Sulaimani is not "Culture Capital of AUIS"

Since some people are busy talking JOURNALISM CLASSES, I have to raise few points. Feel free to curse or even punch me in the face- if needed. Probably, it is my duty to criticize, and this comes from my sincere love and respect. I hope it is not taken personal- if it does ….

This is an article published in the AUIS’s “only student paper”. Make sure you see what is written in the area I circled. This is More than a mistake… Just … and …

It is time for this people to stop taking photos while eating. It is time to work… Don’t make any mistakes FUTURE LRESDERS.    

This is just a Hint for AUIS future JURNALISTS AND JURNALISM DEPARTMENT- if there would be any- PEOPLE FIX THE VOICE MISTAKES AND THEN GO FOR SOMETHING NEW

I hope you understand my point.

 

 

A snapshot of  a page of the Voice, a paper published at the American University of Iraq Sulaimani

 

 

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Back to the “Filthy Game”

by: Bahman A. Hassan 

From the beginning of Fall semester, I wanted to quite writing about the lacks that the American University of Iraq have. Eventually, I am persuaded of the necessity of having few words to be said. The Irony is that this “wine is too old”.

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What Do You See?

This photo is taken by the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani’s staff. The gentleman in this photo is Paul Sutphin,  the Consul General of the United States, and it is taken when he was at AUI, S. Our comment is not on his angelic smile, but we rather want to have you to think with us about few points.

Look at nothing, but at the Consul’s hands. What is he holding?

Here are few hints: AUI, S Admission Guidance. 

I.                   The AUI, S...It  is without the comma between the “I” and the “S”

II.                A bit below, you see Bryan Smith. What does that remind you of? Why did AUI, S dismiss him? What justifications did they give? Did anyone believe them? Why did he say " I know a lot with which I can close this institution" before his departure. What did he know but we don't know?

III.             There is only Arabic on the Admission Guidance. What does it mean? Probably ….

IV.             It is out dated. One of the students shown on the cover is dismissed. Two others of them, at the top, are graduated. They don’t represent AUI, S- at all.

V.                Check carefully, you can see more.

Oh boy we are very zol.

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100,000 Previews

Dashboard of our blog shows one hundred thousand previews. This week the number of Student Eye visitors reached its 100,000.

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A Public Clarification to All!!

After publishing an article by Bahman Hassan and addressing the second part of his article, we, the Student Eye, have come up with the conclusion of not publishing the second part of the article.

The reason we stop this is to stabilize the current situation at AUIS; the situation seems to be unstable, and that is not what we are seeking for. We are seeking for the best for the university and our dear students.

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Wudel Will not Apologize to Smith

Dr. Darcy Wudel The Dean of Faculty of Americn University of Iraq Sulaimani.

Today in a meeting with a group of IS students, Dr. Darcy Wudel, AUIS Dean of Faculty, avoids apologizing to Dr. Bryan Smith. This comes when a student asked, “will Mr. Wudel apologize to Mr. Smith in case the accusations against him turned out to be baseless?” The dean answered “No, because this is according to the procedures. We don’t have to apologize to anyone”.

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AUIS Students will Gather on Thursday

In an event posted on Facebook, all AUIS students are invited to partake in a public gathering on Thursday.

The event, as claimed, is to remind AUIS the “forgotten” role that should have in the decisions made by AUIS. 

“AUIS does not care about us, students, so we will gather to put a limit for what AUIS is doing, and if there is a need for anything, we are ready to do,” said one of the organizers. 

The following is the content of the message sent to the students:

“Dear Friends at AUIS, As we know that our university has forgotten that we are the students of this university while making new decisions. And the situations, in all of the aspects, are getting worse day after day. For this reason, we would like to inform all of the AUI...S students to have a meeting on Thursday to share our ideas as the students, and to put a limit for the extensive decisions of the university. Please come with your ideas to see what we should do against these unacceptable decisions that are made daily. Location: Cafeteria Time: 12:30 Date: Thursday Your participation will be well appreciated. “

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Having Exams in the Day of the Prophet's Birthday makes Students Angry

Although the Directorate of Islamic Affairs in Sulaimani declared Sunday, February 5^th as a holiday to respect the birth of the prophet of Muslims, Muhammad (PBUH), the American University of Iraq Sulaimani sent its last schedule for the exams.

Thus, that frustrated some of the students. Ismail Kamal Aziz, an engineering student from Rania, said “I am ready to take the exam on Friday, but the day must be taken off as a respect for the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).”

“Although some of the students do not care about the anniversary, the university should take it as considerations because that shows a great respect for the Muslims of the university,” said Rizgar Hussain from Rania, an APP student.

And some of the students see the decision as discrimination. “Why do they have holiday for 23 days for the birth of Prophet Jesus (PBUH), but they do not think that our prophet’s anniversary is worth even one day,” said Hawta Ramadan from Bzyan.

Note/ we did not have the chance of interviewing the teachers because of the weekend; sorry for that.  

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Afren Company's 30 Milion Dollars And No "Petroleum Engineering Program"

Afren Company

 

On October 9, 2011- AUIS has announce to have received 30 million dollars from Afren, a gas and oil production company.

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The Dorms Students: Cold, threat, and insult



An APP Student studying in the rain for his finall exam.  






Student gathering a round a fire spark in a freezing tempreture




Students bring wood to keek the fire.




Dorm students gathering few minitues before the arival of the AUIS delegate who insulted and threatned them.




Inside the dorms.




"what should we do" few minutes before their gathering infornt thier dorm gate.




KNN reporter among the students.




Another students studying for his presentation.




KNN reporter interviwing students.




"its cold, let's build a fire"




"what is going on?" the reporter asked.

Photos by: Damga and Brwa Aziz

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Anonymous Comments Are Allowed

Dear Readers,

Student Eye team has decided to start publishing anonymous comments again.

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AUIS Students Go On A Strike

While the temperature was freezing, AUIS dorm students spent half of their nigh outside, in front their dorm gate.  

Last night, because of not having electricity the dorm students gathered in front of Raparin dorms. Students were gathering around a fire that they built on the street in front of the dorms.

Lacking services, electricity in particular, has been a problem for the AUIS students. Students have voiced their problems many times, yet none of them are fixed.

Dispute of not being listened to, students were insulted by the university representative who attended the gathering. Dr. Aso, whose real task is not defined at AUIS, was the universities delegate to speak to the students.

He couldn’t calm the students down, and instead he insulted them and threatened them with not letting them to inter the dorms.

The students’ response was strict, yet the university has not apologized formally for its delegate’s insults and threats. Still the students are suffering and their problems are not addressed.

Photos By: Damga

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“The Exam was too easy”

While some students were busy studying for their Statistics exam, some others were busy with how to get the questions. Finally, they could get the test and in few hours the test become in the hand of most of the students.

Thus, before taking the test, most of the students had the questions. And the result is expected to be astonishing.

This has been a serious problem for AUI-S instructors. Every now and then exam questions are publicized. So far, no one says anything about this problem and students are seemed to be happy.

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AUI-S promises to solve Dorm Problems

On November29^th, Leah McNally, Student Services Coordinator, had a meeting with the dorm students to listen to their problems. From the beginning of the fall semester, the dorms students have been suffering from many difficulties.

Some of these problems have been addressed, yet some are to be dealt with. In a letter sent to the dorm students, AUI-S Student Services Coordinator, happily informed students of the result of their meetings with the university. Here is the content of the letter:

  

I would like to follow up with all of you on the meeting that we had in the dorms on December 29th. I am happy to tell you that most of the major problems you mentioned during this meeting have been addressed and/or are in the process of being dealt with. Here is a summary of the action that has taken place since that meeting:

1. Internet - our IT Department is finalizing plans to install two Internet lounges (one on each floor of the dorm). The plan is to have this Internet operational by January 14, 2012.

 2. Electricity problems - a new generator has been installed and this weekend, the automatic switch will arrive, making the power outages much shorter. In the meantime, I am told that the new generator is working well. 

3. Construction noise - we are currently negotiating with the building owner to cease construction during evenings and weekends. 4.

Leaks - we have assessed the roofing of the building and sealed the problem areas.

5. Location - beginning in January, the university will provide a weekend shuttle to the bazaar and/or supermarket at no cost to you. Additionally, in the new year, we will announce plans for on campus housing to be completed by Fall 2012.

6. Food options - we are negotiating a plan for Fall 2012 housing options to include a food service in the evenings and on weekends.

7. Furniture - we have provided each apartment with 2 desks for studying.

8. Elevator - the situation has been assessed, and unfortunately the current elevator is beyond repair and we cannot realistically replace the current one. I apologize for any inconvenience that this causes you.

 9. Fire Escape - we are assessing the safety of the building and if a fire escape is necessary, we will move forward with this. 

I hope that the above actions that the university has taken have improved your overall quality of life in the dorms. The work is ongoing and we are doing our best to make things better for you.

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AUIS Dorm Students Want to Take Action

AUIS dorm students meeting to discuss their issues last semester

The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani's dorm students complain about the lack of some basic services such as electricity and want to take action.

The AUIS boys staying at the dorm in Raparin quarter say their dorm lacks many services.

"Unbearable living conditions at the AUIS dorm, no electricity, no fire escape, no internet, , no elevator, and the closest market is 15 minutes walking." Writes Sarbast Rashid, a dorm student, to his friends.

Sarbast also asks for better management of the AUIS revenue.

"AUIS spends huge amounts of money on meaningless delegations and willing to pay thousands of dollars for them, while the students of its dormitory suffer from lack of funding," wrote Sarbast.

Last year, the AUIS dorm students staying at the Manolya dormitory organized different events to put pressure on the AUIS administration for better living standards at the dorms.

Some students are collecting signatures in the dorm to ask for better services.

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AUIS Students: یالله ارحل یا بشار

Student Eye publishes two video footage from the AUIS students's support for the Syrian revolution on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. 


On Thursday, November 17, 2011, a group of the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani students came together to support the ongoing Syrian revolution. The event which was hold in the meetings hall in the basement, saw a great turnout from the AUIS students.

AUIS students, chanting against Bashar Al-Assad, emphasized the everlasting support of the university students for all free people around the world.

Here are the lyrics of the Yalla Irahal ya Bashar (یالله ارحل یا بشار) song which was sung during the event.

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Dr. Sarracino: AUIS Students have Better Employment Opportunities

Dr. Robert Sarracino, AUIS professor

Dr. Robert Sarracino, the professor of Math and Sciences at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, told Student Eye that AUIS students have better chances to get hired in the companies.

Dr. Sarracino, Dr. Hemin Latif and Dr. Merk made a one day visit to Erbil city to attend a seminar arranged by General Electric Company.

"The seminar was a repetition of what their representative told us here on campus," said Dr. Sarracino.

 Last Thursday, November 17th, a representatives from GE (General Electric) came to AUIS campus and spoke  to AUIS students.

The company will not be having any summer employment, but they are going to get application for employment.

"They told us that they want to hire up until 200 employees here in Iraq. They have 50 already. That means they will be hiring 150 more," said Dr. Sarracino.

All students with different majors can apply to GE.

"GE will have special internship programs and courses to develop skills. So all of our students, regardless of their majors, can apply for the jobs," he said.

Dr. Sarracino also said that AUIS students have great chance in employed in GE and alike companies.

"A company like GE wants people with broad knowledge and education. They want students with appropriate ethical conduct and that means our students will have great chance to be hired," AUIS professor said.

Dr. Sarracino's advice for students is to concentrate more on their classes and try to get a broad education in each and every class.

General Electric Company is a multinational corporate with headquarters in United States. It operates through four segments: Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial. In 2011, it was chosen as the 6th largest American company. Its representative in Erbil is an MBA graduate at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani. 

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