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More Honors was a blast
Review/Opinion
Jelena Vicic
May 3, 2009

The More-Honors (MH) Academy award ceremony is probably AUBG's most attended event. Every video clip of this year's ceremony sent a strong message and made some people think, maybe for the first time, about their behavior. Students are probably not going to change because of this, but they will at least become aware of certain issues.

AUBG depletes Jean Monnet fund
Debate Open, which got funding from the program, is no longer an international event
Jelena Vicic
March 29, 2009

Jean Monnet Fund, used to sponsor European Studies (EUR) and Political Science (POS) courses, as well as student activities such as the Debate Open tournament, was depleted. The application for the fund was denied for the period 2008/2009, after EUR professor Jean Crombois applied for the program.

Transnistrian table sparks heated debates
Political stuff belongs in a political arena, and not in a celebration of food - Krise
Raman Faminou
Jelena Vicic
March 21, 2009

(Updated March 23, 2009) Several AUBG alumni complained about the culinary presentation of Transnistria, an unrecognized self-proclaimed state within the Republic of Moldova, during the International Taste Fest on February 21. AUBG Administration said student Maria Droganova, who led the Transnistrian cooking team, applied for funding as part of the Russian delegation.

University to bridge salary gap
Grade, discipline and market influence pay
Jelena Vicic
February 15, 2009

Two years after Bulgaria's accession to the European Union (EU), AUBG still pays expatriate and local faculty differently. Nevertheless, the AUBG Compensation Committee is working on the reduction of the gap between the salaries, Provost Ann Ferren said.