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Interview With Jessica Hullon

Interview With Jessica Hullon by Tarek El Deeb

Hi my name is Tarek El Deeb and you’re listening to my interview with Jessica Hullon.

“Please introduce yourself…name, age and your relation to AUC”

“My name is Jessica Hullon, I’m 30 years old and I’m an AUC alumni, graduated in 2000 with a degree in ‘art and vision’ and a minor in psychology”

“Assuming that you’ve spent most (if not all) of your years in AUC at the old campus…tell me where you used to hang? What you liked most about the campus”

“(laughs) Well, like most foreign students, I established a hang out around the fountain court behind the cafeteria in the Main Campus. It was my favorite spot around campus, it was peaceful too. I also loved that it was so green there, it was a nice spot to get away from the craziness of downtown”

“Now, from what I've heard, you witnessed a cooking-related fire in 1997. Tell me what happened and how you felt at the time?”

“Oh yeah…that was crazy! I think it was the semester I just became a sophomore. My classmate Sylvia and I just came out of an Arabic class and we decided to pick up some sandwiches from that small cafeteria on our way to the fountain spot. We were standing in line and I saw a cafeteria chef frying some sort of chicken or beef in a skillet with oil. That’s when the towel around his shoulders caught fire and immediately went up in flames. Honestly we were scared…like really REALLY scared. Then, we were instructed by campus security to exit the cafeteria as quick as possible.”

“Glad to see you’re doing alright! Now how about the damage from the fire…how bad was it?”

“By the time the fire fighters came to douse the flame, the counters, cooking equipment and a fridge were completely black from the smoke and some parts of the wall were also damaged. The fire which probably only lasted for 5-6 minutes felt like 5-6 hours!”

"Wow that’s quite a fire! Were you or anyone you know hurt or affected by the fire?"

“Well thankfully I was fine, but Silvia had asthma so she had some problems breathing because of all the smoke. But don’t worry she’s fine now.”

"Glad she’s alright as well. What about classes? Were any of them cancelled? Did people leave campus?"

“Well, some of the classrooms were evacuated until the fire was under control. Things were back to normal pretty quickly. In fact I actually had a class about half an hour later”

"So after the fire, did you ever go back to the cafeteria? And did anything change?"

“Yes of course! I think they got a new fridge and other kitchen accessories. Oh and they also repainted.”

"Did the campus install any safety equipment to deal with any future fires?"

“Umm…yes from what I can remember they had things like a fire extinguisher. Actually they had all of this before, so not much changed.”

"Tell me, did you find out what happened to the chef? Was anyone else in the kitchen injuired?"

“No nobody was seriously injuired. But I think the chef had burnt his hand. I do remember seeing him working behind the counter a few months later. So he must have been alright.”

"So… I guess that’s it. Thank you for being here Jessica and participating. Let’s hope you don’t run into any more fires!”

“(laughs) Yeah…I hope so”

PSA - WWF "Animals In Need" by Tarek El Deeb

Alia - What’s up with you today Roofus? Why are you limping?

Tarek - I had a bad day. I was crossing the street as fast as I could to go try my luck in the trash can next to the Koshary place and I stepped on a nail and now I can’t get it out.

Alia - Beats me. I was just about to relax when the gardener came on to with a stick to shoo me. So I went to relax under the tree next to the doorstep but the fat lady chased me away.

Alia/Tarek - Life’s hard being a dog.

Alia - Join the World Wildlife Fund and help animals in need. For more information visit wwf.org.

Podcast # 2 - Technology

Technology by Tarek El Deeb

Technology...it's all around us.

We drive it. We pilot it. We play it. We Communicate through it.

Most of us take technology for granted, especially since we've become so dependent on it.
For example, imagine a person during a power shortage, only then would he or she realize how much they rely on technology for cooking, cleaning, keeping cool and other things.

Did you know that an ink pen can also be refereed to as technology?

The word 'technology' doesn't necessarily mean electronics, however in our modern day, electrical technology tends to be the most known.

Technology in a nutshell, is the product of developmental science that is eventually integrated into human life to help improve our daily lives.

With the introduction of robotics, technology has also helped scientists and doctors make breakthroughs in modern day medicine.

Robotics has evolved from the clumsy remote controlled robots to sophisticated medical machines capable of carrying out precise surgical tactics avoiding human error.

At the astonishing rate technology is advancing...who knows what the future holds for humankind?

Journal #2: International News:

"Jailed Chinese dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize"

The story is very interesting especially to hear about the angry Chinese leaders and people who protested the award given to Xiabo. Both BBC and NPR reported the story in the same manner however i'll be comparing the overall production quality between both.

BBC

Anchor: Suey Diamond

Length: 0:54 min

Analysis

Pros:

• The anchor's voice was articulate
• the anchor presented the story then used a recording from a source (Martin Patient)

Cons:

• experienced problems when opening the player from BBC's website and it wasn't very user friendly
• quality of the actual recording was poor with some static in the background
• no use of nat sounds
• segment was too short
  

(online radio broadcast can be heard here)

NPR

Anchor: Craig Windum

Length: 0:53 min

Analysis

Pros:

• The anchor's voice was articulate
• the anchor presented the story then used a recording from a source (Martin Patient)
• The media player that popped up from the NPR website was very fast, no buggy and was user friendly
• the quality of the recording was excellent
  

Cons:

• no use of nat sounds
• segment was too short

(online radio broadcast can be heard here)