Caravan, Vol. 63, No. 19

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Mason Fellows visit AUC
By Arunkumar Pabari
On the occasion of the visit of the Mason Fellows, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, a symposium on Public Administration in Egypt was organized by the Abdel Latif Jameel Center for Middle East Management Studies March 29 in Oriental Hall.
About 50 Mason fellows attended the symposium along with Or. Nancy Pyle, assistant director. Harvard Institute of Development. Also present at the symposium were Dr. Albert Carnesale, academic dean at JFK School of Government, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mr. Tewfik Ismail, and Dr. Hassan Tewfik, chairman of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration.
AUC President Richard Pedersen welcomed the Mason Fellows and gave a brief description of AUC. He then talked about the important role played by the Management Center.
The Director of ALJ Center for Management Studies, Dr. Farouk El Hitami, making the opening remarks, said that the studies in Management started in 1966-7 in the field of Public Adminstration. Presently the Center has expanded and has two branches: an academic one (BA and MA program) and an Executive Management Program.
Dr. Carnesale then briefly talked about the JFK School of Government which is the youngest of business schools at Harvard. He said, "We are to
government as medical schools are to physicians." The school has no undergraduate programs. The students there have to study economics, environment, criminal justice, international development, international security, etc.
Dr. E. H. Valsan, AUC professor in Management, made introductory remarks on the symposium. He said that there were about 50 people from 26 different countries.
The inaugural address was given by the Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mr, Tewfik Ismail. He talked about development in Egypt and stated that it vwas not easy to differentiate between public and private sector companies in Egypt. He also talked about the overlapping of responsibilities in ministries.
Dr, Hassan Tewfik gave the principal address in which he talked about the activities of the Central Agency for Organization and Administration. He then mentioned that there were 13 colleges of commerce in 11 universities in Egypt where Public Administration is taught He said that many books have b-been written of Public Administration. The government, he said, can be divided into three sectors viz. central government, local administration and public authorities sector.
Following the address. Dr. Nancy Pyle expressed appreciation at being invited. She
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Ula Ahmed
Sophie Cotis
AUC PARTICIPATES IN CULTURAL CONTEST
(From L to R)
Dr. Farouk Hitamy, Dr. Albert Carnesdale, Mr. Tewfik Ismail, Dr. Hassan Tewfik, Dr. Richard Pedersen, and Dr. E. Valsan.
By Sarnia Kronfli
The National Universities Cultural Competition for AUC took place April 2. Sponsored and judged by the Supreme Council on Youth and Sports, the competition, according to Sanaa El Bosti, student project supervisor, was composed of 28 AUCians and AUC graduates from Greece, India, Africa, and Egypt.
Mrs. El Bosti said, "The main aim of the competition is to encourage youth in various universities to participate in activities." However, Mrs. El Bosti added that "There was not much enthusiasm among AUCians-we really had to push students to participate."
The lack of enthusiasm of AUCians to participate was made up by their burst of enthusiasm as an audience, eagerly cheering on their fellow competitors.
The first part of the competition took place in a packed Oriental Hall with a piano recital given by Hisham Niaz, Mass Communications senior, and later, followed by Sofia Cotis, Freshman, and Catherine Cotis, Physics senior.
Hisham, who played Bach, Chopin, and Schubert, has been playing the piano for four years with his private teacher, Mrs. Olga Yasser. Having had only two months preparation for the competition, he played exceptionally well and was rewarded with a giant round of applause.
Later, Sofia and Catherine Cortis, of Greek origin, played separately and then together.
Sofia Cotis, 19, has been studying piano for 13 years and started practicing for the competition only a week before.
Catherine Cotis, 21, her sister, has been studying piano for 17 years. Catherine only started practicing two days before the competition and excelled in her playing, especially of "Dance of Swords" by Khatchudrian. The two sisters, looking very much alike, wearing red shirts and blue skirts, were both very lively and nimble players, giving a powerful and fiery melody of sounds. The whole piano recital was not only videotaped, but also photographed by a very energetic photographer, who did not cease clicking pictures all during the recital.
Following the recital, an Arabic sketch taken from the poem "Kays and Leila" by Ahmed Shawqi was given by Ula Ahmed Mushrif, Physics senior, and Mu'taz Nureddin, English Literature senior.
The first scene was presented in pitch darkness with soft Arabic music playing in the background. Later, Kays (Mu -taz), kneels on the floor and speaks poetic words of love to Leila (Ula) while the music plays on. Although both Kays and Leila knew their lines very well and got a fair round of applause, it is only fair to say that some people did get slightly restless during the sketch.
The last part of the competition consisted of an Indian love song sung by Arunkumar Pabari, Chemistry se.'ior. Arunkumar, singing with great expression and feeling, complained to God of his fatigue on "this earth". The song, though dramatic, was understood by only a small minority who knew the Indian language Gujarati. The audience, how-c 0 n t. p. 4
Committees
The structure of the SU has slightly changed since the last referendum.
There are now only three committees - Academic Affairs, Activities, and Services.
According to SU President Ashraf Hamdy, there are still some vacancies in the following majors: Mass Communications, Materials Engineering, Sociology, and ELI.
Ashraf said, "We have also formed an Information sub-committee which will let the student body know what we're doing."
The SU has appointed Hanaa Halim (Mathematics) as Treasurer.
The committees are composed of the following members:
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Samir Abdel Messieh, Chairman
Economics
Suzan El Nagdy Psychology
Heba Barakat Arabic Studies
Anbessager Berhane Business Administration
Ali El Dars Graduate
Nadir Olgacay Economics
Amin Meleika Political Science
activities COMMITTFF Takreem tl (ohamy, Chai rman Mechanical Engineering
Amr Abdel Kader Freshman
Ashraf Hamdy Saad Freshman
Ashraf Mohsen Political Science
Karim Abadeer Business Administration
Amr Khedr
Middle East Studies
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