byrne on after Book Rating: reading this book is what happens when desires clash? When I wish for something that is the exact opposite of what someone else is wishing for? by Rasha Hamze

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‫ﲢﻠﻢ ﹼ‬ ‫ﻛﻞ ﺍﻣﺮﺃﺓ ﺑﺒﺸﺮﺓ ﺣﺮﻳﺮ ﹼﻳﺔ ﺍﳌﻠﻤﺲ‪ ،‬ﺧﺎﻟﻴﺔ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﺸﺪﺓ ﻣﺎ ﺑﲔ ﺗﻘﻨ ﹼﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺰﺭ‬ ‫ﻭﻷ ﹼﻥ ﺍﳌﻘﺎﺭﻧﺎﺕ ﻭﺍﳌﻔﺎﺿﻼﺕ ﻣﻄﺮﻭﺣﺔ‬ ‫ﹼ‬ ‫ﹸﻘﺪﻡ ﺟﲔ‬ ‫ﺍﻟﻜﻼﺳﻴﻜﻴﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺘﻘﻨﻴﺔ ﺍﳊﺪﻳﺜﺔ‬ ‫ﺍﳌﺴﻤﺎﺓ ‪ ، *1-‬ﺗ ﹼ‬ ‫ﹼ‬ ‫ﺍﳌﺘﺨﺼﺼﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺠﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﺘﺠﻤﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﺼﺤﻲ‪ ،‬ﺧﻼﺻﺔ‬ ‫ﻧﺼﺎﺭ‪،‬‬ ‫ﹼ‬ ‫ﹼ‬ ‫ﺧﺒﺮﺗﻬﺎ ﻓﻲ ﻫﺎﺗﲔ ﺍﻟﺘﻘﻨ ﹼﻴﺘﲔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺳﻠﺒ ﹼﻴﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺰﺭ‬ ‫ ﻻﻻ ﻳﹸﻌﻄﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺰﺭ ﻧﺘﺎﺋﺞ ﺇﻳﺠﺎﺑﻴﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﺒﺸﺮﺓ ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺮﺍﺀ ﺃﻭ‬ ‫ﺍﳌﺴﻤﺮﺓ ﺑﺎﻟﺒﺮﻭﻧﺰﺍﺝ‪ .‬ﻭﻗﺪ ﻳﹸﺨ ﹼﻠﻒ ﺁﺛﺎﺭﺍ ﹰ ﻏﻴﺮ ﺣﻤﻴﺪﺓ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﳉﻠﺪ‬ ‫ﹼ‬ ‫ﺍﳊﺴﺎﺱ‪ ،‬ﻣﺜﻞ ﺍﻹﺣﻤﺮﺍﺭ ﻭﺍﳊﺮﻭﻕ‪.‬‬ ‫ﹼ‬ ‫ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺮ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻢ ﻻ ﹸﳝﻜﻦ ﻧﺰﻋﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻴﺰﺭ ﺇﻃﻼﻗﺎ ﹰ‪.‬‬ ‫ ﲢﺘﺎﺝ ﺍﳌﺮﺃﺓ ﺇﻟﻰ ﺟﻠﺴﺎﺕ ﻣﺘﻜ ﹼﺮﺭﺓ ﻭﻣﻜﻠﻔﺔ ﻣﺎﺩﻳﺎﹰ‪ ،‬ﻟﻠﻘﻀﺎﺀ‬ ‫ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺮ ﺍﻟﺰﺍﺋﺪ ﺟﻠﺴﺔ ﺑﻌﺪ ﺍﻷﺧﺮﻯ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ‬ ‫ﺍﳉﻴﻞ ﺍﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫ﺣﺴﻨﺎﺕ ﺗﻘﻨﻴﺔ ‪ *1-‬ﺍﳉﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻳﺒﺚ ﻭﻣﻴﻀﺎ ﹰ ﺿﻮﺋﻴﺎ ﹰ ﺁﻣﻨﺎ ﹰ‬ ‫ ﻫﺬﻩ ﺍﻟﺘﻘﻨﻴﺔ ﻋﺒﺎﺭﺓ ﻋﻦ ﺟﻬﺎﺯ ﹼ‬ ‫ﺃﻱ ﺑﻘﻌﺔ ﻣﻦ ﺍﳉﺴﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﺼ ﹼﻮﺏ ﻓﻘﻂ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺑﺼﻴﻼﺕ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺮ ﻓﻲ ﹼ‬ ‫ﺃﻭ ﺍﻟﻮﺟﻪ‪ ،‬ﻓﻴﻨﺰﻋﻬﺎ ﻧﻬﺎﺋ ﹼﻴﺎ ﹰ ﻣﻦ ﺍﳉﺬﻭﺭ‪ ،‬ﻭﻓﻲ ﺩﻗﺎﺋﻖ ﻣﻌﺪﻭﺩﺓ ﻭﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﺩﻭﻥ ﺁﻟﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ ﺍﳉﻠﺴﺎﺕ ﹼ‬ ‫ﻧﺼﺎﺭ‬ ‫ﺃﻗﻞ ﻛﻠﻔﺔ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺰﺭ‪ ،‬ﺑﺤﻴﺚ ﺃ ﹼﻥ ﻣﺮﻛﺰ ﺟﲔ ﹼ‬ ‫ﻳﻮ ﹼﻓﺮ ﻧﺰﻉ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺮ ﻭﺍﻟﻮﺑﺮ ﻟﻜﺎﻣﻞ ﺍﳉﺴﻢ ﺑـ ‪ ٥٠٠‬ﺩﻭﻻﺭ ﻓﻘﻂ ﻭ‬ ‫ﺫﻟﻚ ﺑﺎﺯﺍﻟﺔ ‪ ٪٣٠‬ﻣﻦ ﺍﻭﻝ ﺟﻠﺴﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ ﺗﺴﻤﺢ ﻫﺬﻩ ﺍﻟﺘﻘﻨﻴﺔ ﺍﳌﺘﻄ ﹼﻮﺭﺓ ﺑﻨﺰﻉ ﺟﻤﻴﻊ ﺃﻧﻮﺍﻉ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﲟﺎ ﻓﻴﻬﺎ ﺍﻷﺳﻮﺩ ﻭﺍﻟﺒﻨﻲ‪ ،‬ﺍﻟﺴﻤﻴﻚ ﻭﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻢ ﻭﺍﻟﻮﺑﺮ ﺍﳋﻔﻴﻒ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺩﻭﻥ ﺁﺛﺎﺭ ﺟﺎﻧﺒ ﹼﻴﺔ ﺇﻃﻼﻗﺎﹰ‪ ،‬ﻷ ﹼﻥ ﺍﻟﺼﺒﻐﺔ ﺍﻟﻄﺒﻴﻌ ﹼﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺸﻌﺮ‬ ‫ﲤﺘﺺ ﻧﻈﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻀﻮﺀ ﺍﳌﺮﺋﻲ‪ ،‬ﻭﲢ ﹼﻮﻟﻪ ﺇﻟﻰ ﺣﺮﺍﺭﺓ ﹸﲢ ﹼﻄﻢ‬ ‫ ﻣﻴﻼﻧﲔ ﹼ‬ ‫ﺍﻟ ﹸﺒﺼﻴﻠﺔ ﻭﲤﻨﻌﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺇﻧﺘﺎﺝ ﺷﻌﺮ ﺟﺪﻳﺪ‪.‬‬

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TECHNOLOGY REVIEW Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Next Generation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xbox 720 Concept It takes the shape resembling the blend between Americ an football and an UFO. The device con cept is designed by Tai Chiem at Cor oflot. This new Xbox 720 concept is said to carry all the project natal feature s inside the device. Always fun to exp lore the possibility of new design for future technological gadget. No info if a CD-Rom will be included in this device, seeing the overwhelming pro gress of SSD and other external har d drives as durable storage device, will the future Xbox Discs recorded in a SSD or USB3.0 or eSATA? It is still a mystery for us at this stage..

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Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Camera Edition. Unlike Nowadays, cell Phone is not solely designed for communication means. New Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, is a 3.2mp camera phone with ability to receive Digital Video BroadCast from Television Stations (DVB-H). It could also help you connect to social networking such as facebook or twitter, while you could also enjoy music and gaming with the all in one compact 3G slider cell phone. The mobile TV-Camera Phone It has a 2.4-inch QVGA color capacitive touch screen and a 3.5mm headphone jack so you can use a set of superior headphones if you like. The camera comes with LED flash and One-click access to enjoy TV live broadcasts.

Hamm er V700 GPS

Navigation Device. Hammer V700 GPS navigation device Hammer V700 GPS 0 LCD display with 80 h nc comes with 7-i y cit pa ca e e storag x 480 resolution. Th ls. It has a long de mo B 8G d an B is 4G mfortable way co a t, windshield moun vigation. It has to do your in-car na to 64 satellites the ability to track up usly while eo an connection simult via its TPEG tes da up ffic receiving tra receiver.

artphone. Nokia N900 Maemo Sm e WVGA N900 will be having a larg ape oriented dsc lan a touchscreen and by ARM red we Po . ard bo QWERTY key built B 1G h Cortex-A8 processor wit phics gra 2.0 ES in RAM and OpenGL openon s run l wil 00 N9 acceleration. tem. sys g eratin source Linux-based op a5 e hav l wil e Additionally, this devic s. len tics op iss Ze l Car MP camera and e rag sto 32GB The Maemo will have a ng usi GB 48 capacity expandable to hile, web a microSD card. Meanw zilla based Mo ng usi be l browsing wil ad o opted browser, the device als rt. It supports po Adobe Flash 9.4 sup ork with Wi-Fi tw ne 3G PA GSM and HS ivity features. and Bluetooth connect

3D TV Philips 3D TV. Philips is maybe the most forthcoming company when it comes to 3DTV. Already they have a series of 3D TV sets called WOWvx. These 3D TV screens is flat and looks like an ordinary HD LCD TV but the screen is really 3D and can be watched at from an 120 degrees angle in nearl y the same quality as HD TV in 2 dimensions. Phillips has been bold enough to show off their big 3D TVs on sever al technology fairs. According to the Philips representatives the big TVs could be sold for $12000 and the smaller ones about $3000. This means that the 3D-TV Philips is sellin g is mainly aiming at the professional market, that is the digital signage market and the advertisement markets. Of cours e these prices will drop as more people gives interests for the machines.

iPhon e

iPhone Controlled Car. “Spirit of Berlin” is a project of the Artificial Intelligence Group, directed by Prof. Raul Rojas, at Freie Universitaet Berlin. Tinosch Ganjineh, a student of the department for artificial intelligence at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, steers a converted Dodge minivan remotely with an iPhone during a demonstration at Tempelhof Airport on November 2, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. A student of the department for artificial intelligence at the Freie Universitaet Berlin steers a converted Dodge minivan remotely with an iPhone during a demonstration at Tempelhof Airport on November 2, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The car, whose design was led by professor Raul Rojas, is outfitted with a variety of laser sensors, GPS antennae and computers.

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Asus Eee T91MT – Convertible NetBook Tablet. The Asus Eee T91MT turned up a while back and its best feature is certainly the multi touch capability it offers. The machine is a netbook that uses a convertible tablet form factor and has a capacitive touch screen. The netbook has an 8.9-inch screen and runs an Intel Atom Z520 CPU. It also has 1GB of RAM and stores data to a 32GB SSD. The machine runs Windows 7 Home Premium.

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Leb-IN-and-ON p.68 NIGHTLIFE Halloween nights & traditions p.72 PRESS RELEASES p.75 GAMES p.76 BANDE DESSINEE by Ramy Hanna, ALBA P.78

HOROSCOPE December horoscopes

Nightlife

Halloween nights & traditions Like almost every occasion and holiday, Halloween is becoming more and more of a “global” event that all societies celebrate annually on the 31st of October. The origins of this day are ancient and mainly religious. Throughout history, Halloween traditions varied from society to another, but finally the most common Halloween feature is: Halloween nights. In Lebanon, Halloween nights gained increasing attraction lately. This year, almost all night clubs, pubs and restaurants organized their own special Halloween celebrations, and competed in making the highest investments on decorations, DJs, effects and most importantly: Marketing and promotion! Facebook witnessed a huge boom in events promoting Halloween nights all over Lebanon, which, according to some critics “threatens to make of Halloween just another quick-moneymaking event”.

However, what was to some extent unusual in Lebanon in the past has invaded nightlife destination streets this year. “I was so surprised to see that amount of big young groups wearing all kinds of weird stuff and walking in the streets. It was usually hard for us to have the courage to walk in public with very eccentric Halloween costumes, but now I see it’s becoming very normal and I’m so excited to make the best of it next year. I regret not having bought myself a costume”, said Nathalie, a regular Gemayze clubber to The Gate. So the most important part seems to reside in the costumes and… the Party! A renowned psychology expert, that wished not to reveal his name,

said to The Gate University Students Magazine that the increasing attention for Halloween costumes, especially this year, in Lebanon, and especially at the youth level, reflects a kind of suppressed desires to express and experience different inside identities! “When the first idea that pops up to the mind of a teenage girl is a playboy bunny, this reflects a certain enthusiasm to express her sexual desires in a costumed way, like if she’s telling her society: I don’t have to explain, it’s not me, it’s just my costume and I’m simply playing the role. And when a young boy wears extreme scary and violentlike costumes, it somehow reflects a kind of inside frustration and desire to release stress and tension” he adds. He recalls however: “this doesn’t mean it’s always the case. We can never generalize. But we cannot deny that Halloween costumes make excellent ways to express suppressed desires and character identities for some youngsters.”

Symbols Pumpkins are the most common symbols of Halloween. Different people make use of them for Halloween decorations and often make them in the form of scary or smiling faces, sometimes including inside light and sound effects and more… Horror items are also very common ways to add thrill to Halloween costumes and decorations such as: scarecrows, skulls, monsters, skeletons, vampires, demons, bats etc…

Halloween: An occasion for everyone Although Halloween parties are mostly restricted to young adults, Halloween traditions extend to reach all sectors of society and all ages: from little babies, to children, youngsters and even old people. Children mostly enjoy the funny games that come along, especially including surprising visits to neighbors’ homes, school celebrations and games, etc… Lately as well, people started buying costumes even for their pets, mostly dogs and cats, to complete the overall Halloween atmosphere everywhere around them. World renowned celebrities also compete to appear with the funkiest possible Halloween costumes and to organize the most exciting Halloween nights, just like they compete to have the classiest appearance at the annual Cannes Film Festivals. So as it seems, Halloween is gaining more and more attention in Lebanon, the Middle East and the World, and the years to come promise more and more creativity in Halloween parties…

This year, The Gate University Students Magazine covered the Halloween night organized by PromoFix, at Chat-in Lounge in Hamra. We hereby let the pictures speakâ&#x20AC;Ś

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Press Release

Press Release In 2004, adidas teamed up with Missy Elliott the best-selling female hip hop artist of all time, to produce a new signature collection of footwear, apparel and accessories dubbed Respect M.E. Fused into the Fall/Winter adidas Originals Respect M.E. collection are dashing colors and styles. The lineup, which includes footwear, clothes and accessories caters to fun-loving and bold females, with a distinct sense of style. Respect M.E. represents originality, confidence, glamour and self respect, with those sporting them, clearly making a statement.

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e, yet injected Smart and feminin E. e, the Respect M. with a street-edg a n me wo g youn collection offers and confidence. sm mi na dy of e sens at lity with clothes th Celebrate Origina , me yti an at d an here can be worn anyw t ou us or on a night whether on camp on the town.

The new Respect M.E. clothing line can be found at: adidas Verdun and in Kaslik stores.

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TAMA NNA AND PERSI L turni ng 3 childr en’s lives aroun

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Sponsorship that draws a smile on a child’s face

Beirut, November 12th, 2009 –Three children, diagnosed with critical illnesses, are smiling every week, thanks to the ongoing Persil sponsorship of Tamanna, a non-profit organization with the sole aim to turn children’s tears into laughter. In an event held to celebrate this continuing union, heads from Tamanna and Persil announced their joint achievements to date. Persil, as part of their social responsibility pledge, has been the official sponsor for Tamanna in 2009, managing to raise, through direct donations alone, over 150,000,000 L.L. this year.

“Persil have built not only a partnership but a spirited bond that grows after each granted wish and after each comforting smile,” said Diala Fil Rayess, President of Tamanna. Plans for 2010 are even greater, with the ultimate aim set at realizing one sick child’s dream per day. Persil has conceptualized a way to involve the public to donate to a selfless cause, thus launching the ‘1000 L.L.’ campaign in September 2009, which

will continue into the coming year. This campaign entails that with each pack of Persil sold, 1000 LBP are donated to Tamanna. The objective is to raise 300,000,000L.L. “Our venture does not stop there,” said Philip Kaady, Marketing Manager at Henkel. “To strengthen our support for Tamanna and to involve the Lebanese consumer in this endeavor, we have launched the ‘1000 L.L.’ campaign that is on-going,” he confirmed. Through these donations, children being treated in Lebanon from an array of nationalities have had their dreams made into reality. Tamanna works with hospitals throughout Lebanon such as Saint Jude’s Children’s Cancer Center, Hotel Dieu, Makassed and Rafic Hariri University Hospital amongst many others. “It all began in December 2005. We thought of ways to create a movement whereby making children smile would be an ongoing venture,” explained Rayess. “We thought Tamanna – with the mission to turn tears into laughter,” she added.

Of the most memorab le dreams realized, are the group of eight children who were flo wn to Euro Disney to spend four magical days there, and another chi ld whose dream was to watch English Lea gue Football Team Manchester Unite d play live, found himself amongst the raving fans in the English stadium. “We at Henkel are comm itted to continue working with Tammana,” Kaady affirmed, “and are determined to make every ailing chi ld’s dream a reality.” Persil’s ‘1000 L.L.’ campa ign, allows the general Lebanese public to give to children and see the m smile. Both Persil and Tamanna hav e pledged their ongoing support, to ult imately turn children’s tears into lau ghter, giving them a reason to believ e.

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ion al Fla g at Ico nic Alm aza Wa ves Hig h the Nat leh The Bigges t Hom mo s and Tab bou Bei rut – Nov em ber 9, 200 9:

In a ground-breaking approach aza propagating national messages, Alm th you se ane Leb stic featured enthusia from across the country, wearing s, patriotic labeled caps and tee-shirt with tos pho enir and taking group souv the the giant bottle mural. Following of s dred hun t, even ul essf succ t grea ed join dly prou young ‘patriotic’ have . Club Fun aza the online Alm

inexhaustibly championing, Almaza has once again come up with witty slogans playing on words and meanings. Amazingly, only a 100% Lebanese can catch the message irony, such as “El Kbir baddo kbeer”, “Bas tan hottak bessoura”, “Ma tkhallineh efermak”, “Ma tdira homsieh”… It is worth mentioning that through The Biggest Hommos & Tabbouleh event, held on October 24-25, Lebanon has achieved a phenomenal triumph breaking the World Guinness records with the Biggest Hommos and Tabbouleh Platters.

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HP Mobi The Perfect Match! Is the slogan that has been chosen to describe the latest alliance between Mobi, Wireless BroadBand Internet Service and HP, (Hewlett-Packard) the world leader in Personal Computer Systems, Peripherals, Servers and Storage Solutions. The alliance embodies the joining of two pioneers to bring the best there is to offer in mobile internet and mobile computing at savings of over 50% to Lebanese consumer. The HP—Mobi alliance was made possible by the efforts of Cedarcom, the parent company of Mobi and PCDealNet the authorized distributor of HP Personal System Group in Lebanon. Miss. Nadine Tawk, General Manager of BroadBand Plus-Lynx, representing Cedarcom-Mobi Group, elaborated on the success of Mobi in Lebanon announcing a promising expansion project to cover

even more areas throughout Leb anon; Miss Tawk added that HP was the logical and best choice for Mobi and thanked PCDealNet represented by Mr. Hani Bahna, and Mr. Pierre Rizk and Mr. Bassem Rizk from HP for their effo rts and support. Mr. Hani Bahna, Business Develop ment Manager for HP at PCDealNet, stre ssed the importance of HP-Mobi partners hip announcing the first joint product and promising numerous new interest ing ideas in the near future; Mr. Bahn a concluded the press conference by announcing the “Free HP Mini Lapt op with Mobi Subscription” an idea that has never been attempted before in Lebanon and that will surely rece ive nationwide appeal since the Leb anese

Officially presented by Lebanon and Guinness World Book of Records, and attracting some 75 thousand visitors breaking all records in terms of attendance as well, The Biggest Hommos & Tabbouleh event was but a loud confirmation of the authentic Lebanese spirit, perfectly translated in words by “Hayda jawna hayda nehna”!

“love the internet and love their laptops and this offer has joined the best brands with 50% savings for the consumer”. Mr. Bahna then thanked Mr. Imad Tarabay, C.E.O of Cedarcom, Miss Ayona Amhaz, General Manager of PCDealNet and HP Team for all their support and for making this idea a reality. For more information and for end users or dealers interested in participating in this promotion please call 01-288585 The Press Conference took place at Pyramid Hall at Coral Beach Hotel on October 29, 2009 followed by a dinner at Garden Restaurant attended by PCDealNet and Mobi Resellers and preferred partners.

Every time we say “hommos”, we automatically say “and tabbouleh”, followed by… “beera Almaza”. As l an inherent element of the nationa 100 culinary epitome trio, Almaza – the dly prou has – r bee percent Lebanese and been part of The Biggest Hommos g ortin supp y entl ferv t, even h oule Tabb es. dish ze mez se the two famous Lebane

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Horoscopes Aries The Gate sees travel for you Aries! December is filled with chances to travel, the perfect antidote for a lifestyle that may have been filled with routine lately. Your first trip may be taken within days of the full moon December 2 and may take you to a place close by. In case you are groaning at the thought of a work-related business trip with an overnight stay in a budget business motel, that’s not at all what seems to be what you’d experience. This full moon will signal Jupiter in your house of friendship and fun, and when Jupiter is involved, luxury can’t be far behind. It seems you will love your accommodations and your experiences, so if you can travel quickly to see a friend (or with a friend), do so!

Taurus This month The Gate predicts that you will be focused on making money, raising money, saving money and overall, managing money (Busy tonight Taurus?). The new moon, December 2, will bring a money matter to culmination. You will either write a check or get one - or both. Fortunately, Saturn will be in a stabilizing angle to the full moon, so if you should need more cash and would like to find a part time or full time job, you should be able to get it.

Gemini Once a year we get a full moon in our own sign, and for you, dear Gemini, it’s due December 2. Something important to you is now reaching fruition. Matters will clarify, and you may need to make a decisive move about what you find. If any matter has puzzled you, this full moon’s light should help you understand in a flash what you must do. Saturn will add its gifts of comforting stability - if you are making a decision, it won’t be temporary, but one that keeps you feeling secure for a long time.

Cancer In December, Cancer, The Gate says relax. Others will take the lead. You don’t have to always be in charge, and in actuality, it may be a relief to hand over the reins to a trusted partner once in a while. The full moon on December 2 will find you feeling in need of rest and privacy. If you feel a cold coming on, take life a little slower, and if possible sleep a bit later over the weekend of December 5-6. If you do take good care of yourself, by Sunday night you should be feeling better and by Monday, you’d be on top of the world again

Leo Leo! The planets are acting crazy! On one hand, you have Mars in Leo, making you courageous, energetic, and ready to conquer the world. You’ve been moving at the speed of light since mid-October, but now you must allow some of that power and light that you created to carry you forward into March on its own. Mars is about to settle down for a nap on December 20 until March 10. Any ventures started with Mars retrograde would lack power and punch, so have faith that by sitting back you won’t lose anything. Just the opposite: By slowing your pace and allowing time for feedback, you’ll actually perfect your plan.

Virgo The month starts out with excellent news about your career lucky Virgo! The full moon, December 2, will fall in your tenth house of honors and achievement, and could bring reward for months of hard work. When you get word of how enthusiastically your superiors and critics view your performance, you will be thrilled. Virgo is a modest sign, so you don’t spend a lot of time tooting your own horn. This time others may do it for you. Watch for news to come to you within four days of December 2.

Just about every part of life is about light up this month, Libra so get ready to be busy, but there will be cross currents due from several planets too, so not everything will be as it appears. You will have a full moon, a new moon, and a total eclipse - a lot of activity for one little month, and each will kick up some dust. On top of that, two planets, Mercury and Mars, will take a nap and go retrograde, so we will all have to make do without the gifts that these two planets usually provide us. As a result of all this, you will need to plan to go slowly in December. Fortunately, things usually do quiet down at holiday time, so if you decide to put off making a major life decision for the time being, others will understand.

Scorpio The Gate advises that you take it slow and easy in December, dear Scorpio. Let go, and let others call you if they need you. Nothing earth shattering will get done in December because Mars and Mercury will be out of phase. While this spells “less progress,” it also spells more time for fun and rest, and that’s not so bad, is it?

Sagittarius Sagittarius! The Gate wishes you a very Happy Birthday! It’s birthday month, and you’re eager for the New Year. This hasn’t been the easiest year, particularly if you were born at the end of your sign, from December 14 to 22. Saturn was bossing you around, and Uranus was playing havoc, but by December, both are behaving themselves and are ready to give you a break

Capricorn Listen up Capricorn…At the very start of the month, you will be busy getting a project ready to ship out the door. The full moon December 2 will fall in your workaday sector, and team energy from co-workers and underlings will be high. You may not have to do all elements of the project yourself, and if you do have help, everyone will work together quite seamless

Aquarius Aquarius, The Gate sees hearts in your eyes! November may prove to be special when it comes to love. A bright and tender full moon on December 2 in your fifth house could bring on an enchanting romantic episode. Something seems to be coming to a culmination when it comes to matters of the heart, and this could happen any time in the first week of December.

Pisces Dear Pisces, December starts the month off on a wonderful note. Uranus has been retrograde since July 1, but will suddenly bolt forward with enormous energy on December 1. You’ll feel the difference and be suddenly filled with optimism, too. The Gate says watch projects and relationships jump to life. It will be like a strong gust of wind suddenly blew in your window and lit the inner you with a million magical points of light. Uranus is the planet of electricity and you’ll feel very lit up, for sure.

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Special December Sagittarius (22 Nov. – 21 Dec.) Symbol: the Archer Ruling Planet: Jupiter Ruling House: Ninth House Element: Fire Quality: Mutable Body Parts: hips, thighs Keyword: PHILOSOPHY Date with destiny: Aries, Leo Run for the hills: Virgo, Pisces Where you glow: globetrotting What makes you tick: airplane tickets Fitness forecast: archery Play date: horseback riding Perfect jobs: tour guide, park ranger Best accessory: a backpack A sure thing: being the class clown Destination: anywhere Pleasure: travel, philosophy, optimism Pain: responsibility, details, commitment What’s my line? Don’t fence me in. You tend to attract just about everything you want this year through your warmth and magnetic. Sagittarian That said, you may also go through some great transformational shifts in 2009 as you realize that your happiness no longer depends so much on possessions, but rather on the deeper meaning associated with things symbolic of love and sharing. Instead of controlling what’s happening around you, you now have experiences that perhaps you don’t understand, but in allowing new insights to come in and have a voice, the rearranging of your resources and your values gives you a sense of security and growth. By surrendering to your higher power, you realize you don’t have to struggle as much to get what you want. As you open up to the ideas and energies flowing around you, your priorities shift dramatically. And -you’ll be happy to know -- you don’t need to work as hard to enjoy sensual pleasures either!

Great opportunities arise as your explore your potential, and discover what kind of environment best serves you in your endeavors. Being in touch with this part of yourself helps you align with your higher purpose, and your drive to continue will lead to great success. Life becomes much easier when you trust that the universe will take care of you.

Capricorn (22 Dec. – 19 Jan.) Symbol: the Sea Goat Ruling Planet: Saturn Ruling House: Tenth House Element: Earth Quality: Cardinal Body Parts: skin, teeth, bones, knees Keyword: SOCIAL STATUS Date with destiny: Taurus, Virgo Run for the hills: Aries, Libra Where you glow: in charge What makes you tick: hard work Fitness forecast: golfing Play date: dining at an exclusive restaurant Perfect jobs: news anchor, anthropologist Best accessory: personal digital assitant A sure thing: managing a stock portfolio Destination: Japan Pleasure: patience, respect, success Pain: disorganization, miscalculation, boredom What’s my line? The one with the most toys wins. In order for Capricorn to accomplish their goals in 2009, intelligent brainstorming is a must. Connecting with others satisfies your mind, and friends are a source of stimulation and inspiration, adding to the scientific developments you like to explore. That said, be sure to take time for yourself. You don’t have to master everything in a day. You thrive on making new discoveries and developing opportunities. Call upon your inner guidance to help get the job done more efficiently. If you feel any uncertainty, other people are there to confirm your ideas, and allowing yourself to explore your inner thoughts will help you align yourself with a greater sense of awareness and meaningfulness. Capricorn rarely shies away from highly concentrated work, and you are able to meet challenges as they come up in 2009. This is a time of great self-discovery and transformation for you. As you work to manifest your best possible self, you will see things from a deeper perspective than ever before. Hidden beneath your desire to work hard is the key to making your life easier. In other words, you won’t have to strain as much if you surrender to a higher knowing. Using your powers of concentration to tune into universal knowledge will help you manifest your highest dreams.