Student Eye: October 2010

Oct 31, 2010

You Have an Assignment Tomorrow, but You are not Sure? AUI-S Student Creates a Facebook Page for Assignments

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Sarbast Majid, a junior IT student at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, had a small problem. He knew that he was given an assignment, but he was not sure what it was and when it was due. His friends were no of a better position. "Whenever...

Oct 30, 2010

Where did the AUI-S Advising Program Go?

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Last year, The former Academic Dean of students, Dr. Denise Natali, announced the opening of a mentoring program for the AUI-S students. The program, as the dean said, was designed to support the students during their university life. The AUI-S students...

Oct 28, 2010

Fun with AUI-S

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by Astios Hello again... We know that this blog's mission is not to make fun of anyone and/or help anyone have fun. But sometimes it is just impossible to get people to understand something without making fun of them and/or having fun with them....

Oct 26, 2010

John Dolan, Academic Fraud

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by Dr. John Agresto* John Dolan -- John Carrol Dolan – Berkeley PhD, sometimes author, and late of the American University of Iraq, decided he would write a petulant diatribe bemoaning the fact that he was fired from this university. It’s true; he was. That may be the only thing true in his rant. It was a risk hiring him, I...

In an Exclusive Article to Student Voice, Dr. Agresto to Dr. Dolan: You are a Liar and an Academic Fraud

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Dr. John Agresto, the Dean of AUI-S faculty, responds to Dr. John Dolan, the fired professor, in a long exclusive article that will be published tonight in Student Voice. In his article, Dr. Agresto responds to the points raised in Dr. Dolan's article....

Oct 25, 2010

Student Voice Poll: There is Something Wrong with AUI-S and the Fired Professors

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The Student Voice poll shows that the majority thinks the AUI-S administration and the fired professors both a re responsible for the crisis. The poll which lasted for 12 days and ended tonight, recorded the largest participation among the three polls...

Oct 24, 2010

Fun with AUI-S

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by Astios Dear Student Voice readers... This column will be dedicated for the small pieces of news we get from the students. Send whatever you have to our email stdntvc@gmail.com or share it with us on our Facebook and/or Twitter pages. Here is...

AUI-S Violates the Copyright Rules Set by U.S. Copyright Office

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The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani copies books that have copyrights. The copying is due to lack of actual textbooks, as it has been told to the students. The textbooks that are copies all have copyrights of different publishers such as Cengage. The copying, if there was no permission from the publishing companies, will be regarded as a clear...

Oct 23, 2010

Dr. John Dolan: I Needed Money to Live that is Why I Accepted to Teach at AUI-S....We were Told to Pretend that We were Teaching You like American Students...Dr. Agresto didn't Fire Me Because of Missing Classes, He Fired Me Because of the Article

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What you read here, is an exclusive interview with Dr. John Dolan, a former professor of English Composition and Literature at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani. He was fired by the AUI-S administration in August. He answers many important questions on his relations with the AUI-S administration, the faculty members, and the students....

How do Bloggers Contribute to Democracy in the Middle East?

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From The Economist October 21, 2010. Bloggers in the Middle East Don't be too cheekyGovernments in the Middle East are cracking down on bloggersOct 21st 2010 A MONTH ago a court in Iran sentenced Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian-Canadian,...

Oct 22, 2010

Student Voice Publishes an Exclusive Interview with Dr. John Dolan

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In an exclusive interview, the fired professor Dr. John Dolan answers Student Voice's questions. Dr. Dolan has been teaching English Composition and British Literature at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani until he was fired due what AUI-S administration calls "racist" stands of Dr. Dolan. Dr. Dolan answers questions on his relations with...

Oct 21, 2010

Student Voice Publishes a List of the Best Scholarship Websites

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Most of the Iraqi students have a common question: How can I have information about studying abroad and scholarship opportunities? Student Voice gives the answer right here. Here is the best list of the related websites to our dear friends. ...

Oct 20, 2010

Kazem al -Saher to be in Sulaimani on the Eid ,,, Student Voice suggests reduction in ticket prices for the students

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Kazem al -Saher, the famous Iraqi singer, will be in Sulaimani on the Eid al -Adha to hold two concerts. Al-Saher, who is also known as the Cesar of Arabic song, will meet thousands of his fans in Iraq after three decades of living in...

Oct 19, 2010

AUI-S Owes Each Summer Term Student $100

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by Student Voice Last summer, the summer term students at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani were asked to pay $100 as an insurance money. They were told that the money will be given back to them, but they have not received any amount of mo...

Oct 17, 2010

On the Policy of Two Gates

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by Bahman Abdulrahman HasanIronically, it’s a source of joy, delight, ecstasy, and blessing that our university has two gates, and also, perhaps it just for the safety of students and the staff. AUI-S, fortunately like politics, has both Eastern and...

Oct 12, 2010

Dear Dr. John Dolan .. Yours Sincerely, Shalaw Fatah

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Dear Dr. John, That's how I start writing any formal or informal emails, but since you’ve taught us something about the value of creativity, let me begin my own way. You may remember me, the calm student who was always sitting in the 2nd chair in the...

Oct 10, 2010

Student Voice Uncovers the Scandalous Exam...The Final Exam Questions Were Stolen

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According to a reliable source, which wants to remain anonymous due to safety reasons, the final exams questions of the EWPLI 4 were stolen by a group of students. The source said that a group of EWPLI 4 students, at least two, have gone into the copy room of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, where the exams are printed, and have...

Oct 9, 2010

Dr. John Dolan Attacks AUI-S Administration.. "I was fired for writing an article"

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In a long article, published on alternet.org website, Dr. John Dolan, who has taught English Literature and English Composition at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani , attacks AUI-S administration. Dr. Dolan's article, "I Was a Professor at the Horribly Corrupt American University of Iraq.... Until the Neocons Fired Me", is full of accusations...

Oct 7, 2010

Student Voice Poll: Students are more into not paying the $400.

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The result of the last Students voice reveals that most of the voters are against the $400 required by AUI-S for books and dorms. Question of the poll was, “Should AUI-S students pay the $400 for books and dorms”. Each week Student posts a question online to see how students respond. The question sourced from the last change in the AUI-S payment policy....

Oct 6, 2010

AUI-S updates the Academic Catalogue.

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The last edition of the Academic Catalogue Recently, AUI-S renewed the Academic Catalogue with very tiny but critical chang...

“We will Not Pay a Penny” activists started moving.

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Idres Ali with his EWPLI certification. Today celebrating with the last group of the EWPLI level four students, “We Will Not Pay a Penny “complain activists began the first move toward not paying the $400 imposed by AUI...

Oct 5, 2010

Back to page 37 From The Academic Catalogue Of The American University of Iraq- Sulaimani.

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by Bahman Abdulrahman Page 37 of the AUI-S 2009-10 Academic Catalogue. In fact it is not just white, it is written in black but it is white in practice. Universities are striving to take steps forward in accordance to the rules...

Oct 4, 2010

Cabin 36 Turned to a Week Bookstore.

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The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani logo Mr. Paul Craft, deputy to the provost of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, announced that students must have their books bought from the newly established Bookstore located in the Ca...

Oct 1, 2010

The illusion and the theory of the cement walls

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by Bahman Abdulrahman Almost certainly, all engineering students would count the AUI-S campus project as a fragmentary conjecture of the 21st century. It’s, perhaps, a new theory in the field of architecture, in which some five story...

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