It is almost May. We all know what it means: final exams. Teachers remind you about them with strange smiles on their faces and you start to panic wondering how time passes by so fast when you need it the most. Most of us start the exam preparation ,hopefully, not the night before. In any case, some helpful tools can be very handy at the time of such critical situation as finals.
This Thursday at 9:30 pm the school’s movie night took place in Komorní Kino Evald- a small cozy movie theatre with a retro interior. The American Pie Reunion was a good choice considering the audience and the movie’s rankings.
As Documentary Photography students look for a place to exhibit their semester’s work, it becomes apparent that the university lacks sufficient facilities. With rumors of a possible new major, art studies, surfacing, one has to wonder where exactly students would be able to exhibit or hold exhibitions for art to study.
Anglo-American University’s student council will be hosting an “all free” party for students on April 27. This event, at student council president Norman Joesoef’s house, is free of charge to any AAU student and includes admission and beverages.
With every new semester comes the swarm of students from overseas. While some students are excited with the new additions to Anglo-American University, some are not as pleased.
AAU was proud to support the Week of Charter 77 and its 35th anniversary in March, also dedicated to one of the most important Czech philosophers and dissidents, Jan Patočka.
After shaking up Prague for ten days, from 6 to 15 March, the One World Documentary Film Festival and before moving on to towns including Brno, Liberec, Plzen and 36 other places, AAU students talk about their experience as visitors.
This week Prague's 14th One World film festival opens. Focussing on human rights, it is the biggest of its kind in Europe. Director Hana Kulhánková explains what it is about.
After decades in their professions, George and Helena decided to buy a flat and rent out rooms to support themselves through retirement. The idea was that they could live the rest of their lives without another day of work. “A new way to make a living,” as Helena describes.
Every hour every time of the year crowds of tourists gather on Prague's Old Town Square to videotape, photograph and look at the Astronomical Clock's little show. A look at what's there they still may not see.
As I entered Tesla Arena, home of the Sparta Praha Hockey team, a sea of burgundy and white Praha jerseys flooded my vision. Everywhere I turned my head I saw hundreds of these with the exception of a few blue New York Rangers jerseys mixed about within the mass.
The English Club, which has been running for several years, allows the children to “form a positive relationship to English through fun activities and games and then it is also easier for them to learn English at school,” explains Tučková.
After enjoying the party atmosphere for the first half of the cruise, junior English major William Smith said, “I was ready to leave. And this was a problem since swimming to shore was not an option for me.”
Despite being an international university in Prague, the Anglo-American University currently does not provide any counseling service to its international students who are bound to face emotional difficulties that go with living in a new country, perhaps away from their parents and friends. But do students that face these issues actually want such a service?
Lucien Holmes lays out big plans for AAU's new Alumni and Career Center: An AAU family network, mentoring programs, managers hosting seminars, a job fair in Spring and a job database.
"My dad used to always bring me back some candy when he would travel to the States on business, and I fell in love with them right away" AAU alumni Marek Čermák told the Prague Post.
From Sept. 28th til Oct. 2nd, students will be able to vote for twelve new members to run your SC this coming year. This time around, voting will take place in our Student Lounge (the old “new cafeteria”) throughout that week.
Augé never wanted to become a teacher. “I was too rebellious a student,” he says. But studying in California changed his idea of what a teacher’s job can be. He says he now loves his job and the idea of a university as well as the variety of students he encounters.
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