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Board of Directors and students engage in roundtable discussions
Students voice ideas for improving social life at Sweet Briar
By Emily Clifton ’08
STAFF WRITER

Last Friday the Board of Directors engaged in roundtable discussions with Sweet Briar students and administrative staff in the Josey Dining Room. The two main questions for the evening consisted of the following: 1) A large percentage of Sweet Briar students (72 percent) believe that tap clubs are an important part of the Sweet Briar tradition; 62 percent indicated they would like to be a member of a tap club, but at the time of responding to the survey, had yet to be invited. What can we do to involve more students? 2) Although 48 percent of the student respondents stated that the campus feels inviting to those who want to visit and socialize and 21% do not feel strongly one way or the other, a significant number of students, 31 percent, are not happy with Sweet Briar’s social climate. What needs to happen to meet the desires of all?
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Fulbright Scholar at Sweet Briar visits with President Bush
By Eleanor O'Connor ’07
STAFF WRITER

Unless you’ve been taking Arabic classes this year, you may not have met Maha Kareem. Maha came to Sweet Briar in August as a Fulbright Scholar and has been teaching Arabic to students. Born and raised in Baghdad, Maha previously taught at the College of Languages at the University of Baghdad.

On the occasion of the Iraqi elections in December, Maha had the opportunity to visit the White House and meet with President Bush. After the introductions and formal pictures, Maha stood alongside the President with 10 fellow Iraqi Fulbright Scholars while he expressed his joy for Iraq’s accomplishment on a live broadcast. The cameras disappeared, the chairs were brought out and the scholars talked to the President about not only the elections but also their personal experiences from living in Iraq. Maha also met the First Lady, Vice President Dick Cheney, and other White House staff members. At the end of the day she was presented with a Presidential pen.
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