Dr. James R. Harrigan: “No student is obliged to live in the dorms.”

Dr. James, Dean of the student's offcie

by The Third Eye

After The Rector’s Office sent out an e-mail that clarified the price of the new dorms, several students described that e-mail as a “shocking e-mail” and claimed that the price was just unexpected.

The Third Eye could contact with Dr. James Harrigian, The Dean of The Student’s Office, to shed some light on that e-mail.

In an interview with The Third Eye through an e-mail, Dr. James confirmed the decision and clarified several other points about that decision.

Dr. James said that it was absolutely up to the students to stay in the university houses.

AUI-S Students toward another Demonstration

by The Third Eye

AUI-S New Campus- AUI-S website

After an e-mail from The Rector’s Office explained how the new student houses will be look like, the students were bothered and gasped by the high prices of the new dorms. Therefore, they decided to take actions against that decision.

The students are shocked by the price of the new dormitories because the price is too high compare to the amount that each student pays for the dorm fee now.

The Rector's Office Announced the Possibility to Have the New Dormitories in the new campus Finished for the Next Academic Year.

by The Third Eye

An e-mail that has recently been sent out by The Rector’s Office declares the possibility of providing the new student houses for the next academic year. According to the e-mail, the students have three choices in choosing  the types of rooms. Moreover, they will be able to assign their roommates and rooms soon. Students can choose among the following options.

Dan Reimold: “Recognize [The Third Eye] Would be the Star of the Show.”

Dan Reimold-Photo Courtesy of Google

by The Third Eye

Dan Reimold, American journalist and professor, is Assistant Professor of journalism and Faculty adviser of the Minaret Newspaper at the University of Tampa. He is the editor and main writer for College Media Matters,a blog affiliated with the Associated Collegiate Press, the largest and oldest U.S journalism organization.  Mr. Reinmold mostly writes about the student press throughout the U.S and in Southeast Asia. He arrived to AUI-S on Thursday may 10, 2011and was at AUI-S for about two weeks to write a research about the Voice. The Third Eye had a quick chat with Mr. Reimold, and he stated several interesting things about AUI-S environment.

The Name of AUI is still Available!

by The Third Eye 



turinit.com is one of the websites where the AUI-S students
are submitting their papers and assignments. It is considered
to be a plagiarize checker that the professors depend on.



 Last Thursday, one of the promises was to keep Sulaimani with the name of the university. I really can't understand what is going on here. There are both the American University of Iraq and the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani in a single institution. I wonder to understand whether it has been forgotten to rewrite Sulaimani for this website or there is still a plan to change the name to AUI implicitly.



The Third Eye Poll: IT Department Didn't Get a Single Vote

The Third Eye Poll shows the last results

 

by The Third Eye
The Third Eye poll reveals that the majority voters are agree that the Dean of the Students Office is most engaged with the students. About thirty people voted during the sixteen days that the question was available on the blog. The question was, “Which department is most engaged with the students?” Below are the last results of the poll.

MEPI Students Demonstrate Early Initiative

MEPI Georgtwoners-by Saad Charif

by The Third Eye

After several students were accepted from different countries in the Middle East to study in the United States in a program that is sponsored by The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the participants have been divided into different groups. Each group will go to one of the universities in the United States partnering with MEPI for six weeks. One of those groups will go to Georgetown University. At Georgetown University, they will attend lecture series, readings, and discussions that are combined with visits to different places in the United States to develop their leadership skills.