Do some serious scholarship for G-d's (huh?) sake!

Hey everyone!
I finally got to meet my roommate, Shira found an apartment off campus, so the room is now occupied by me and Jennifer...sweet ( She is okay by the way, thank G-d)
Classes are fine, my professors are great, the head of my economics department is my teacher so that makes my life MUCH easier.

Art of Islam mentioned an article comparing Islamic and " western" architecture, I wanted to comment but the Art of Islam doesn't allow anon comments ( I am on beta blogger and not blogger, please Tarek enable non bloggers to comment so I can rant a bit!)
Anyway...here is what I wanted to say:

Grrr, what bothered me most in the article is the way he makes religion THE factor that shapes architecture in both worlds.

He also mentions that the Xianity he treats is the Latin world Xianity, the European one ( or is it?), that itself shows that religion is influenced by geography, social structures (don't know the academic world for social factors)...etc and it doesn't have much to do with religion.

I was debating with my economics teacher (Dr Important) and he told me "Well, when you get your PH.D come and talk to me about this again", so please remember, these are simple undergrad rants :)

Okay, that is all for today and I guess many days to come (too much reading+job interviews+new club meeting+new student welcome dinner+ new member welcome meeting...new=busy I guess)

All the best,

PS: Don't forget wikipedia? Does Soussa has a page? theater el Jam? anyone? Hello?

News from the 10th floor!

Hello my dear loyal readers ( awkward silence)!
I hope that every one's back to school preparations are going fine, as for my self, don't ask, I will tell you right away:

My dorm room is in the freaking 10th floor (note: there are like 4 elevators in the building), what is the problem? IT IS TOO COLD! I like to have the window open 70% of the time, but now I can't do it because it is too windy by my 10th floor window....grrr

I have no idea who my roommates are, for the records, one is Jennifer and the other is Shira, and if anyone can help me determine whether they are suitable just from their name, I would be very grateful, it will reduce a fair amount of my anxiety.

I am getting a meningitis vaccine, it is not required but everyone says NY is where you can get sick if you have never been... Getting sick is not an option when you live in the 10th floor!

Among my classes, I am taking comparative economic systems and introduction to visual art, I want to be an actuary who is comfortable in an exposition...lol

I am too busy to post anything I can be proud of, and I still have too much to do (new classes, possibly new job...) and too little time, I haven't even checked my sitemeter yet, so for all I know I might be talking to myself right now...or am I?

Have a lovely day!