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Carnegie Mellon Qatar Campus
Issue 4,Vol. 2
Monday, December 19th 2005
Exam Mania!!!
This week’s edition of All Around is bringing to you the crazy, hazy exam experiences of our Carnegie Mellon Student body. As this period of time has been rather
stressful, we still haven't forgotten how to have fun! Included are the accounts of
some latest CMU events and don’t forget to tune in to our Entertainment Weekly!
Special Points of
Interest:
• The first in a series of
‘Islam in Focus’
• Student Majlis’ follow up
on Fun Night
• Business Updates by
cMBA’s president
Live from the Recreation Center
Last week was a remarkable one
for the CMU-Q soccer team. A
great event was our football
match against Texas A&M—the
first match of the academic year.
Though we lost 3-0, our team
played a great game and made us
all very proud. Our talented goal
keeper Mohamed Hajaig bravely
defended his goal, also Hicham,
Saadi, Mohammed Al-Ibrahim,
…
Continued on page 5
A Word from the Editorial Board
Inside this issue:
MEMORABLE
MOMENTS
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ISLAM IN
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FOCUS
FIRST
4
EXPERIENCE
AT CMU
HOTTEST
CELEBRETIES
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 7
The term passed really fast… All students were busy studying, working on
projects, starting clubs, and participating in events. We believe it was a productive
term for everyone. All Around went through a lot of changes and improvements as
well. We are glad to say that we now have an established, solid ground from which
we achieve the best we can. Like always, there are changes in All Around this time
around too. The most important of which is the re-organization of the Board. Sadly,
our current Editor-In-Chief, Noor AlAthirah, will be leaving us in the Spring, and our
Lead Writer, Christina Shin will be leaving us entirely. There are other members who
were repositioned. The new organization of All Around for the Spring is as follows;
Yasmine AbdelRahman: Acting Editor-In-Chief
Mona Maher: Editor - Editing
Nora AlAnsari: Editor - Collection
Basheera Banu: Editor-In-Large
Dana Hadan: Lead Writer
Ramsey Ramadan: News Writer
Noor AlJassim: Business Manager
Jinanne Tabra: Designer
Yasser Khan: Web Personnel
Noor AlMaadeed & Marium Chandna: Staff Writers
Kristin Gilmore: Advisor
So now you know who to reach out to when you have an enquiry or a suggestion!
Finally, we wish you all Good Luck on your finals… Enjoy your break!
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Fun Night
Last issue I wrote about how we had
started planning for Fun Night and how everyone at Student Majlis was really excited about it.
I am now giving you an inside look about the
outcome of that night.
We started planning for this night
around three or even four weeks before it
started; during every student majlis meeting we
used to try to come up with as many games and
fun things to do. We changed our plans many
times, all because we were trying to ensure the
best outcome. However, the one issue we kept
on arguing about was the timing, and the problem is no matter what we agree on, someone
comes up and says that some other event is
happening at that time or people would not
come back to the university on a Wednesday.
I would also like to mention that we
were glad that we had some Cornell, George
Town and Texas students with us for a part of
the evening; I hope you all had as much FUN as
we did. In the end we chose the time, printed
out the flyers, sent the emails and then suddenly
Follow Up
someone tells us that on December 1st there
is an Amery concert in the City Center and
that half our students are going there! We
were all devastated but confident that the
students wouldn’t fail us and that they would
come to Fun Night instead. Perhaps we were
simply confident that no one would pay 200
QR to go to a concert in the City Center.
The Fun Night started and everybody
was having fun, whether in the water fights,
the eating competition, the three legged
races, the tug of war, or any of the other
games that were prepared by the representatives from the freshman and sophomore
classes. GREAT JOB EVERYONE! To be honest, all Student Majlis members worked very
hard to make Fun Night the success that is
was, and I am extremely proud to be part of
that team. I am still going to get my revenge
from from those who sprayed me with water! Yes, Fahad and Fahad, you know I’m going to get you!
Yasmine Abdelrahman
Editor-in-Large
Memorable Moments
Veggies Anyone?
Khadra gets down!
No-one is safe!!
Hatem shows Oliver how it’s done!
Who knew Anas had
such a feminine side!
All Around, Issue 4, Vol.2
Islam
in focus
JESUS
Most people know that Muslims believe in Jesus (peace be upon him) as a prophet....
Have you ever wandered WHAT exactly Muslims believe?
What do Muslims believe about Jesus?
Muslims respect and revere Jesus (PBUH) ,
and await his second coming. They consider
him one of the greatest messengers of
God’s to mankind. A Muslim never refers to
him simply as `Jesus', but always adds the
phrase "peace be upon him."
"I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I
make for you out of the clay, as it were, the figure
of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a
bird by Allaah’s leave. And I heal the blind and the
lepers, and I raise the dead by Allaah’s
leave." [Quran 3:49]
The Qur’an confirms his virgin birth (a
chapter of the Qur’an is entitled `Mary') in
her name, and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation. The Qur’an describes the creation of Jesus as follows
(interpretation of the meaning) :
God's other gifts to him included speaking
soon after birth in defense of his mother's piety, healing the blind and the sick, reviving the
dead and most importantly, the message he
was carrying. These miracles were granted to
him by God to establish him as a prophet.
"Behold! the Angel said, `God has chosen you,
and purified you, and chosen you above the
women of all nations. O Mary, God gives you
glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name
shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and one
that shall speak to the people from his cradle
and in maturity, and shall be of the righteous.'
She said: `O my Lord! How shall I have a son
when no man has touched me?' He said: `Even
so; God creates what He wills. When He decrees a thing, He but says to it, "Be!" and it
is." [Quran 3:42-7]
According to the Qur’an, he was not crucified,
but only appeared so; instead, Allah raised him
unto Heaven (Qur’an, Chapter Maryam).
Jesus (PBUH) was born miraculously
through the same power which had brought
Adam (PBUH) into being without a father:
"Truly, the likeness of Jesus unto Allaah is as
the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust,
and then said to him, `Be!' and he was."
[ Quran 3:59 ]
During his prophetic mission, Jesus (PBUH)
was granted and performed many miracles.
The Qur’aan tells us that he said :
To sum up, neither Muhammad (PBUH), nor
Jesus (PBUH), came to change the basic doctrine of the belief in one God, brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and renew it. In
the Qur’an Jesus (PBUH), is reported as saying
that he came:
"To attest the law which was before me. And to
make lawful to you part of what was forbidden
you; I have come to you with a sign form your
Lord, so fear God and obey me." [Quran 3:50]
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Interpretation of the meaning); taken from a translation of Qur'an; no translation of the Qur’an can truly be
called Qur’an, as some of the meanings may be different due to translation.
Noor Al-Maadeed
Staff Writer
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First Term Experience
at
CMU-Q
Pink day
As we are nearing the end of our first
semester of the academic year 20052006, I can hardly believe that it's been
three months since I became a freshman at CMU-Q. Time has indeed
borne wings and taken flight!
My first term experience has been
both challenging and wonderful. Academically, I feel the courses not only
demand a lot of hard work to obtain
good grades but also require constant
effort to maintain above average performance. Therefore, many of my days
have passed with daily assignments and
quizzes leaving me panting for breath
and trying to force my eyes from closing at night. I am also aware that many
more are yet to come as my sophomores constantly warn me. However,
there is another aspect of CMU-Q
that has kept me revitalized and my
head from crashing under the work
load and that is the activities provided
for us at CMU-Q. Decorating dustbins, judging door decorations by faculty and staff, the trivia game, the talent show and countless other fun filled
events have served as outlets to relieve stress, thus refreshing and relaxing us.
Traditional Dress Day
I consider myself lucky to be in a place
where competitive education is imparted in the friendliest of environments. But to conclude my article
here would be to leave it. I would thus
like to add that it's because of each
one of us at CMU-Q, faculty and staff,
the student affairs and all my fellow
students, that it is a pleasure to come
into the university each day and spend
every term like this first one. My time
spent here makes me quote what Benjamin Franklin has said "one today is
worth two tomorrows", and this is
more so when you are at CMU-Q!
Basheera Banu
Staff Writer
Cake Eating Contest
Fashion Show
Salam gets Pied!!
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cmBA Business Club
If you have some stocks make sure that
you read the following:
Before going into all the exciting details of this article! I just want to inform you
that my last article and this article are not written by me they are both taken from:
the DSM official website: http://english.dsm.com.qa . I have selected both articles
because I believe that those are important information that we all should know especially business students and those of us who are investing in the DSM. I hope that
you find both articles useful and interesting.
“The Market Committee of DSM has issued a resolution on November 23, 2005
that terminates the licenses granted to the authorized brokerage banks to practice
brokerage business in the DSM. The decision came to enable Dlala Brokerage Co.
and Dlala Islamic Brokerage Co. to commence brokerage business in the DSM. The
Chairman of the Committee will decide on the exact date of termination.
An official source at the DSM declared that the Market Committee chaired by H.E.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ahmad Bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Minister of Economy and
Commerce, had adopted its resolution in light of the brokerage banks contribution
in the establishment of “Dlala Investment and Holding Company” to commence
brokerage business at the DSM. The below timetable will be utilized to ensure”
smooth transition:
PERIOD
From January 1, 2006 To
February 28,
2006
From January 1, 2006 To
January 31,
2006
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
Brokerage Banks will not be permitted to open accounts for new clients
Licensed brokerage banks will conduct brokerage business (selling and buying) for their existing clients only
During this period, all brokerage banks will transfer all
clients shares to the Central Registration Department
From February 1, 2006 To (CRD) at the DSM. The transfer process will be based
on account sequences (C Accounts). Brokerage banks
February 28,
will be banned to conduct any purchase transaction
2006
for their clients. However, They will be permitted to
sell shares of only those who did not transfer their
shares during the transferable period to the CRD.
March 1, 2006
Brokerage banks operations will be terminated entirely by the specified time outlined. However, in case
of any technical difficulties that may hinder the transfer
process of share to the CRD as scheduled, additional
week may be given to the brokerage banks to conduct
the transfer of remaining
Personal comments:
If you have some stocks and you want to make sure that you can still trade them
then make sure that we fill all the necessary papers.
Second having one trading company will be kind of hard at the beginning, but it will
be for the good of all.
Nora Al-Ansari
President of cmBA
Editor collector
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Live from
the
Recreation
Center
Continued from front
page
...Fahad Al-Jefairi, Fahad
Al-Mahmoud, Omar
Alouba, Ahmed Al-Jefairi,
Beebo, Abo Zainab and
Adib did a great job. We
were honored by the
attendance of Bill Elliot,
Dean Bob Kail and many
staff and faculty who
came to support our
team. A remarkable attendance was also displayed from our flamboyant cheerleaders who did
a great job motivating
our team! Everyone in
the audience agreed that
all our team needs is simply more practice and we
will be able to defeat any
other team! Texas A&M
is known for its strong
team; they practice twice
a week, with a coach and
have some players in
Qatar’s national team as
well. A painful but perhaps a comforting fact:
they have beaten all of
Education City’s teams as
well!
Great job guys, All
Around looks forward to
our next match!
Yasmine Abdelrahman
Editor-in-Large
All Around, Issue 4, Vol.2
It Ain’t What You Do,
It’s What It Does To You
I have not bummed across America
with only a dollar to spare, one pair
of busted Levi’s and a bowie knife.
I have lived with thieves in Manchester.
I have not padded through the Taj Mahal,
barefoot, listening to the space between
each footfall, picking up and putting down
its print against the marble floor. But I
skimmed flat stones across Black Moss on a day
so still I could hear each set of ripples
as they crossed. I felt each stone’s inertia
spend itself against the water; then sink.
I have not toyed with a parachute cord
while perched on the lip of a light aircraft;
but I held the wobbly head of a boy
at the day centre, and stroked his fat hands.
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Hottest Celebrity Gossip
By Amun Bashir, Editor-Theme
Eminem Obsessed Fan Murders
for Pleasure
A British court has found
Eminem copy-cat Christopher
Duncan, 26, guilty of murdering
a female acquaintance Jagdip
Najran. Duncan’s intentions
were obviously to impersonate
Eminem’s actions in the music
video of the hit single “Stan”, in which he rammed Najran into a suitcase until she bled to death. Duncan had
met Najran in a karaoke bar where he impressed her
with his rapping capabilities and took her home for a
night of romance. Duncan spent thousands of dollars
covering himself in tattoos resembling those of
Eminem and was offensively aggressive, similar to the
image Eminem portrays. Duncan was set to go on trial
on December 5th, 2005.
Picture:http://www.gofeminin.de/imworld2/stars/fan/
D20040711/19_29044747_em__stan_H122035_L.jpg
Holmes Sees Blue
Katie Holmes has started buying
out clothing stores for her upcoming
baby. With the great amounts of blue
clothing she bought, speculations are
spreading that she is carrying a baby
boy. The six month pregnant Holmes
apparently went all out on a spending spree in Neiman
Marcus picking up the ideal clothing for a little baby
boy and looked quite pleased doing it as well!
Picture:http://www.handbag.com/gossip/hotoffthepress/?
Content=story&StoryID=446520
Jen and Ben Give Birth
And I guess that the lightness in the throat
and the tiny cascading sensation
somewhere inside us are both part of that
sense of something else. That feeling, I mean.
Simon Armitage. NEAB Anthology. Jackie Hill. Manchester: Northern Examinations and Assessment Board, 1998. 7.
Jennifer Garner, 33, and Ben Affleck, 33, are finally
proud parents of a lovely baby girl! After months of
speculation regarding Garner’s pregnancy following a
quick marriage this June, the controversy ridden couple are finally free!
Proud daddy Ben Affleck has kicked
the smoking habit as a gift for his
baby, whose name has yet to be revealed. A mole tells us however, that
both parents are tending to the name
Violet.
Picture:http://img.uno.hu/img/pictures/6377.jpg
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