American University in Cairo

On Saturday, February 27, the American University in Cairo (AUC) student, Omar Khaled, passed away after a common injury during an American Football game between the AUC Titans and the Cairo Bears. The 18 years-old freshman student, who was known between his fellows as the ‘Jumbo’, was an offensive guard at the AUC Titans. During the first few minutes of the game, Khaled got hit in the chest by his opponent’s helmet as it made him have difficulty in breathing. According to Omar Arafa, a member in the AUC Titans, Khaled removed the equipment of the game after being hit and this means that he knew that he wouldn’t be able to continue the game. Khaled stood on the sideline, then the medical staff on the field checked his blood pressure, but it…

In a study involving 907 students at an unidentified public university in the midwest, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, it was calculated that on average a freshman student gains 7.8 pounds during their first year at college (Freshman 15 Statistics…). Many have come to know this weight fluctuation as the dreaded, “Freshman 15”. Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States affecting more than one-third of the population. With the increasing rate of obesity and the well known…

Chuck Close Who is Chuck close? Chuck close is an amazing artist that uses multiple different ways to make art. But he also has prosopagnosia, dyslexia and is partially paralyzed, but he does not let these obstacles stop him. Close was born on July 5, 1940 in Monroe Washington, and his name was Charles Thomas Close. Close was born with severe dyslexia making it challenging for him in school. When Close was 11 he had a kidney infection landing him in bed for a little more than a year. During his…

it feels like to work at a hospital. "How to Prepare for a Career in Anesthesiology." American Society of Anesthesiologists. Unknown, 2017. After high school you have to go to a good college to become one. 10 of the best colleges to become an anesthesiologist are, 1. Harvard University 2. Stanford University 3. Johns Hopkins University 4. University of California San Francisco 5. University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) 6. Washington University in St. Louis 7. Columbia University 8. Duke…

case Fisher v. University of Texas, rooting back to 1977 when Texas legislation made a law that required the University of Texas give admission to all high school seniors who positioned in the top ten percent of their class. When discovering the lack of diversity in the their college 's undergraduates and state populace, the University of Texas chose to change its previously unbiased racial acceptances . The new approach allowed all in-state students who graduated in the main ten percent of…

An “Unsafe” Safe Space It is no secret that we are living in a world where we have to be careful of everything we say or do. We constantly need to think whether our words and actions will be offensive to a specific culture, race, religion, or anything else. We do not want to exposed to anything that marginalizes some crucial parts of our identity and to maintain these values that are so important to us. That is why the University of Chicago was met with harsh criticisms from throngs of angry…

schools are two of the best colleges in the Midwest. When choosing which college I wanted to attend, I struggled deciding between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas. Despite their boarding state rivalry, I fell in love with both. The schools have their pros and cons, yet one is not better than the other. At the end of the day, deciding between MU and KU is a personal preference. Choosing between the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas for my college…

article summarizes a tragedy happened in Rutgers University in February 1988. James Callahan, a 19-year-old freshman, died from alcohol abuse after attending a fraternity party. The whole university was in mourning and the authority had to suspend all social activities planned by fraternity and sonority. However, Callahan’s death did not stop the growing trend of alcohol abuse. One of the students who knew his death was still planning a party for next weekend. Many students did not believe this…

taxes. I also wondered how many year in college do you need to have and I found that it can take up to 7 to 8 years to become a lawyer, after a four year bachelors degree you can enroll in a law school that will take 3 to 4 years. The last thing thing that I studied was the top schools for lawyers. I found out that Yale was the top school "since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring, innovation, and preserving cultural and…

What is the benefit of understanding the Baldridge Criteria when conducting a Homeland Security Assessment for an organization? First we must have an understanding of just what the Baldridge Criteria is and where did it originate. Both public as well as private business organizations have been using a criterion that was developed for performance excellence by Malcolm Baldridge. It was founded in 1987 as an internal self-assessment to measure their organizations performance excellence against…