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USU student lands in Cairo amidst anti-government violence

Thursday, February 10th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Kristen Munson LOGAN—Imagine boarding a plane for a two-week vacation and touching down to find your destination in flames, protesters charging policemen and youth patrolling the city, machetes in hand. Porter Illi, a senior at Utah State University, found just ...

Egyptian USU student: ‘They’re tricking people, there’s no reform’

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Egyptian USU student: ‘They’re tricking people, there’s no reform’

Story and photo by Mariah Noble LOGAN--Though demonstrations against the Egyptian government have been going on for weeks, President Hosni Mubarak has yet to find a compromise to satisfy protestors. Hussein Batt, an Egyptian citizen studying for his Ph.D. in engineering at ...

Egyptian grad student at Utah State phones home each day

Friday, February 4th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »

'They used to try to show Egypt as supporting free speech and such, but when you get on the wrong side of the government - game over.' By Mariah Noble LOGAN--Live broadcasts and graphic photos pour into the U.S., illustrating the struggle ...