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On wednesday april 21, auB’s universi-ty student Faculty

(usFC) Committee held its second speaker’s corner be-tween ada Dodge and west Hall, this time the topic cen-tering on the enigma of leb-anese identity.what it means to be leba-nese is something that con-tinually eludes some people, but to others is very clear and straightforward. each new speaker approached the podium to express his and her respective views, which were met by applause, and by rebuttal.professor Hani Hassan, the faculty moderator of the event, posed a simple ques-tion at the very beginning that even after the 90 min-utes had passed, remained entirely unanswered; he asked, what makes a nation-al identity? In other words, what really makes a per-son lebanese? Is it the geo-graphical location of where we are born and raised, the (fascinatingly trilingual)

language we speak, shar-ing the same customs and ways with those around us (one student cited “the weird way we drink water from an ibree’’”), or is it something

more intrinsic, the senti-ment of belonging to this particular group?as is typical of any discus-sion, perspectives went from one pole to another. On one

hand, some pointed to our “love of life” and the leba-nese resilience in maintain-ing a world bustling with vivacity and indefatigable festivity. On the other hand,

others saw that as failure to empathize with our misery-stricken countrymen, and as indications of overwhelming materialism and consumer-ism.the question of genealogy and roots was often brought up in the attempt to pin down a nationalistic identity, and yet even then there were dis-agreements on whether our roots were phoenician or arab. stemming from this was the issue of how we fit into the world at large.speakers grappled with the idea of whether we are southeastern european, Middle eastern, arab, le-vantine, while some assert-ed that the lebanese iden-tity transcends geopolitical categorization, and exists as a separate entity of its own. Yet others argued that ex-amining one’s roots are of lit-tle consequence in the real world; what determines our actions is not our family tree,

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throughout the previous week, the lebanese arme-nian Heritage Club orga-nized several events com-memorating the armenian genocide. 95 years ago, 1.5 million armenians were tak-en out of their homes and land, deported, killed and massacred by the Ottoman empire.

laHC built an exhibition site between west Hall and ada Dodge Hall, presenting valuable information about armenians and the arme-nian genocide. the exhibi-tion presented a brief his-tory of the armenians with their kingdoms and dynas-ties, the pre-genocide mas-sacres by abdul Hamid II, the armenian genocide with its plan and execution, and other genocides in the 20th

century including the Holo-caust, and genocides in Cam-bodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, rwanda and Darfur. there were also presented the in-ternational recognitions of the armenian genocide, and the flaws in the anti-recog-nition campaign, how turks try to deny it and why they are wrong.The first event was held on wednesday, april 22, in west Hall auditorium C.

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laHC presented the docu-mentary “the Genocide in Me,” prepared by Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Araz artinian. the movie pres-ents the filmmaker herself, confronting the reality of her life, the history of her people, asking “where do I belong?”the second event, held on thursday, presented salpi Ghazarian, former consul-tant for the Ministry of For-eign affairs in the republic of

armenia, and director at the Civilitas foundation. Near-ly 200 scholars were pres-ent in the Hostler audito-rium to listen to the lecture entitled “april 24 2015.” the lecturer started her speech with 3 stories related to the armenian genocide, told by her grandmother, a survivor of the massacres. she stat-

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Believe me, I cannot believe I just said that either. Yet, there is a very compelling reason; I have to give cred-it where credit is due. syrian president, Bashar al-asad is-sued a decree early this april banning smoking inside ca-fes, restaurants, and oth-er public areas. this decree was implemented almost two weeks later making syria the first Arab country to imple-ment such a ban in public ar-eas.Moreover, in 1996, syr-ia banned tobacco advertis-ing while in 2006, a law was passed to outlaw smoking on public transportation and some public areas.according to recent studies, an estimated 42 percent of males and 30 percent of fe-males smoke in lebanon, a country of around 4 million inhabitants. Most teenag-ers start the habit of smok-ing (cigarettes or “Nargileh”

due to peer pressure or fam-ily traditions. If our society wasn’t as accepting to smok-ing as it actually is, much fewer people would even con-sider starting to smoke as means to relieve stress. In syria, tobacco cannot be sold to minors (below 18 years of age) by law. why can’t such a law be implemented in leb-anon? Is it because we want to support the tobacco farm-ers in the Bekaa Valley with-out any regard to the health of the lebanese population?Before anything else, the lebanese parental mental-ity and upbringing should change. I am sure that every parent tells his/her children not to smoke, and explains the dangers of smoking. Yet, when the child is brought up in a family where his/her fa-ther and grandfather smoke, then how are adults setting better examples for the chil-dren?For once, I am really grate-ful for the american univer-sity of Beirut (auB) to have recently restricted smoking to several “smoking areas” on campus, banning smoking in-side all buildings (except for the dorms) with a vision to make auB a smoke-free cam-pus. I strongly support this decision because I have wit-nessed many freshman and sophomore students start smoking when they came to auB just because they can, and because their friends smoke. the smoking ban

will greatly reduce smoking due to peer pressure and will raise much better awareness than any anti-smoking ad-vertisements in the media.Consequently, the lebanese Ministry of Health should implement a similar law as the syrian law which bans advertising of tobacco. to-bacco advertising in leba-non is very exaggerated. It seems that wherever I go, these advertisements pop-up: on street billboards, vans and buses, restaurants, tele-vision advertisements, mag-azine back-covers, etc…lebanon should also increase the taxes on tobacco prod-ucts rather than increasing the taxes on bare necessities such as food, clothing and fuel. this will greatly reduce smoking because it will make people, especially teenagers, think twice before consum-ing lots of cigarettes per day.But most importantly, smok-ing in public places, especial-ly crowded areas, should be completely banned. the min-istry should impose rules on restaurant, club, pub ,or cafe owners to have secluded sec-tions for smokers with the major part devoted to non-smokers. Because, let’s face it, banning smoking all over lebanon will not happen any time soon. all we need is baby steps to ensure a healthier environment for generations to come.

Op-edLebanon should look up to Syria (for once)

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Mohamad Yahia Hamade editor-in-Chief

I was born in the wrong era. I long for the pearl of the Med-iterranean that was Beirut. I miss her blinding lights, the warm summer nights, the immaculate architecture, dancing in the rain, and the long walks along cerulean shores were all the makings of a fairytale city.these days, during this awful era, I dread going to Beirut. I hate having to face the heart-breakingly unorganized city overrun by hooligans posing as police officer. The blinding lights are no longer the shiny lure of Beirut; they are the headlights of corruption and the sleazy old guys’ BMws zooming the streets, trying to seduce impress girls. the weather now is bipolar. the cloud is rain now is a prod-uct of toxic fumes enveloping the atmosphere over Beirut, which eventually results in acid rain that sears through steel. long gone are the days of the antique buildings and tradi-tional quarters. all you can see now are pubs, clubs, and brothels. to put things in perspective, I’ll quote what a good friend of mine once said. She affirmed that “Bei-rut has been transformed into the sleazy, persistent-ly annoying, perverted, old ‘wozzé’, trying to regain his glory days by grabbing your [rear-end].”this makes me wonder, what the fudgecakes happened to the city everyone admired? this city used to be “Imm el-faqeer”, as my grandmoth-er so eloquently put it. what happened to the city that was rebuilt seven times, ris-ing from the ashes of the war and oppression, soaring like

a phoenix into the blaring sun of victory and all that mumbo-jumbo? all I can say is now it’s mostly filled with uncultured, ignorant, mor-ally bankrupt, sorry excuses for citizens.these people are complete-ly defunct in terms of cul-ture and intellect, but firmly believe that shiny, expen-sive material possessions make them the greatest peo-ple on earth. regrettably, Beirut has become the next los angeles in the making, filled with fake noses, fake brands, and most important-ly, fake people. I wonder how the city that survived thou-sands of wars could have, so easily, turned into this mis-erable, lifeless wannabe?what happened to her cul-tural heritage, to her intel-lectual and artistic genius, to her simple yet beautiful visage? who is the wrong-doer here? what caused this awful transformation, turn-ing the mother of europa of tyr into an insecure, soul-less harlot?It’s entirely our fault. we stood by did nothing when our city was infested with all this corruption and turn-ing it into impassive con-crete jungle. Now it’s up to us to fix what we broke. Let’s bring back the good old Bei-rut again. let’s build a time machine and then “Fill the streets with Fairouz and tab-bouleh and regain our glory days, without having to grab anyone’s [read end],” as my awesome friend whispered with a sigh.

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In my previous op-ed, I was all hay-wire over sharing my opinion about what I think would make someone leba-nese, like really lebanese,

but I was way past my word count. so here I am, here and now, trying not to break my promise (again) by tell-ing you my part of the sto-ry. But before I proceed, I have to say that, the way I see it, when it comes to be-ing “lebanese-ish” (oh yeah, you won’t find this term in any webster’s dictionary, but it does have a nice ring to it), you’d be amazed by what you’ll get for an answer. For me, I try to be as unbiased as possible and well, because of this fact I sometimes get my-self into a truckload of trou-ble. why? I’ll tell you why. well, it’s because I try not to pride about lebanon’s ex-quisite mezza and exception-al ruins. Yes, my beloved, I try not to give tabouleh and hummus and, let’s say, Baal-

bek’s ruins more than they can withstand. Desolately, the whole “Miss lebanon” act will not get you anywhere. I even doubt that the “lebneni awalan huwi fineeqi” (trans-lated to “the Lebanese is first-ly a phoenician”) would work here either. Ouch. HellO, but this “ain’t” one of them beauty pageants lame, archa-ic questions and well, I am no runner up for Miss leba-non—I am just trying to be honest, plain honest. Hang in there, this might hurt a bit.For starters, ever heard of lebanese tipping? I read somewhere once that ar-abs are good tippers but bad contributors to cause-ori-ented charities. Charity in lebanon, is somehow a pri-vate thing—an extension of

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None so much are great as those who feel great pain. For those of us in distress, be rest-assured, we have been blessed and set on an enlightened path, for what else is there so moving so as to spark a transformation of life? and yet if emotion-

al pain is a manifestation of fear and pain is our guardian of life, then is not the illness of fear an early beckoning for victory? and will we or will we not respond to his call? and whence so? Yes, fear has its pros, but should also be seen for what it is, a dissatis-faction with the self, for does personal content leave any vacancy for fear in the cham-ber of our hearts? too many a time do we let fear prevail in our brawl for moral decision making, too many times does fear seal the gateways of our hearts shut and lay astray the path of righteousness, the road of God-given talent(s).How much longer will we al-low this behemoth fiend to stand before our dreams? How much longer will he pry with our destinies? How

much longer before we sev-er the ties and dismantle the chains? there is so much to lose behind such a folly act he warns - but tis a worthless loss I tell you - and yet there is so much to gain behind such boldness of spirit - and tis a priceless gain!You see, there will eventually come a time when we will lay bear our once latent talents to the skies, when we will gain exposure by their merit, and ascend towering moun-tain tops by their virtue. For these gems emerge from a deep reservoir of unyielding vigor and thus their erup-tion is inevitable. the ques-tion remains however, when? when will we uncork the bot-tle of divine self? when will we unbolt the sluice gates of spiritual exaltation that

their streams may meet with the conduit waters of life in longsome embrace? Bless the truth which whispers, “the sooner, the better,” and curse the lie that hollers “not now not ever!”One fine day, we will all be on our death beds, in deep reflec-tion, about some definite past that we may very well wish we could have undone, but we can’t and we won’t. searching amidst the rubble we scourge for a reassuring thought, for a reconciling emotion in re-assurance of having indeed followed through our calling and channeled ourselves to triumph by its canals. well, maybe it’s high time we had a taste of death. Maybe the sooner we sleep, the soon-er we wake. Maybe, the time has come for a final reflec-

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and a means to social power. then there’s lebanese pol-itics whose exercise in this country is considered an as-pect of celebrity rather than a profession. along with poli-tics and status quo comes the lebanese wasta, but that’s –rolls eyes– another story. then there’s the lebanese “a-la-mode-parenthood.” Hel-lo, but when today’s kids will someday grow up and wake to the awful news of discov-ering that singara was not their “biological” mother –be-cause, naturally, kids don’t stay kids their whole lives- I just hope that the mommy and daddy will have a back-up plan—good luck explain-ing to your kid that the one who raised them their whole life is not their mother, rath-

er the maid. But you can’t blame them, can you?Following lebanese politics and parenthood, comes my all-time favourite: lebanese pageants. Is it me or is it that when it’s time for lebanese girls to run for Miss lebanon, all that you end up seeing on television is pamela-ander-son-wannabes with their sil-icon personalities and oh so very “bright” answers of how lebanon is the place where “natural” beauty and bril-liance converge. Natural, eh? and since you’ve mentioned it, let me assert on the natu-ralness of flying elephants. But hey, ‘‘long live leba-non.’’ at least what’s left of it! Ouch.

tion, for the countdown to a deathly abode has long since begun and none are so alive that even they cannot benefit from the kiss of death.who amongst us would pre-fer the stench of a fraudulent success over the noble, life-long pursuit of a life of pur-pose? aye, how the purpose of life is to live a life of pur-pose, and how fear can put to death that purpose and turn its clear waters a murky col-or, lurking and loitering therein. Make that fearless choice therefore and follow it through, but do so fast and beware the drawing of the fi-nal hour, for the Day of Judg-ment is only just around the corner.

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but our personality. (even though one’s family undeni-ably shapes at least to some extent one’s personality.)although the speaker’s cor-ner gave several students a chance to speak up and a fo-rum to express their beliefs

and hear those of others, it is regrettable that so little of the discussion had intel-lectual or factual basis. the vast majority of opinions ex-pressed were just that; opin-ion, founded on little more than emotion.

another disappointing factor was how little tolerance was exercised in accepting the op-posing views of others. It ap-peared that silence was wide-ly felt to be a sign of defeat, and oftentimes the discus-sion seemed more like a com-

we differ from others is of lit-tle importance, for at the end “we are all contributing to the same humanity.”

petition between a handful of circling speakers.perhaps the most far-reach-ing comment on lebanese and national identity, and on the entire discussion, was by a non-lebanese partici-pant, who affirmed that how

ed that in this hall only, 300 such stories could be told. She continued by affirming that most turks ignore the true facts, while others try to rationalize the events in a way they would feel comfort-able with. she ended by tell-ing that armenians should not demand their rights from a victim’s position but from a position of a proud citizen of a democratic country with western standards.The final event was held on Friday, in front of the ex-hibition, where hundreds of students placed flowers in the memory of the lost souls. In his speech, Zaven Der Bedrossian, member of the laHC, told that the rea-son of the exhibition and the events was not only present-ing the armenian history and the facts about the ar-menian genocide, but main-ly to spread awareness that an unrecognized and an un-punished crime will be re-peated indefinitely until jus-tice is served. In fact, the first genocide of the 20th centu-ry was followed by others and still the world witnesses many massacres. what hap-pened in the past can only be judged, but what may hap-pen in the future can be pre-vented, and a more just world can be built.

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Freeالـ حول السائد اإلعتقاد ألجل بأنهم القائل thought societyفي يتخصص زريقالذي كرمي -بحسب بل ال اهلل عن بعيدون قوم -l الفلسفة ويكفرون به، أقام السالف ذكره مناظرة في نيسان/أبريل من 19 في بطحيش قاعة بني املعركة املنطق: ضد عنوان‘اإلميان حتت

املؤمنون و امللحدون ’.لقد أوضح زريق بأن احلوار ليس مبناظرة حيث يقوم أحد ضد اآلخر لُيعلَن الفائز بالنهاية، لكنه أشبه بنقاش بني أصدقاء جاءوا لطرح أفكارهم وأرائهم فيما بينهم، وهكذا كان، فقد اتسم باحلوار والنقد البناء بني املتحدثني املواجهة تلك هناك تكن لم واحلضور احلقيقية بني خصمني متضاربني كما بوحي العنوان. بل كانت أجواءاً هادئَة بعض الشيء، واألسئلة، واإلستفسارات باملداخالت مليئًة

وهذا ما مّيز هذا اللقاء.بدايًة بدأ كل مشارك بالتعريف عن نفسه وعن وجهة نظرهمن املوضوع، فكان زريق أول املتحدثني، وبعد إيضاحه لطبيعة اللقاء بدأ -Free thought soc ـبالتحدث عن ال

نظرة حيل يحصل الذي اللبس وعن ،etyاجملتمع هذا بأن قائالً نحوه. اجلامعة طالب ال يتكون من أناس ال يؤمنون باهلل فحسب، املؤمنني من كثيرون طالب أيضاً هناك بل ليس زريق بحسب فاإلحلاد املتحررين. لكن لكرٍه أو حقٍد أو جملرد فكرٍة عابرًة. اإلحلاد نفسه ليس بديًن أو عقيدة ،فهو ليس إال مجرد عدم

االقتناع مبا جاء به الدين.أيًضا الذي تشيرابي جو زميله زريق وتال حديثه مبتدءاً الفلسفة في يتخصص إال األلوان من خلت سوداء، شبه بصورة بضًع من اخلطوط البيضاء الضيقة الباهتة، البداية في الصورة؟ هذه تعني ماذا سائالً ساد االعتقاد بأنها مجرد صورة سوداء، لكن

تشيرابي أوضح بأنه ينظر إليها من منظار من الُتقطت لألرض صورة فهذه مختلف، نقطة إال األرض وما البعد هائلة مسافات أو أقل من هذه الصورة –مشيراً إلى نقطة أبيض- خط منتصف في الصغر بالغة وباالستناد إلى العديد من الدراسات، تبينت خطورة مجرتنا الكونية إلى درجة استحالة وهذا نحن، فها هذا ومع فيها، احلياة كوكبنا، نحيا في مجرٍة يصل فيها احنمال الشمس انحرفت فلو ،% إلى احلياة وجود إال األرض كانت ملا مسارهما عن األرض أو كسائر الكواكب األخرى، خاويًة إال من بعض

الصخور والرمال.شيء، على هذا دل إن بأن تشيرابي ويؤكد قادر، مبدع، عبقري، خالق على يدل فإمنا ألبرت املعروف العالم عليم. وهذا ما أكده دين، رجل يكن لم فأينشتاين أينشتاين، كتٍب أو معتقداٍت على أبحاثه يبني ولم بأن كل طالب قال ذلك فقد مقدسٍة، ومع واضحٌة روٌح أن هنالك إلى بجد يصل علم أسمى هي الروح وهذه الكون، قوانني وراء وأعلى بكثير من اإلنسان، فعندما نواجهها بالتواضع. بقوانا البسيطة يجب أن نشعر

فبناءاً على هذا بنى تشيرابي نقاشه.محور كان الذي روبنز لوك فكان بعده أما االميان عن بالتفصيل شرح قفد اجللسة مختلفان، شيئان بأنهم مبيناً والبرهان، فحتى اآلخر، على أحدهم بناء ميكن وال شاسعاً، بينهما الفرق يبقى تشابها لو فالبرهان هو دليٌل مبرٌم وعليه أساس العلم، أما اإلميان هو عقيدة أو تفسير لشيء غاب كدليل القاطع، املادي احلسي الدليل عنه إثبات وجود اهلل، ومنه، فالبرهان عقلي واإلميان قلبي، وم ثم أضاف روبنز قائالً بأن البرهان هو األبحاث في لإلميان فال مكان العلم أساس العلمية ولوال ملا وصلنا إلى هذه الدرجة من

التطور واحلضارة.لكن عدم الوضوح في بيان املوقف و الرأي، هو ما جعله محور تلك اجللسة وتسبب له انهمار وابل من األسئلة عليه، فقد حاول إيضاح ما يعني بقصة سيدنا ابراهيم وابنه اسماعيل الذان كانا من أنبياء اهلل، وتقول القصة بأن سيبدنا إبراهيم قد أوحى له اهلل في منامه أن يذبح ابنه اسماعيل، لكنه قام خائفاً ولم الثاني، اليوم إليه في ربه، فرجع ميتثل ألمر كان ابراهيم فسيدنا ذاته كان األمر ولكن فزعاً من هول املوضوع، ومع ذلك فقد أوحى اهلل إليه مرًة ثالثة فأدرك سيدنا ابراهيم أن لطاملا هذه إرادة اهلل قلتكن، فاهلل هو اهلل وال يُعقل أن يريد لعباده سوى اخلير حتى لو كانت مبقتل ابنه. فهم مع ولده الذي سلم أمره هلل الشيطان محاربة بعد تفاجأ لكنه كأبيه، تصلح لم السكني بأن ولده ذبح ومحاولة السماء من ينزل بكبش إذ و جترح أن حتى ووحي إلى سيدنا ابراهيم بأن يذبح الكبش، وهكذا مت األمر، ومن بعد تلك احلادثة كان عيد به يضحون الذي املسلمون عند األضحى

بذبح حيوان من املاشية.حاول روبنز القول بأن هذه القصة ال نصدق حصلت وإن اإلميان، طريق عن إال حصولها باهلل. اإلميان على مبنيٌة فأحداثها بالفعل ففي يومنا هذا إن حاول أحٌد قتل ولده حتى لو قال بأن اهلل قد أوحى له ال أحد سيصدقه احملكمة، أمام املثول إلى املطاف به وينتهي بأنه ابراهيم سيدنا يصور اإلميان كان وإن كان مؤمناً يقوم بفعل ما أراده اهلل منه، فإن االلتباس، سبب ما وهذا يقبل. فال العقل رجل بأنه قائالً مساره صحح روبنز لكن مؤمن والينكر تلك القصة أو غيرها، إمنا أراد الفصل بني اإلميان والبرهان والتأكيد بأن هما معتمدين احلياة ميكننا وال مختلفان أمران على ناحية واحدة فقط، فلو كانت عقيدتنا

عنصر لفقدنا فقط اإلميان على مبينيٌة فقط العلم على اعتمدت ولو التطور،

لفقدنا اهلل.مازن فكان وأطرفهم املتحدثني آخر أما بدأ الذي , اللغة في خريج العبداهلل, بالتعريف باملصطلحات كاإلميان ونقضها أو ال النقاش وحتى يناسب محور مبا تعديلها يحصل أي لبس جّراء اختالط املعاني. معتمدأ على البراهني واملنطق بدأ نقاشه، فقد كان مستشهداً اإلنسان أصل بدراسة مهتماً كان قد اإلنسان بأن القائلة داروين بنظرية من عديدٍة ألصناٍف متعددً تطورٍ جّراء الذرات ليست احليوانات. وأضاف بعدها بأن كائٍن لتكون موجه أو خالًق إلى بحاجة باالنسجام لها تسمح خاصية فلديها ما، املطلوب الكائن لتكوين يالئمها ما وانتقاء بدون احلاجة ملن يوجهها، فلذا إن اهلل لم يكن السبب وراء خلق اإلنسان أو الطبيعة أو حتى الكون بدأ األرض علماء فبحسب الكون،

.(Big Bang) نتيجة االنفجار الكبيرلكن ها نحن هنا من جديد، فبالرغم من أن النظريات قد هطلت كاملطر وامتد النقاش بل نتيجة، هنالك تكن لم ساعات طويلة، لكثرة فنظراً جاء، كما شخص كل خرج الناس وكثرة مداخالتهم لم يتسنى للجميع بأن يتكلموا وحتى من تكلم لم يتمكن من التحدث مرًة أخرى، فلم يكن إال نقطٌة فعالٌة واحدٌة أال وهي التمكن من إجراء حوار حضاري سمع الكل به أراءاً مختلفًة ونظريات غالباً فنأمل العادة، في عليها التعتيم يتم ما إعادة إحياء لهكذا حوارات حتى رمبا نتمكن من التوصل إلى نتيجٍة فعالٍة في املستقبل

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litical discussion on how to best govern Iraq, Dewachi was more interested in ana-lyzing the reasons that made his country ungovernable in the first place. His methodological approach consisted of a discourse anal-ysis of international media reports, arab political com-mentators, and speeches of British and american poli-ticians. Discourse analysis views language as a form of social practice and views so-cial and political domination as reproduced by text and talk. He compared the notion that parts of africa are essen-tially ungovernable to the no-tion that Iraq -with its mosa-ic of sects and ethnic groups – is similarly ungovernable. “ungovernability” becomes a way of agency, namely, the ability, and capacity for so-cial and political actors to make choices and affect their environment.Dewachi further argued that the depiction of an ungovern-able Iraq has led some peo-ple to conclude that such a diverse people could only be governed by the rule of saddam. In effect, not only is saddam’s leadership glori-fied but it is being viewed as

On wednesday april 24, the monthly soci-ology Café discussion,

organized by the social and Behavioral sciences Depart-ment (sBs), took place at t-Marbouta Café under the ti-tle, “‘ungovernable Iraq’: Reflections on the (bio)polit-ical imaginaries of govern-ability.” Dr.Omar Dewachi, a graduate of the Department of anthropology at Harvard university and visiting lec-turer at the auB, initiat-ed the discussion. Nestled on a couch in between sBs’s Dr.Nabil Dajani and Dr.sari Hanafi, Dewachi read aloud his reflections on how dif-ferent governable imaginar-ies shape interventions and modes of governance in Iraq.He argued that the “ungov-ernability” of Iraq – a notion which has prevailed during and post-colonial era- be-comes an assumed status quo through which Iraqis (as well as foreign entities) act out po-litical struggle for power.as part of a bigger work-in-progress, his 30-minute pre-sentation was sparked by his initial interest in “gov-ernability” while studying anthropology. while the oc-cupation of Iraq provoked po-

ungovernable IraqMoneer MokademContributing writer

a model of leadership for oth-er countries in the region. at this point, he paused to ad-dress the audience, “what is this view silencing?” perhaps he was hinting at other char-acteristics of saddam’s re-gime.Dewachi then traced various discourses on Iraq through-out history. Colonialist sol-diers’ first accounts depict Iraq as ungovernable -- a geographical nightmare and a place plagued by disease. More recently, in the ini-

tial stage of Iraq’s occupa-tion, american political dis-course has depicted Iraq as a modern state with educat-ed people, which could be an ideal model for democracy in the Middle east as opposed to afghanistan. with contin-ued violence, however, the ‘ungovernability’ discourse quickly resurfaced, as well as the plan to divide Iraq into three autonomous regions.His attempt to explore out-side the usual frame of eth-nicity and religion how the

language of ‘ungovernabili-ty’ was produced and conse-quently affects the process of Nation-state building pro-vided a fertile ground for a Q&a discussion. How will the ‘ungovernability’ of Iraq translate into the lived ex-periences of Iraqis? who will monopolize violence and the right to kill? Dewachi comi-cally expresses the irony spo-ken by a taxi driver in Beirut, who says that in arabic, Iraq means “fighting.”

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the Board of trustees of the american univer-sity of Beirut is pleased

announce the selection of ta-lal shair as the newest mem-ber of the university’s board. “I know I speak on behalf of all of my fellow trustees when I say how pleased we are to welcome talal to the auB board. His years of ex-

perience at Dar al-Handa-sah and familiarity with the international business com-munity will be an invaluable contribution to the universi-ty,” said auB Chairman of the Board philip s. khoury.since 2008, shair has served as chairman of Dar al-Han-dasah (shair and partners). He launched his career at

Dar 20 years earlier when he joined its structural Depart-ment later becoming depart-ment director after earning a master’s degree from Cornell university. shair is an auB alumnus, having studied at the university in 1983-84. He received his bachelor’s in civil engineering from princ-eton university. “auB is the

region’s premier academ-ic institution and has an un-equalled tradition of educat-ing the future leaders of our area and beyond. It is truly an honor to support the uni-versity in its mission and de-velopment,” said shair.Born in Beirut, shair attended high school at International College (IC); he now serves

talal shair joins auB Board of trustees

on the IC Board of trustees. He is a founding member of the BaDer Young entrepre-neurs program and chairman of its Building Block Fund. He has been an active mem-ber of the Middle east advi-sory Board of auB’s suliman s. Olayan school of Business since 2003.

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CaMpus NewsSignificance of tears explained through a personal experi-encesherif Maktabi staff writer

there are a lot of things that may push a hu-man being to cry. “un-

derstanding My tears,” a lecture by professor Mar-janeh Fooladi is one of them. the lecture that took place at the Hariri Nursing school Building on wednesday, april 21 presented a study of the importance of tears that was caused by a personal life-changing event. Fooladi was attacked by two armed men at a photo-shop in pakistan on the day that she was invit-ed to speak on the subject of violence against women. the two men took her passport, her documents, and her mon-ey after hitting her so hard that her jaw was dislocated. although she was calm and collected after the men ran away, she could not hold her-self from crying after the em-

bassy officer asked her for 85$ and passport pictures. she spent hours crying and explaining to a female paki-stani police officer what hap-pened to her. In the end, she said, “sorry, speak no eng-lish.”what Fooladi realized is that she did not need language to communicate her feelings, rather the tears themselves passed across the message of pain and frustration. even though the police officer did not understand her words, she felt liberated, without hate and resentment. “In my tears, I found serenity and forgiveness,” she identi-fied. Her experience led her to write a paper on the “Heal-ing effects of Crying.” In her presentation, Fooladi ex-plained that humans are the only species that shed tears

of joy and sadness. In fact, human eyes produce three types of tears. two of which are to protect and lubricate the eye and the third is emo-tional tears. these “emo-tion tears” are different than the other types due to their chemical constituents. “Cry-ing helps release endorphins to relieve pain,” said Foola-di, elaborating on the health benefits of crying. Humans can cry because of many rea-sons that are different than pain, like: anger, frustration or rage, Confession, remorse and atonement, failure, im-perfection and humility, fa-tigue, exhaustion, fear, anx-iety, isolation, or loneliness, sorrow, emptiness, joy, grat-itude, or success for reaching a milestone.although crying is a natural and positive way for humans

to convey their deep emo-tions and release chemicals that help in decreasing pain, many cultures view crying differently. On average, wom-en cry 5.3 times a month and men cry 1.4 times a month. “[usually] men hold their tears back,” she explained. Furthermore, a nation’s reli-gion and beliefs make crying unacceptable. For example, “Islamic law equates weep-ing women to thieves, prosti-tutes, and dancers once pro-fessional female mourners flourished.[...] In Nigeria, women are discouraged from mourning alone. [...] In east africa, crying means dis-grace. [...] a Jewish proverb refers to tears as the soap to wash the soul.”as a follow up discussion of the study and its implica-tions towards nursing prac-

tices, Fooladi who is a Np ex-plained that nurses should know that tears need no apol-ogy and crying is important for the healing process. and as a response from a question concerning if nurses should cry during their duty time, she explained that it is impor-tant to show compassion and respect people’s pain. Human identity is deeply connected to and cannot be segregated from human emotions. re-gardless, the perception of crying is not universal in so-cieties and the workplace where it is seen as a sign of weakness. It is imperative to appreciate the importance of tears and the feelings they convey that words sometimes cannot express.

the Ces spring Dinneremile Zankoulstaff writer

Half of the spring se-mester has already ended along with the

first wave of quizzes and mid-terms, a perfect timing for the annual Ces (Civil engi-neering society) spring Din-ner during which students can let off steam, away from studies and stress. the ticket sale started on Monday april 12th in front of Bechtel’s en-trance with a limited number of tickets (110 tickets, cost-ing 35,000l.l. each). In less than a week, all the tickets were already sold out with students still requesting tickets, unfortunately not be-ing able to get them. at the end of the week, as planned, the dinner took place sunday april 18th in Bsat el rih, the famous lebanese restaurant that is located in the 12th floor of the Azarieh building (above I-bar and taboo), an amazing place with a breath-taking view over all Down-

town Beirut. The first com-ers showed up at around 9:00 pM and all the others started arriving progressively after that. the people attending mainly consisted of Civil en-gineering students of the four years nevertheless every ma-jor was welcome to join. the first part of the event was the dinner! a full premium leb-anese dinner was offered to every table with unlimited drinks. students enjoyed eat-ing the food with calm orien-tal background music, while chatting, taking pictures and being photographed by Mon-danité magazine that was covering the event. this calm mood was relaxing, but it wasn’t about to last because once everybody had eaten all the food they wanted, drank all the drinks they asked for and caught up with all their friends’ news, it was time for the DJ to turn this calm mu-sic into an exciting dance mu-

sic and for the students to fill the dance floor and start dancing. this is when the prejudice about engineering students being bookworms was proved wrong, showing that their skills weren’t limit-ed to university activities but

bered and that will certainly be repeated next year. Final-ly, this event was sponsored by CCC (Consolidated Con-tractors Company).

included partying. the mood was very friendly and fun, as the party lasted till 2:00 aM despite the fact that the very next morning every one of the students attending had class-es. The event was definitely a success that will be remem-

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the week of april 12 wit-nessed the thousand clicks of a camera button, as grad-uating students from all six faculties took their photos in their auB caps and gowns. The experience was a fi-nal farewell to several years spent at auB, a sort of sealed proof that all of these people attended and are now gradu-ating from auB.the photo shoot took place in the Mahmoud Malhas Common room at west Hall from april 12 until april 16. a group of some 30 dedicat-ed members from the year-book committee were always on the scene acting as facili-tators. thanks to everyone involved with the yearbook

the photo shoot ran smooth-ly and efficiently. Yearbook members welcomed, regis-tered, dressed, and entered every student’s picture into the graduating section of the yearbook.the experience was made more personal this year with the addition of the “group photo” concept to the shoot. this meant that besides an individual picture all stu-dents could also take pictures with their friends using one of the frames made famous by the yearbook’s advertise-ment campaign this year. the new feature proved a smashing success with grad-uating as well as non-gradu-ating students.

Yearbook photo shoot a smooth successNadine Ghaithstaff writer

If you think that’s hard to swallow, wait till you hear this: “more than 2 million u.s. children 18 and under used drugs for digestive or gastrointestinal complaints last year.” These figures are outright shocking to say the least. Could you imagine your younger sibling(s) suffering from indigestion for the better part of their youth?! Here’s the catch however, most of theses digestive and gastrointestinal problems have their origin in what we eat, and not just what we eat per say, but how.to discover that most illnesses have their origin in what we eat, is quite relieving is it not? If I was to say that we could greatly decrease our chances of acquiring cancer, principally according to what and in what fashion we consume food, would we not feel moved and empowered to do so? Is it not comforting and reconciling to know that our health is in fact more in our control than it is in the fate of a couple of whole wheat granola bars?In questioning how food is eaten or combined, let us seek professional advice from a scholar who has led some ongoing sixty years as an academic in the field of di-etetics, Herbert M. shelton, author of Food Combing Made easy.Shelton openly declares, “animals eat very simply and do very little combining” (7). Proper understanding of the delicate art of food combining begins in the firm realization that we humans, of all species in the animal kingdom, are the only ones gifted (or cursed I should say) with luxury of consuming several food categories at any one meal. as he puts it, “seven course meals and twenty one course dinners where not in nature’s plan when she designed the human digestive tract” (6). that said, for those of us interested in building and maintaining a healthy physique, here’s a concise summary of what we need to know. Considering that ul-timate health is a result of ideal nutrition which has its foundation in the resourceful digestion of food, we can therefore acquire most of our nutrition from food goods primarily when they are eaten on their own. Consuming more than one food substance in harmony however, need not upset our stomachs if the two food sub-stances fall within the same food category. Here’s a simple example. We’re all aware of the significance of enzymes when it comes to metabolism. A key point to re-member is that enzymes tend to denature in unsuitable mediums (of different acidity or pH). Hence, digesting protein (which requires acid-dependent enzymes), and starch (which requires alkaline-dependent enzymes) would hinder the efficiencies of both these enzymes respectively. Moreover, acid and base, upon contact, also tend to neutralize each other, correct? well then, if acid and base are disappearing, thereby rendering our digestive enzymes dysfunctional, then how is our food being digested? It’s not! that’s precisely the point. we end up having all but some food digesting and only partially; thus, we suffer from indigestion. as for the rest of the food, let’s just say, we would not want to be in our stomachs at that time. Can we even so much as picture ourselves seated amidst a reeking mesh of pu-trefying fish’n’chips? I know I can’t. “Antacids,” do I hear you say? Those medicines of deception, yielding no more than “fictional relief,” as Shelton puts it? What could we possibly want with more chemical waste accumulating in our bodies, as if the toxins originally created by indigestion which enter our blood streams, circulate, and pollute our entire bod-ies are not enough!the solution? simple. when it comes to food combining, we are our best bet. as the old saying goes, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” If we feel lousy after a meal of pork’n’taters, then we may like to consider modifying our eating plan. anyhow, don’t take it from me, lend your ears to the professionals, such as shelton who openly decrees, “no animal in nature ever eats such a haphazard comminglement of heterogeneity!” (5). references:“More kids on prescription Heartburn Drugs.” msnbc. Oct. 4, 2007. msnbc, web. 24 Feb 2010.<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21122010/%20>.shelton, M. Herbert. Food Combining Made easy. san antonio, texas: willow publishing, Inc, 1979. print.

the art of food combiningrami Diabstaff writer

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Dear students,

upon your numerous requests to have the speakers’ corner more frequently, the usFC will host the third gathering on wednesday april 28, 2010 at 12pm.the topic of discussion is ‘Civil marriage in lebanon’. are your for or against? How will the lebanese society react?to better help us in our discussion we have invited Dr. Bana Bashour, a professor in the philosophy Department, to moderate the discussion.Interested students who would like to participate should email us their names and ID numbers to usfc@aub.edu.lb before wednesday at 10:00am.thank you for you involvement.

elias GhanemVp-usFC

Dear students, as a follow up to my email sent two weeks ago I would like to update you on status of operations to have the Faqra Cafeteria in ada Dodge serving students and the rest of the AUB community early this summer. At this stage we are near the end of the active preparatory phase so that the area will soon be cleared and outfitted for the implementation phase in accordance with the design plans. While architectural designs for the overall layout have now been completed, final touches are being placed on interior design plans and I hope to be able to share with you more details of these soon. the completion of the active preparatory phase also sets in motion the process of delivery of equipment and kitchen hardware, which will be a very important step in establishing a final and consolidated schedule for com-pletion of the whole project and will provide a much clearer picture of the end-product. I look forward to sharing with you more details in two week~rs time. Best regards, talal Nizameddinassociate Dean of student affairs

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5- the teacher’s petthis type is the one that you see asking all the questions, following the teacher ev-erywhere (even to the bath-room). He attempts to stick to the teacher to get good grades.He will not stop nagging to get a higher grade. He will call the teacher at least twice a week either to schedule a meeting or to get to know him better.some of the girls might at-tempt to wear short skirts to get higher grades for exam-ple. then after having ap-proached the teacher he will blame others for everything becoming quite like a snitch but a bit worse.4- the witchI have found no other name for this type. It is those who around the semester do not appear to know you nor talk to you nor even acknowledge your existence besides may-be during elections time.then when a project or some homework arises, suddenly they become interested in ev-erything you do up until they allow themselves to ask you the question:

“would you give us you home-work/project please, we don’t want to copy it we just want to have a look at it to see how we can do it” or “I will not copy it as is, I will change it”or “Wallaw mech ana rfi2ak/rfi2tak”. Then you start get-ting messages on Facebook, on your mobile phone, on your inbox, on your website, on your home phone (they leave you a message with your mother)in your pO-Box (not really but they might do it - shit I think I just gave them an oth-er idea) which forces you to turn off your cellphone, tell your mother you’re sleeping or studyingdisable Facebook, block his email from your email ad-dress list and maybe shut-down your website, yet he would still attempt to contact you somehow and the worst thing is that he speaks as if you two have known each other for centuries.3- the Female Followerthis is the type that while having a normal deep truth-ful and fruitful conversa-tion with, some girl appears at about 500 meters away from the area of conversation which I define to be where you

top 10 annoying studentsare standing and talking.suddenly, the FF (Female Follower - I would have gone with another namepr by the way) disappears to pop up 500 meters away next to that girl totally ignoring you, and your conversation.then he will carry her bags, laptop, lipstick, he might even carry her. then he will follow her everywhere, to the library, to the lab. He will es-cort her to her house.the only way you would be able to seperate them is by forming another more inter-esting group of girls which he will then respond to and fol-low.this person does not seem to be only annoying to guys as he might even be the same to girls. let me explain, he/she will attempt to touch you on different occasions.He/she will never stop ask-ing you about your boyfriend/girlfriend, your life and giv-ing you compliments. He might stick to you like glue. I’m sure he/she annoys you as much as he/she annoys us.2- the Backstabber/liaralthough this might appear to be worthy of position 1. It is still not my “personal fa-vorite”. this is the type that

you rely on to do something and then you discover after the deadline that they have not done it.this is the type that you tell something very important you want to keep a secret to (and thinking that they are your true friends) and sud-denly the whole universi-ty knows about it (including the person you were talking about).this is the type you ask a question on an exam to and they answer you incorrectly to make you get lower grades (not that they refuse to an-swer).You will get tons of prom-ises from, none of which get done. they will tell you that there is no place at a certain Internship program so that they can take yours.they will even tell the teacher that you did nothing (I’m as-suming you have done some-thing) to get higher grades.they will lie to you about their grade, their status, and almost every single thing you can think of.If they have any respect for themselves, I’d like to see them being honest someday.1- the Nosy stalkerthis type is my personal all-

time favorite. He appears to be everywhere. everytime he sees you he will follow you, sit with you, eat with you.stand right next to you (prob-ably not saying anything and listening to what you are talking). then he will start asking questions about ev-erything.He cannot stand not knowing what you are talking about and attempts to know in ev-ery way he finds possible. He will call you from time to time so that you can answer some of the personal questions you refused to answer last time.He simply will not let you go as long as you look at him or talk to him, the only solution would be running away, hid-ing or saying that someone in your family got hurt real bad and you must leave now!please note that this list does not target anyone in particu-lar, it is something I came up with to be able to communi-cate what annoys me better, I myself might belong to some of these groups.so if I do please tell me. I have written this so that peo-ple would start working on themselves not to do any of the above.thank you for reading.

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Inspired by the nationwide success of many preced-ing contemporary lebanese bands, such as Mashrou3 leila, many groups of mu-sically talented young men and women are now forming, hoping to attain that same level of popularity and suc-cess.One band who is not aiming for that, however, is shaBa, a five-member, all-female group, who just make mu-sic to express their frustra-tions and feelings towards the lebanese society, ex-pressing what others are not brave enough to let out in the open. even the name, which comes from a popular arabic phrase, for things having ex-ceeded their threshold limit, reflects all the pent-up anger

that these ladies have to-wards the current situation.Beginning in the comfort of the home of twins and lead vocalist shaden Fakih and lead guitarist Bane Fakih, the group soon expanded to include rola Najjar on elec-tric guitar and bass, aya at-tar on keyboards, and Chloe asmar on violin.Having already written some songs on their own, the new band members reworked the Fakih’s original pieces and composed some new ones to end up with seven distinct songs, which set off shaBa from the rest of their coun-terparts. In fact, and accord-ing to violinist Chloe asmar, what makes the band stand out is that they are not a cov-er band, choosing instead

to write their own songs and musical arrangements. the lyrics are solely writ-ten in lebanese-arabic, ow-ing to the fact that “It would not be realistic to sing about the lebanese community in english.”these above mentioned songs are a main reflection of the society the band mem-bers live in, placing some em-phasis on cheating, religious problems that arise in rela-tionships, and other related issues. For example, one of their newest songs, “Mesthi-yeh” is about a girl who is shy towards a guy who shows her affection. “MsN,” on the oth-er hand, explores internet relationships and how one guy is fooling around with a girl’s emotions through the

Band review shaBa tala kardaspopular chatting platform. their other songs include, “’alla Bi Hebba,” “knist Mar elias Battina,” “Dris,” and one that is still in its original form, “khaze’neh Ya Deek. since their style is very dif-ferent, and especially that the music incorporates a vi-olin- which isn’t very famil-iar in modern music, reac-tions towards shaBa’s music has been mixed. while some have appreciated this new feel, others have complete-ly rejected it, as the lyrics are very simplistic. still, as-mar has stated that they are working on this issue, trying to make them a bit more com-plicated and that as a band; they are improving them-selves step by step.though they are still rela-

tively new to the scene, sha-Ba has already played in the very prolific Fete De La Mu-sic and International Day of peace in 2009, been featured on radio liban, and most re-cently, preformed a set at walimat warde in Hamra. they hope to continue per-forming this year and do not have any specific album plans in mind.shaBa’s vocal, lyrical, and musical distinctness and willingness to speak what is on everyone’s mind com-pels listeners to follow up on their work, and this is being provided through their Face-book group and soon-to-be-updated Myspace page.

In a recent interview with usa today, Nicholas sparks compared himself to the likes of william shakespeare and Jane austen, insinuating that he had more originality in his stories than the latter. this is amusing, considering every Nicholas sparks sto-ry seems to contain a dead-ly disease, a male character who travels abroad for some time, a tragic death, and true love lasting through it all. Dear John is no exception.The plot of the film is the ba-sic tale of lovers forced to separate due to circumstanc-es out of their control - in this case, the culprit is war; the events of september 11 re-quire John (played by Chan-ning tatum) to rejoin the war effort, leaving his new love, savannah (played by wide-eyed amanda seyfried) back home. the lovers write each other letters back and forth until savannah stops sending them all together. The viewer comes to find out that after only two months of not writing John, savannah

has not only found anoth-er man, but she is engaged. this crushes John, prompt-ing him to re-enlist in the war effort.John returns to find his fa-ther dying, and after this tragic death, he visits sa-vannah, to find her married to a surprising character, who also happens to be suf-fering from a disease- leuke-mia. what follows is a tearful reunion, a good deed, and a semi-satisfying ending – the trademark of Mr. sparks.the sheer redundancy of the film and story is in its cli-che tragedy. For example, sparks’ wildly popular the Notebook contained a male character who went to war, his ailing father, letters to his lover, a tough decision, a tearful reunion, and a tragic disease. the only difference in Dear John was that the disease was leukemia and not alzheimer’s.Looking another Sparks film brings us to the same con-clusion; a walk to remem-ber includes a deadly sick-

ness, star-crossed lovers, and a tragic ending. Nights in rodanthe includes a dead-ly sickness, a travelling male character, letters between lovers, and a tragic death. there seems to be an emerg-ing pattern here…Nicholas sparks’ stories seem to be de-rived from the same concept box, just morphed into differ-ent combinations. The film is not all bad, how-ever. there are a few heart-wrenching moments, like the scene when John is read-ing a letter to his father, the same letter that was recit-ed in the opening sequence, making the viewer realize John was speaking so deeply about his father, and not his lover. this scene was a nice touch, as was the whole rela-tionship with the father, who suffered from autism. the movie itself did have an en-joyable bittersweetness to it, but it has unfortunately been done before.Dear reader: if you’ve seen one Nicholas sparks movie, you’ve seen them all.

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so this might seem like a silly topic since everyone is familiar with the term “schizophrenia” but most do not know the real meaning as to what schizophrenia really is and seem to believe that it means someone who has multiple personalities, well that is not exactly true. schizophrenia is a severe and disabling disorder. symptoms include delusions and hallucinations which include: hearing internal voices, thinking that others can know what one is thinking, controlling one’s thoughts, or thinking that others intend harm and are plotting for such harm. all these and more might leave the person with schizophrenia feeling fearful and withdrawn. schizophrenia affects men and women equally and usually appears in late adolescence or early adulthood.regarding the causes of schizophrenia, this is still unknown. schizophrenia might result from the interplay of genetic, behavioral, and other factors. additionally, schizophrenia seems to run in families which puts people at a higher risk to develop this disorder if they have a family member who has it. a child with a parent who has schizophrenia has about 10% chance compared to the general population who are at a 1% risk.Being the serious disorder it is, there are many approaches to therapy regarding treatment. peo-ple with schizophrenia might be hospitalized during acute phases of the disorder, anti-psychot-ic medications are also used to help the person put a stop to the delusions and hallucinations and so that the person can function more effectively in society, however, medication is not a cure, rather it puts a temporary stop to the disabling symptoms. Important to note is that medication might cause some unwanted side effects where short-term side effects include drowsiness, rest-lessness, dry mouth, tremor, or blurred vision, long term side-effects which are more serious in-clude: tardive dyskinesia (tD)which is a disorder characterized by unintentional movements affecting mostly the mouth, lips, and tongue. However, antipsychotic medications developed in recent years appear to have a much lower risk of producing tD but the risk is not zero and they can produce side effects such as weight gain. Other forms of treatment that seem to be helpful to alle-viate the symptoms (since medication only stops the symptoms temporarily) include: psychosocial treatment, rehabilitation, individual psychotherapy, family education, community support, and self-help groups.Bear in mind that this is just an introduction on what schizophrenia is, in reality schizophrenia is a complex disorder and is evident in people according to different types. these types of schizophre-nia are classified according to the symptoms that the person shows.sources: psychology today (2006). Diagnosis Dictionary: schizophrenia.

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In the previous issue of Head’s-up on health, I shared with you a number of healthy habits that you will want to follow if you want to live for your 100’s birthday. Indeed, one of the biggest factors that determine why some people live more than others has a lot to do with their lifestyle; not so much with their genes, as commonly thought. Below is a number of healthy habits that have been associated with longevity.You’ve probably heard this a million times before, but breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, not all breakfasts are as nutritious. according to a recent study by Ferruci et al., having a fiber-rich cereal for breakfast is a magic recipe for living longer. In the study, the elderly who were getting a whole-grain serving, especially in the morning, appeared to maintain a stable glucose level throughout the day and accordingly, had lower chances of becoming diabetic com-pared to those who chose not to include whole grains in their breakfast.another habit that no one should belittle is proper sleep. It is recommended that one should get at least six hours of shut-eye. Instead of skimping on sleep so as to have extra time to attend to oth-er tasks, studies have shown that getting more sleep adds more years to your life. In terms of bio-logical processes, it is during sleep that our body is able to regulate and heal cells which are an im-portant component of aging. Indeed, studies done on this particular topic have confirmed that for those who live as long to reach the century mark, sleep is regarded as a top priority.Being less neurotic is another habit that has been associated with having longer lives. accord-ing to a study by perl et al., centenarians (people who live to the age of 100 and above) ‘‘have a great tendency to not internalize things or dwell on their troubles. For these folks, stress man-agement is highly effective. For instance, instead of ruminating, eating junk food in front of tele, binge drinking and such; people who live longer vent their stress through yoga, exercise, medita-tion, tai chi, or simply doing a bit of deep breathing for a couple of moments when you’re feeling all stressed out.More recommended habits to come in the next issue of “Heads-up on Health.”

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