Mind Soup

Is Faqra Catering much worse than its predecessor?  by Mohammad Hijazi This article was published in Outlook, AUB's Official Student Newspaper on March 23, 2010. One of the most advertised events that occurred last week was the Cafeteria Sit-in organized by the USFC, which only lasted around ten minutes and attracted far less students than expected. This was a great opportunity to interview students who where around at that time about this matter. The main question behind this investigation was: Do students really care about the cafeteria? Yet, this question opened many doors to other issues related to the cafeteria and Faqra Catering- the current service. Biology junior Abeer Mahfouz described the sit-in as useless. "We've managed to survive without the cafeteria," she said. "There are much more important issues for the USFC to protest about. These include the decreasing number of printers in Jafet library, the huge increase in internet fees, and HIP covera...

November 24 will mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species , one of the most influential books on biology ever written, and arguably the most controversial. One hundred and fifty years after Darwin made popular the idea that the diversity of life on planet Earth today descended (or ascended?) from lower life forms over millions of years, the general theory of evolution is still not accepted by vast numbers of people, to the chagrin of large numbers of evolutionary biologists.  Did all of life really descend from one-celled organisms that developed in primordial waters billions of years ago? Is that really what happened? If so, we should see plenty of evidence of it all around us, and there are significant numbers of scientists who argue that we indeed find just that. They argue that there are a sufficient number of transitional forms in the fossil record to support Darwin’s theory. They argue that natural selection, acting to preserve small...

1. We are experts on sexual selection and reproduction 2 .We know anatomy well.(know what works and where) 3. We believe that if you take U and I out of EVOLUTION, you get a TON of LOVE 4. We are always willing to experiment 5. We certainly have a way with words. 6. We do everything 10x 40x 100x bigger and better 7. We're trained to follow instructions with flawless accuracy! 8. Can go through a 300 page book in a day. 9. We believe that only seeing is believing. 10. We're smart. 11.We’ll find genetic, physiological and evolutionary excuse(explanation) for every panic attack or strange behavior 12. We are used to working long hours 13. We're not afraid of organic liquids of all sorts, or of anything alive for that matter. 14. We believe that any kind of organism and (almost)every action is normal and acceptable. 15. We believe that most of the times simplicity brings out perfection.