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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

OF GRADUATES AND GRADUATION
ASMARA UNIVERSITY
MESSAGE FROM A/DEAN OF AGRICULTURE
AND AQUATIC SCIENCE
MARINE BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES DAY DEGREE
THE RATIONAL MOSTLY WONDERS ABOUT
EDUCATION
PLANT SCIENCE DAY DEGREE
ARE YOU GENIUS
THE LATE YOSIEF TECLE
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DAY DEGREE
THE EVENING OF 5th OF JULY ON THE PARK
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MESSAGE FROM DEAN OF COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
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JUST FOR FUN

BIOLOGY DAY DEGREE
GRADUATION: WHAT IS IT
DRY OASIS
CHEMISTRY DAY DEGREE
FOUR YEARS OF CAMPUS LIFE
TO BE A TEACHER
MATHEMATICS DAY DEGREE
JUST FOR FUN
CHILLED GUILT
PHYSICS DAY DEGREE
COMIC STRIPS
LIFE IN THE UNIVERSITY
FALLACY
MESSAGE FROM A/DEAN OF COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
ACCOUNTING DAY DEGREE
W O D BYE DORMITORY LIFE
WHAT IS LOVE?
ACCOUNTING EVENING DEGREE
ACCOUNTING EVENING DIPLOMA
ECONOMICS DAY DEGREE
ECONOMICS EVEMNG DEGREE
BOSS OR LEADER i -

MANAGEMENT DAY DEGREE

MANAGMENT EVENING DEGREE
MANAGEMENT EVENJNG DIPLOMA
A PLACE CALLED UNIVERSITY
THE PHOENICIANS WERE THE FATHER
OF LATIN ALPHABETS
MESSAGE FROM DEAN OF COLLEGE OF ARTS
AND LANGUAGE STUDIES
ENGLISH DAY DEGREE
BID GOODBYE
GREETINGS
LAW DAY DIPLOMA
YOU TOMMORROW
AN INTERVIEW WITH A BLIND STUDENT
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
What would you pay for people who helped you when you're highly in need of
help and co-operalion. Money, gold, wealth . . .'?We don't think so. These might not
pay your debt amply (abundantly). You need to reward them the precious things you
possess in this world, GRATITUDE.
The committee, thus, would like to acknowledge its profound appreciation to
Ato Abraham Tecle, Department of student's Service, together with some members of
the university, for setting up this Bulletin committee and facilitating things greatly
helped to raise enough fund for publishing this bulletin.
Equally we would like to thank Miss Gillan Floren from department of English
for her valuable advice and cooperation in editing the writings.
Finally great appreciation goes to the different organizations & Companies,
which were willing to advertise their commodities in our bulletin, and' to Ericom 2000
Computer Center, Which typed the first draft of this bulletin.

Editorial Committee
 Editorial
At long last after negotiating the seemingly interminable and tortuous path
fraught with many lunds of difficulties, we are now at the end of one part of our
p i n e y . We are, as ~t were, at a crossroads that signals the end of' one part of our
puiney and beginning of another. All the long sleepless hours of studies, the exams,
the class presentations, the paper work, the library work, the GPA's, the life wlthin and
without dormitories, and the cafeteria and its foods-all this is now history. At last the
day has come, the 'dream' day, the day of gowns and mortar-boards, and great
celebrations Congratulations!
We must remember that we the graduates of the year 199511996 are special.
We are special in two respects: firstly, we are the first people to start and finish our
studies wholly during the post-liberation period, and secondly, we are the largest group
in s i ~ since
e 'liberation'. In view of this, therefore, we are the first people to have the
chance to be the first product of the nation's single university And what this impl~esLS
that we are the people who owe most to the 'land' for the land has provided us with aLl
the resources and means at its d~sposalto see us become not just educated people but
also responsible and worthy citizens.
Needless to say, therefore, that the life to come is going to be more arduous
~ n dmore challenging for us for we canno1 la1 to l ~ v eup to the expectation of the
country - a country which is st111 suffering from poverty, the after-effects of war, and
illiteracy. Yet once we sincerely have set ourselves to this tremendous task both our
future and the future of the country will havc been determined and our life will have
become very meanmgful.

Once again we congratulate

you on your successes and
wish you a happy life.

The Bulletin Committee.

 Message from the President
In congmtulating the 1995/96 graduatmg dass 3 take special pleasure and pride
to note that you are the largest graduating ckdss the university has ever had since
independmce. This ycal the university is presenting thc nation with more than 500
graduates and it is my sincere hope that thls 1s an Indication of not only the quantitabvc
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but als,o qualitative changes that are occuring at the university.

The'seal wealth of a nation is its people both men and women and true
devclopment can cinly be achieved by ~nvcsting.in himan capital and in creating an
enabling cnvlronment tor people to enjoy, productivi,~yand health lives. The nation has
mvestcd a great deal on you a& has provided you with appropriiuc knowledge,md
skills. "Much will be required from whom much is given" ,~eedlessto say that from
such large graduating class much will be expected, I commend you to seize the
oppcrrtunihx that you will be provlded with to mxke a significan~ mark m the
devdopmcnt process of tilts nation
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Llke all your p'redecessors as alumni of this institurYih I urge you to be good
ambassadors and wish you the best of luck in ycjur future life.
 OF GRADUATES AND GRADUATION
Graduation is a very happy occasion. it is a
time when your university formally
acknowledges and recognizes the
successful completion of your studies,
confers upon you its certiiicates of merit,
and with a sense of pride purpose
announces it to the public at large. This is
indeed an occasion lo celebrate with family
members, friends and loved ones, and
thank those who have helped you along the
way.
Despite acute shortages and limitati-ons we
all face in building our university, you have
preserved and worked hard and long to
achieve your goals. You should be very
proud of your accomplishments because
you have earned them the hard way. In the
process, I am sure you have developed a
strong and keen sense of dwipline,
direction, and responsibility . All of these
will contribute towards your professional
and personal growth and development. Yes,
it is time to celebrate.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Graduation is also a time to reflect on and
reminisce about the good and not so good
times you had at the university. You have
learned new things and ideas, hopefully
developed the ability to think critically and
analytically, made friends, encountered
problems and concerns, and at times gotten
very frustrated. T h s is part and parcel of
the learning process. Your experiences here
at the University of Asmara are of
paramount interest to students, faculty and
to the institution as a whole. As alumdae,
you should all see to it that it grows and
excels as the country's center of hgher
learning. It is, incumbent on all of you to
contribute to ensure its relevance and to
help promote its excellence.
By no means does your graduation imply
resignation from university matters andlor
further education. It simply signifies the
end of one phase of your participation and
the beginning of another one, that may be
more proactive. For the benefit of those
who come after you and the overall welfare
of the university, your participation and
advocacy as alum members is encouraged
and expected. Do not hesitate to exercise
this right as you see fit. To ignore it would
be unwise and a negligence of duty.
The very essence of university education is
to produce leaders and productive members
of the society who, through the use of the
acquired knowledge, become full
participants and partners in the
development of the country. At- a time
when the needs of this nation are so
immense, it is important to doubly commit
yourselves to serve the people. After all
you are the beneficiaries of much toil and
sacrifice. To simply state that your country
needs you as a gross understatement. As
you prepare to answer the call of duty, I
wish you good luck, happiness, and
success in life.
Afeworki Asghedom Measho, Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology and senior
Fulbright Scholar
Biology Department, University of
Asmara.
Asmara university, the a b s n c t and the real
The genuine and the invulnerable
Asmara university, the quiet storm;
The real myth
Asmara university, the fear; the puzzlement
The terror, the mirth
Asmara university, the desperate struggle;
The den of success
Asmara university, the old; the forgotten
The prosperous
Asmara university, the ray of hope;
The twilight of desperation
Asmara university, the cradle of ignorance
The scale of wisdom and intellect

Awelkhier Idris
4thyear Economics

The Main Building of Asmara University

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 On the behalf of the mmmuil?? d -k ~ N l s gof AgricuirmE rd
Aquatic Sciences, I congrmlaa ?cu ur xhceemml and at%h

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you success in your future carer.

1 take the opportunity to call on all ~ ~ + % \ z pbh axl p-iva@e

employas to facilitate you employma( or )a in -F&
employment, wherever possible.
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Mohamed Kheir Omer

m a n , C~lTegeof Agriculme and Aquatk Sciences.

- Education makes a people easy lo l@ but difficult to a;

easy to g o v m but
impossible to enslave. zdE-.:& '..+
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Lmd Brougham
- A great obstacle to happiness is lo expea too much h;lpmess.
Fontenelle.
- We are all inclined to judge owselves by our ideals; others, by (heir acts.
Harold Nichasrr
- Courage is not the absence of fear but the concealing of it.
Nelson Mamkh
 MARINE BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES DAY DEGREE

Awet Tewolde Biniam Ghebreyonas Biniam Tseggai

Daniel Habteselassie

Desalegn Asihel

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Esayas Welday Henok Melles Isaac Ghebregziabher Isaac Habte

Millinn Ghirmay Mussie Dawit Mussie Tekle Mussie Tesfahiwet

Tesfom Gheaac Samuel Negassi Semere Haile

Nadia Mahmud
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Simon Tecleab Yebio Ghebretensae as Fessehaye Yonas Eabte

THE RATIONAL MOSTLY WONDERS ABOUT

"Oh! My child," I know great people finish . . .

Uttered the world,
"Here, full of delight,
Take nature, my gift"
When out from the womb, I got.
Life, is it reward or penance?
Blessing or curse?
Poverty or treasure?
Sorrow or pleasure?
Food, clothing, shelter, full,
, I grew up, joined my school,
Acquired knowledge, . . .
covered the brain hole,
7 ' .
In society, played my role,
"Oh! This would seem . . .
setting the turmoil,"
I said, " Giving satisfaction,
pleasing my soul?" ..
But, is that all?
1shared my life with my endeared,
To be no longer two but a set,
To be yoked, to beget.
Forty years I aged,
I observed my skin wizened,
Bald and grey, my head,
Even now, not deciphered,
The meaning of life, I never founa.
I'm now sixty,
I know lucky people . . .
stay for seventy,
If because of special . . .
mightness for eighty,
their years like a whisper,
I too am getting . . .
decrepit further.
In a semblance walk . . .
about men,
Suddenly snatched away . . .
by death cyclone,
Life is, but in vain.
Look! Our days are few,
Transpire fast like the dew.
Nature, with all its gift,
Our life, how short!
The only meaning all its gift,
our life, how short!
The only meaning , the ultimate?
Our end? our prospect?
Or it has a mystcry, further.
Oh! Should I quit striving to
know about my future?
No, I have to make for
meaning, the quest,
For this must be the rational
mostly wonders about.
Beniam Tseggai
Department of Marine
Biology and Fisheries
Fourth year
Some staffmembers of Plant Science
 PLANT SCIENCE DAY DEGREE

Abraham Eessehaie Abraham Medhaniesb

Bahlebi Kibreab Biniam Weldeab Biniam Yem;int:

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Dawit Solomon Eden Eessehaie Ermias Adhanom

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Fitsumberhan Goitom

Habtewold Wolday lsaak Yosief Kibrom Emun

 Okbe GIAmlak Ked~etBerhanykun Kezene WHer

Sami Omer Senait GIAifa

radese Yonannes Tedros Amine Teklay Reda

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Tesfalem Sebhatu

r es~amcnaelHintsa Matewos
L I I I I ~ ~ ~ Tsehaye Zeru
 Y osief Asghedom

Are you Genius?

1) While Bill was walking with his dog, he met his mother-in-law's only daughter husband's
son. What relation was this person to Bill?
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2) Ann has the same number of sisters as she has brothers, but her brother John has mice as
many sisters as he has brothers. How many boys and how many girls are in the family?

Source: Reader's Digest. Januaq 1992.

Adapted by: Khalid A&
Look at the answer's an page 37_:. .
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 Some
staffmembers of
Soil and Water '
Conservation

The late Yosief Tecle

He was born on the 8" of February

1972, in Dekemhare, Akeleguzai. He
attended his elementary, junior and high
school class in Dekemehare.
After liberation he joined the
J-o~iefTxle is a symbol to his Nation, and
University of Asmara in 1991192
Academic year. He was doing Soil and ptiiularly to hisfellow batch mates.
Water Conservation when he martyred, on We, the 1995196 graduates convey
December 1993 in the National Sm%x our deep cor~dolence.
Programme, in Barentu.
By: Teclu Kidane
Soil and Water Conservation

ON "LIFE"
Of I hear of life, But gone are dead,
They say it is balancing; Nude to "Life's" end,
On the edge of knife, Are they imprisoned in the snoring wind
Full of joy, love, lament and _mief, Or sunk in the vast oceans;
Being a life passes "Life". Or lost in the sand?
Or is that it? Or detained in No-Man's-Land?
Or is that it?
Desertng you in no place
Neither leaving any trace Bell will toll for some
Long does it seem, In times to come,
Yet, ends like a dream, To fare well home
Death p p s the brim. Never to let them still
Or is that it? Living on the lively hill.
Or is that it?
Some live long,
Others are not strong. That is the way:
Rest is so blunt, of this world;
To quit it in the midest If we, so don't m n d
Deserting all the quest. And take no heed
Or is that it? Wedle-ofthis\tLr, Y . m d
For the earth is r ~ 1 -
B! F . 3 lrkinstab

SWC IV
 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DAY DEGREE

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Abraham Berhe Abraham Mahary Amanuel Fessehaye Amanuel isehay

4-..--nuel Asrat .-a an Mesfii

Asmerom Fissehatsion Biniam Iyob Daniel Yohannes

Eyob Habte Idu Tesfamichael

 Isayas Haila
Getachew Teklay Haben Asgedom

Isaac GISelassie
Mehari Zewde

Michael Berhane Mulugeta Shibeshi

 Teklu Tewoldebrhan 1 esralem Teclealfa lasratsion Zere

Tewolde Andemariam Thomas Asfaha'

Yohannes Fitwi Yohannes Habte Yonas Beyene

Yosief Tesfahiwot
Yosief W/ Michael

"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."

Richard Moss
By: Ykuno Ghirmay
3rdyear, soil and water conservation
 '

The Evening of 5thof July on the Park

I was sitting in a beautiful park. It
was night but a bright moon illuminated
everything. The park was full of flowers
and fruit trees of many types.
I started to walk, moving toward
the flowers. Their beautiful colors attracted
me as well as butterflies; which were
oblivious to their beauty.
The strong scent of the flowers
relaxed my body; I felt though I was falling
in love. I surrendered, yielding the spell of
the flowers. I felt them with my fingers,
their fine. smoothness, the smell, the sight
and the feeling of that moon-lit evening
made me madly happy and appreciate the
coming day, the day of my graduation.
When the wind moved,the flowers
seemed to dance and bow in my mind
honour, congratulating me. The flowas' Dzp. of Soil B water conservation4&year.
On behalf of the academic and non academic personnel of the
Collage of Science. and on my own behalf, I would like to
congratulate all the graduates of 1996, and wish all of them success
in their future efforts to serve the community, whch has Invested so
much in them. and in thier efforts to success in life and in their
professions.

Chebrebrhan OGgbaz$i, PhD

Dean. Colkze of Science

Just For Fun

There was a very cautious man
Who never remped
Or never planted
He never smoked
He never drank
Or even kissed a maid
The day he passed away
His insurance was denied.
For since he never lived
They claimed he never died.

By: Daniel Tsegay

4fhYear, Economics.
 BIOLOGY DAY DEGREE

Andemeariam Teclai Asmerom Araia Beniam Tesfay Betiel Fisehazion

flereket Seltene Endrias Haileab Ermias ~ h e b r e a b " ~ Ermias Menghisteab

Eyob Berehane r mum Ogbarnicael Ghirmay Keleta

Haddish Gebrekirstos Helen Fekadu Kifleyesus Ghebreab

Mussie Habte Mussie Fekadu Negusse Maekele

 -- Solomon!
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Yohannes Bein

Just For Fun

Freshman: "What11we do tonight?" .. . \ - \

Sophomore: " We Will toss a coin.If it is head, we will get dates, it is tail, we g~ l,@e
movie, if it on e d g we~ w it study."
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Source: Teacher's T v d Wes

Adapted by !hdxEstadnos
n'year, ILS
 Graduation: What is it?
When a student is about to
graduate after years of academic turmoil
and perhaps suffering, all hopes are
suddenly raised high. The student, his
parents, relatives and friends view
graduation as the culmination of years of
arduous work and sacrifice as well as the
realization of a life - long dream. This is
the moment to start to reap what was sown.
However, while graduation may be
the cdmination of years of committed work
by the students and emotional and other
kinds of support by kith and kin, it may not
necessarily be the realization of a life-long
dream. Many students dream, in the course
of their educational careers of great things
when they finish. Unfortunately, life is
never a linear calculus but so skewed that
frequently one's dream are never realized.
A person's failures to realize his dreams
may tempt him to apportion blame to
anybody who appears blamable. Some
people even blame the educational system
or society at large.
This article is to try to proviue
some kind of shock adsorbed to help the
student cope with the myriad post -
graduation problems. If a person senses
that his life - long dream has turned out to
be unreachable, he need not stick to it; it
has become an unrealizable and wild
dream. Let him switch easily to a new
dream. There are so many other dreams
and opportunities one can pursue.
Flexibility should the catch-word. And, For
the sake of Godness, please blame no one
for any failure because upon proper
scrutiny, no one has actually contributed to
mishap.
With this simple advice, I hope the
graduating student is able to easily cope
with post-graduation problems and the
outside life. I wish you all every bit of good
luck in your new life.
Dr. Aggrey 0.Oyat
Asst. Prof. and head of political
Science Unit.
Photographing Sub committee
Fitsum Ogba Michael(Chairman)
Teklehaimanot WISellasie
Issak Habte
Filmon Mihretab
Negash Atta

Drv Oasis
Amidst the night
Chaos suffocated the moon,
To and fro shadowed the dim light
And the black voice of silence conquered
mn.
Even the ants marched dispersedly
And confused;
Souls ran desperately
And multifaceted.
Hungry bellyf empty notion
Met in unity.
Mercy lost its kingdom,
When immoral justice was considered bouny
IIhe paws fished the hut
cant. from page A T SO
most was knowing that these books on
different areas of knowledge existed and
were, indeed, within easy reach of me.
Indeed, if I were to be asked "What would
you like to learn in a university?" my
answer would be "I like to learn how to
search for books in different fields of
knowledge in the library or I like to learn
how to End your way in and out of the
Some staffmembers
of Chemistry
But found bone & skin
The cry outraged the sky of saint,
While the cherub descending
conscience prison.
Oh, what if the stomach commend to function
While the soul ceased to dream!
wherefore the lion lost emotion
While he vowed for them.
The deer came out of h c
But found none of its folks
Solemnly cried in a rage,
Wherethereis ahugofthewQhier
(By: Filmon G/gbQ,
a
library, how to use the catal-
and call numbers, and how to dig lu
discover books on your own Ward, I
would really appreciate it if we uxze m Lt
examined on ways of using t k i i b q pr
getting the right books and ' '
more than anything else.
Ibrahim A k h d m a m A6
Department ofEa@&
 CHEMISTRY DAY DEGREE

Amanuel Habtemariam

Aron Hailemichael Benhur Ogbay Efrem Afeworki

Ghenet Kidanemariam Mathewos ~eldeslas;;

A..eseret Cheffena Mohammed Mustofa Musa Mohammed

Negash Atta Petros Menghis

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FOUR YEARS OF CAMPUS LIFE

When I arrived at the campus
Wanting to know better than I possessed
I was alone without a friend
To step forward, to look ahead.
The social life I had to face.
The real path I had to trace
My ambition to get success
Warned me more than I could guess.
Every hour after that day
Taught me something for everyday
And helped me to get my way
So I adapted to the campus life
and chose a friend so that I might
Get success or just survive
I chose a friend to light the dark
To do away with all bad luck.
I chose a friend to share my joy
to settle me when unmoved.
After a few years in the campus
The day arrives that we should pass
The day arrives. . . . . .
To say good bye to each other
Wishing the best for the future
Bit in my heart there is sorrow
When I say "Bye," and not hello
I feel sorry, 'cause I don't know
What will happen tomorrow.
Samson Mehari
Depr. of Soil and Water Conservation
4thYear.
 Some of Mathematics -
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TO BE A TEACHER

A teacher is like a candle burning Always it is to argue with srPcLcrls

I hear people say; And quarreling;
Who takes the intiative lead To shout again and again,
And shows the way. And fighting.
But remains stuck "Hey. You a1 the back!' s
At one spot; Frequert..tXy;
Having no life change "Would you please shut ycwrm
Throughout. mouth! ??" repealsw-
If fie teacher is lucky
To me their saying is valid m y just keep quiet;
And quite true; Till he or she starts
As it is to say two and two make four To write.
And the sky is blue.

Indeed the life of a teacher

Is m8notonous;
whose monthly salary
Bnngs no changes.
It 1s not worth his
Endeavour:
Though he or she is really
A hardworker.
 MATHEMATICS DAY DEGREE

~ I Afeworki
U Amanuel Habte

Araya Beraki Azieb Hagos Biemnet Fessehaie

Daniel Tewelde Daniel Welday Dawit Tsegay

Fikremariam Yacob

Fitsum Yebio Ghebreyesus Asefaw Hab--. Woldemichael

 Hagos Tewolde

Jemal Saleh

Lu'ula Ghebxmedhin

Nassw Mohammed Jemal

Petros Zekarias
 Samson Negassi Sellas Habte

Siham Mukhtar Simon Yemtme Tedros Misghina

leme 1 esfagaber

Temesghen Belay Tesfu Baraki Tesfu Nega Yebio Hadgu

Yemane Mehari Yosief Tekie Yoseph Estifanos Yosief Tesfay

 Zerai Ghebretensae
1) Wear your learning, like your watch, in
a private pocket. Don't pull it out
merely to show that you have one. if
asked what O'clock it is, tell it; but
don't proclaim it hourly and unasked,
like the watchman.
" Chesterfield
By: Ghirmay Ghebremussie
IV year, Department of
Economics & Finance 1996
Just for ftm!
2) Aeollegestudenttookexamsinsix
subjects andreceivedfiveFsandone
D. So the dean of stuck@ ~ l l l l l l ~ ~ l e d
him to his office a& asked, "Why did
you get five FsT Tbe stndeatq&d,
. "3-Iwas-onone
subject-"
 Some staffmembers of Physics

Members of fund-
raising sub-committee
I. Habtom W/Micheal
2, Daniel Beyene
3. Awelkier Idris

CHILLED GUILT

The caravan was passing
When I redeemed;
Devil things used to dance around me
But now virtue reigned
My black sin
washed away through the black salvation,
And yet I turned to a deadly soul sinner
Who has no solution.
While I am belly full And warm,
I hardly thought of the roofless hut and him.
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Wide but weak eyes Are seen inside the cottage
Waiting for somebody to descend.
Oh, simulation dominated my courage
And kept my head up-ward!
Still the wave of cry was ringing,
Invading the silence of my conscience.
But I was grinning
Trying to. . .
Trying to cry out in muteness
Filmon Glghi
PHYSICS DAY DEGREE

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 Comic Strips

1) Teacher: " Give me the future of 'marry"'

Pupil: " Divorce"

2) Teacher: "Michael, if the earth is round,

why don't we fall off?"
Michael: "The law of gravity, sir."
Teacher: " Correct."
Michael: " But sir, what happened before
the law was passed?"
Source: Magazine of the college of commerce
(1990-91) Addis Ababa.
By: Arnan Fessehaye
4& Year ELS

Students in the cafeteria

 LlFE IN THE UNIVERSITY
I joined Asmara university in
September 1991 after passing the
entrance exam which was conducted
almost immediately following the
independence of Eritrea-two or three
months after the liberation of the
country. The exam wkch was a
substitute for Etbiop13LI)
matriculation exam for the UN7r-eZjty.
was a hurriedly done or prepared piece
of work, conducted so that the one and
only Eritrean university might not be
closed and be without students
following the independence of the
country. Formerly, before joining the
university my idea of a university was
that of an institution in which
formidable people with formidable
brains study day and night and pass
difficult exams and learn and think a lot
(you know, the sort of people way
ahead of the average) . Therefore.
naturally, when I started studying at
the university, I was very afraid and
unsure of whether I would be able to
pass the exams and be successful.
However, things have not been bad for
me for I have been able to survive the
four years of study at the university or
to be exact the eight semesters.
However, for all that, I have not been
happy with the university life for apart
from the social and friendly relations
you develop with people from different
backgrounds little can be said in the
way of the exams, teachers or
instructors, and learning experiences.
The one thing I enjoyed in my
university experience has been the
social life. You meet with different
people from different family and social
backgrounds and work together and
share your experiences with them.
Different people from different ethnic
groups and with different religions
work and study together and have fun
together in the little time they are able
to spare. This was especially true
during rh h -pc1of my collage life
for in tbat prdod I hgd in a dorm with
other m s i s m a 11 my home (in 1991
5-nfi inwit ha& , h a r a and other
pars ii t i k wme allowed to
&I-c k k u e tbe number of
sxmckms w tk following
!car d of us bring in Asmara
hdtolsarrtkplaceforthasecoming
fiom the towns and vdkges). Sleeping
m the same room with some of your
classmates together, telling jokes and
stories, and caring for your room-mates
were the things you never forget in
your life when they happened during
the time of anxiety, fear, and
nervousness about the exams and
teachers, when you are wondering if
you would still be studying there (in the
university ) by the next semester.
When, however, I think about
the exams that I have passed through ,
I am never quite happy about them. In
a nutshell , I can say that the exams
were and still are not adminisreTed
with a view to measuring the students
knowledge and learning experiences;
rather they measured the stndents
memorization skill. The parrots or
students who can IlKnroriae their
learning materials v- get the best
grades. Questions in the srams are of a
fill-in, multiplechoice, or explaiu types.
Even those that require a shart essay
type answer from the stodents negr6re
the cramming of facts by tbe s m b t to
answer them. Questions of big&
degree like how,
predict, justify,. apply, or rPbe a E
8
-
your own experiences, d so a at
only rarely asked evm by &
courses that are c o d
teaching like the Edwatimm
Therefore, in a number of iml+-am I
have seen many people crr smkzas
were really bright, who did a Pot d
reading, and who had a goad
 Fallacy

In us are the autumns,

And springs within us;
All winters and summers aren't
Feral Nature's feoffal curse.

What's there in a day,

Or, a day, a life?
An Autumnal ripe,
Or a wintry strife?

A May Day - a day may;

May passes in swing;
Sheer shadows are they -
In mind's ordained sway;
Them, in our lives,
Lovingly we sing.

Dr. Rathin Bhattacharjee

 Dear Graduates,

It is a pleasure to congratulate you for your successful

university study accomplishment. . . . .You are expected to face
all sorts of development challenges and I hope that the
knowledge you acquired at the university will be instrumental in
solving them successfully.
On behalf of the college of bussiness and Economics I wish you
all thc bcst and success in all your endeeavours.

Awet N'Hafash !!
Mehari Tewolde A/Dean of the collage of bisiness and
Economics

Some staffmembers of Accunting

Answers for questions on page 12.

Answers
1)His son
2) Four girls and three boys.
 ACCOUNTING DAY DEGREE

Abiel Alem h a n u e l Kassa

B-.,-n Iyasu Biniam Kahsu

Brhane Fes- uaniel Beyene Daniel Tesfamariam

Dawit H a y e h Dawit Tecle Ermias Yohannes

Eyob N e e Wshatsion Fetwi Fitsum Ghidey Ghenet Ocube

 Habtom Weldemichael Hana Gebrebrhan Isayas Hayelom

-
Iyassu Yohannes Kemal Johar Kubrom Abraha Mathewos Zeru

Mogos Yakob
Mohammednur Nurhussen Michael Afeworki Michael Fishazion

Kussom Kebedom Semere Zere Sewit Bereketab

Senait B eiene Suleman Adem Ykealo Yohannes Yohannes Tsegai

Yonas Alem Yosief Hailemichael Zegergish Tsegai
 Students in a dormitory
Goodbve dormitorv life
Five years ago my dormitory life began
To shoot the target and to win
To start a new life of one's own.
Departed from family and friends
To have new brothers and sisters
To act as children of one family
To pass through busy life
Full of tragedy and comedy
Dormitory life is full of complexities
Comprising thousands of behaviours
One group plays and the other dances
One jokes, the other shouts
One pub off the lights while the other studies
Still another sleeps and dreams
Particularly during exams
To escape from being victims
not to be taken by the storms
"Please wake me up after half an hour.
I have a lot to cover," one begs.
To become one of the "nocturnals"
To be active during the nights
To score good grades or at least to pass
"Please don't disturb us" one says.
"You may go to the 'spacg," the other replies
All these characters
The dormitory serves.
Now the departure comes
After struggling for five years
To leave dormitory life
To say "Goodbye dormitory life."
Goodbye dormitory life.
By - Yohannes Habte
Department of Soil and Water Conservation
(Year IV)
If there is a more frequently misused word blue velvet ox blue steel. Love may ask me

which commits me to wha@ver is best for

the one I love. Love moves me to say, to
do, wZl&ve;r the one loved needs, Love
may ask me to be tough or W r , to be
 ACCOUNTING EVENING DEGREE

Senalt Habte

Tsigab Beyene Yordanos Tsegai Wasie Ahrned

Students in a library
Elias Ablei Fiipos Afewerki Genet Tesfay

Kaleb Tekehawariat Mesret Tesfagiorgis Menal Omer

,,,,medhin Michael Abraha Saba Bereket

Solomon Yemane Solomon Y igzaw

 Tsega Esiet
Leake Alazar Yosief Temelso
cant. from page H&7
knowledge of things in the world but who
got F or totally got dismissed from the
university simply because they failed to
memorize or recite the handout materials
given to them by their teachers. Similarly,
many weaker students passed the exams
by getting higher grades just because they
are good at cramming facts into their
heads-facts which would never remain in
their heads for more than two weeks.
Closely related to this problem is
the problem with the teachers. There were
and still are some teachers who do not
test the students slulls appropriately. That
is, some teachers through bias evaluate
their students unfairly. They regard as
their favourites students who got good
grades in the past and who may appear to
them to be active in the class and tend to
give good grades to them even when you
know that they have not worked as well as
you have. I have known quite a few of
students who had better knowledge and
who were sharper than the students the
teacher appreciated but who were crushed
down below simply because they were not
known in the class. So sometimes, I must
say, you get the feeling that you are not
going to get good grades even when you
are 95 % sure that you have done well
because the teacher does not include you
in the circle of his so-called bright-sparks.
Tseghana Ghebregherghis
Apart from all these, I also cannot
help asking myself questions regarding
the things we learned in the past in the
university and the immediate and
recurring answer that comes forth from
my mind is "nothing". I sometimes feel
that the past 4 years of my life in the
university has been a waste because I
cannot say that I have learned anything
new of significance. Apart from learning
how to memorize course materials by
heart which I forget so soon following the
termination of the exam, I do not feel that
I have learned anything substantial from
any course.
Of all the things in the University
life, the most worthwhile things that I can
say I have learned were going to the
central library and searching and reading
books that interest me. During the past 4
years I have known how and where to find
the encyclopedias,biographical
dictionaries, dictionaries of philosophy
and literature and a lot of other reference
books in addition to novels, historical and
sociological books, and other course-
related books. The one thing which I can
say, changed my life . . .
Continued on p a g e s ' 29
Some staffmembers
of Economics
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 Fund Raising Sub-uommitee

1. Russom Kebedom 7. Beniarn GIYonas 13. Ermias Mengstab

2. Ermias Yohannes 8. Fikadu TMichael 14. Fikremariam Yacob
3. GebrebrhanMihretab 9. Tesfalem Sebhatu 15. Gebreyesus Asfaw
4. Genet Kidanemariam 10. Yonatan Haile 16. Yebio Hadgu
5. Belay Habtegebriel I I. Samuel WMichael 17. Asmeret Asfaw
6. Abraham Desale 12. Andegiorgis Eyassu (Secretary of the
coordinating committee)

Students at sports activity

Jos '96
 ECONOMICS DAY DEGREE

Abraham Menassie -_8rahamTesfay

-- -

Awelkier Idris Awet Gebremichaell Bariaghabr Tesfatsion

Daniel Tsegai Daniel Tecle Dawit Embaye

Fessaha ~ a h s a i Filimon Ghebrezghi Fitwi Ghezai

-
Ghirmay Ghebremussie Ghebreberhan Mehretab Goitom Habtom Hanna Fessehazion
Henok Tseghe lbrahim Idris nansay ~ h e b r e h i w z

Kiros Tadesse Mebrat Haile Medhanie G h m a y

Negassi Paulos Samson Berehane Samuel Isaac Sium Solomon

I

Sultan Fessehaye sol or nor^ Binga Solomon Berhe

Terhas Tecle Tsehai Afwerki Yodit Zemedberhan

 Zecarias Kidane Zekarias Kidaue
Mebrahtu Weldemariam

lsayas Tekle *,

"There are two types of people - those

who come into a room and say, 7

"Well here I am! " and

' J

those who say,

" Ah, there you are!"
Source: Readers Digest '94
Hana Fessehazion
41h year Economics Department

ECONOMICS EVENING DEGREE

Fitsum Ghebreweldi
 If there be righteousness in the heart
There will be beauty in the character
If there be beauty in the character
There will be harmony in the home
If there be harmony in the home
There will be order in the nation
K there be order in the nation
There will be peace in the world

Chinese Proverbs
Okbay Fkadr,
FLS 4'h year

I
it,
CS
fi
 Some staffmembers of Mangement

w
The boss uses "I", the leader uses "We".
The boss creates fear, the leader inspires trust.
The boss knows how, the leader shows how.
The boss orders, the leader acts.
The boss relies on his authority to get things done,
the leader relies on cooperation to get things done.
The boss provokes resentment, the leader fires enthusiasm

Source: Views and News

ATTI BHOPL MONTHLY BULLETIN
Adapted by: Fisseha Tesfai
IV year, plant science.
 MANAGEMENT DAY DEGREE

Amanuel Araya

- -
Afewerki Weldernichael &deghiorgis Eyasu Beyene Tewolde Daniel Debesay

Daniel Kiros Daniel Solomon Ghebrelu'ul Hailom

Kibreab Habteselassie

Kubrom Tekie Mekonnen Habte Mulugheta Weldemariam Mogos Beede

60
 Samuel Mehari Samson Asmare Tewodros Haile
Naizghi

-
Tedros Haile Tesfay Tewolde Tewolde Kahsay r o a d n e s Ghirmay
Tesfatsion

Yohannes Yosief Yosief Abraha

Singular or plural?
?
.

Teacher: Is "trousers" plural or singular?

Student: At the top i$ singular, but at the bottom it is plural.

By Efrem Ghidey
ILS
 MANAGEMENT EVENING DEGREE

Amanuel Aklilu Lilay Dawit Suim Ghebrehiwet Leake

Tsehaynesh ~ i d a n i Tesfamichael Berhane

Our life is what our thought make it.

Marcus Aurelius

By: Ykuno Ghirmay

3rdyear, soil and water conservation

MANAGEMNET EVENING DIPLOMA

'1/
Ii? ;

Abraham Haile Almaz Abbay Medhanit Assefaw Michael Ghebreyesus

Temesgen Alemayoh Temesgen Berehane Tewolde Ghebrekidan Yemane Kefela Yosief Abraha
62
 A PmCE C A m D U N I ~ E W ~ I T ~
Dialogue between Dawit and Salma
Dawit: Salma, how would you define a Dawit:
university?
Salma: I guess it is a place where one
learns, that is, attempts to
understand self and others, and
accepts one's mistakes and
learns from them, too.
Salma:
Dawit: That sounds philosophical. I
thought a university was a
place where clever students
enrolled in order to be conferred
a degree to certify their
cleverness.
Salma, don't be d~fficult.We
joined the University and you
were assigned social science, I
to the science faculty, though I
don't yet understand why. I
studied chemistry and you
management.
You are right. What we have
becomes is not what we really
wanted but it was the only
opportunity we had. Remember,
most of our friends did not ever
get the chance to join the
university !

Salma: There is a grain of truth to what
you are saying. However the degree
is supposed to be a symbol of
knowledge-meaning responsibility,
commitment, honesty, creativity,
justice, etc., etc.
Dawit: Salma, I am not sure what you
are saying. I always thought
that while in a university the
thing to do was earn passing
grades, not to be responsible,
honest and all the other things
you said. By the way, are there
courses that teach
responsibility'?
Salma: I see where you are failing,
Dawit. A university is like a
marketplace where you meet all
kinds of people, from all walks
of life, who affect your life in
many ways.
Dawit: I am not sure, Salma, whether
as the result of these four years
we have become any different
from them in the areas you
mentioned earlier.
Salma: Well, I guess the fact that we
are discussing the issue
suggests at least we have had
some change of attitude towards
life.
Dawit: Thank you, Salma. I guess I
sense some of what you are
saying. My feeling is. now that
we have the degree we might
seriously start afresh to thmk
and reason. After all, we will
not be graded anymore.
By Dr. Fesseha Haile
Education Programme.
April, 1996.

Development of The Alphabet
Read across to see how a Latin
Alphabet grew out of that invented in
the Fertile Crescent.
Source: Story Nation by Rogers, Adarns and Brown New York. Henry and Company,
1952 page 58
The Phoenicians were the father of
Latin ~lphabets.
Phoenician businessmen had not time
for fine literature but they needed a
system of writing to make out business
orders and bill of sale. The
hieroglyphies of the Egyptians and the
cuneiform writing of Babylonia took
too much time. Historical research has
discovered that the first idea for a
simple alphabet probably came from
one of the tribe living near phoenicia.
The phoenician businessmen knew a
good thing when they saw it. They
took over their neighbour9s idea and
made it their own. Since they were the
only people whose trading took them
all over the western Mediterranean,
their alphabet was the first to be widely
introduced into Europe.
At first the Greek distrusted the queer
block marks on paper, fearing that they
might be some charm to bring bad luck.
But gradually the mistrust disappeared.
Finally the phoenician alphabet and
adapted into their own use. They
handed it on to the Romans and to the
peoples of western Europe, who in turn
pass it on to us. Thus the course of
civilization moved westward as the
phoenician ships carried this cargoes to
ports farther and farther away from the
eastern Mediterranean. That is the
reason this article is written in the
simple letters of the so-called
phoenician alphabet instead of in
hoerpglyphies or cueiform writing.
Hassen Ali
Department of E n g h h
 Congratulations on this very important landmark in you life.

You are standing at the threshold of the future. The education

that you have achieved todate is key element of success that
you have had. It is also the preparation uhich will allow you
to move on to future success. You, the 1996 graduates of
Asmara university, will go on to become tomorrow's leaders.

Congratulations!!!

Dr. Seth I. Nyagava

Dean, College of Arts and Language Studies

The conversation of the old and the young

ends generally with contempt or pity on
either side.

Samuel Johnson
By Haben Asghedom

Some staffmembers of English

 ENGLISH DAY DEGREE

Abel Medhanie Aman Fessehaye Amanuel Goitom

~sauretsionEyassu Daniel Gebreselassie Daniel Michael Daniel Tesfay

Ekem Ghidey Efrem Tsegai Esaw Araia Feven Negusse

%&hy Mehreteab Goitom Bissirat Haile Weldetnsae

nenok Nerayo lbrahim Abdurahman Jemal M. T a k e

Hassen Ali
 cgeat Tsegay
!ij 2

- - Samuel Esaias
 Bid Good-bve On iLs way.
As winged time Time to sever
Slowly passes by; counter-directions to stride;
Day replacing the night One to the left
And night the day; leaving the other a~ide.
It becomes inevitable, - All the good times away-ch
Sighing - to bid good-bye. Only memory, the ghost, re
Four full long years,
Gone as the shadows flee; " ",m:,,; .
Dwelling I on you, A tumbling kaleidoscope; ..
And you on me: Exciting reveries
Ithesoul ' .r -
Full of promising hope. , , lI _ , * -,#L
' 5q&- I
>

While you the body A ghost that renllnds me y: z.+7.3- I,

7'
I was sent to you you werP1. . . ,
Z
1

-. 4
for an errand; I My future, .- I - (- .-
. .. ,..
To collect something My destiny; ~ .--:
~ , .~ .,~. :~, , .

precious - an emerald
And so I did!
Thus you made a stunted peacock
of me, puffed-up with pride.
But now. . . My knowledge,
Forsaking all this the past , -: Asnlara university.
. - . The.soul and the body are
"
~ unowt time to sever,
Time to raise hands
to the sky;
Time to bid farewell
Time to wave good-bye.

By Robel Teklay
4' year FLS
Aszmara Universitv
 Editorial Sub-committee

A b e ~ (editor ~ -~in - echief)

Ibrahim Abdurahrnan
Ogbay Pekadu
Essm d a .
PtlicWS.'@~rnedin
SamiiS~F2k~5as

Coordinating sub-committee
Goitom Bisrat (Chair person of the coordinating committee)

Greetings

Not od' once

either 'twice So let it be for you
Nor Thrice Babe, innumerable times
Let it be For they are greetings
Innumerable times Of the heart, not of the mind
",
Babe. Found deeply, deeply
For you, babe! Sealed in the heart
Innumerable times Not by man-made words
To present you Words attached on the edge
Warmest and heartfelt Of lips, and easily removed
Greetings-greetings from a By tip of the tongue,
Far. . . far distant place But by the boundless language
That travel from a neglected Of the heart.
And abandoned compound
Enclosed by armed guards. Goitom Bissirat
 Adem Abdulweha Ale: ler Gebrekristos

Uawt Solomon a Adam Habto tihebregzlabrher * '' j- = tihezae Hagos

Futsum Tesfatsion Medhanie Habtezghi Mengsteab Haile Ribka Woldu

 Yosief Goitom Yosief Alanar 1

Wesenseghed Hagos

Students in Lounge

71
 You - Tomorrow

Don't forget the sleepless nights, burdened days

health - destroying, restless hours
They're seeds for tomorrow's fruits
You've learned to walk
start to develop a jumping folk
Hold your neck and see the way
To pour milk from hay
You have learned to manage
Take with you words of courage
Be powerful to govern your passion
Be wise to learn from every one
As start may be seen from a deep well
While they can't be seen from top of a mountain
you have learned as little as you can
Measure your life by loss instead of gain
Don't forget the half-dark days
They are the doors for this success
Be yourself, don't imitate others
Imitation never climbed a hill
Greedmess never makes you full
But patience and courage wrough more good thmgs.

Amanuel Asrat
4" year
Soil and Water Conservation Department.
 An Interview with a Blind Student
Haile Woldetensae is a blind graduating student.
He is from the Department of English and handicapped
though he is, he has managed to finish his studies
successfully. I have tried to ask him questions about his
experiences and the problems he encountered in the
University. The following is the record of his speech.
Ibrahim: Haile, you are a student and a blind student at
that. Generally what can you say about your
experiences in the University?
Haile: Well. I should say that the experience1 had in
the University were really very different from
my high school days. Earlier on before I joined
the University, I used to think of.tbe place (the
University) as a kind of 'paradise' where
somebody can carry out his studies or learning
activities without any worry and stress. But I
found that this is not so. Everyone had to study
day and night and think and worry about the
exams. You can imagine what the situation will
be like for a blind student if a non-blind student
had to work, study, wony and fear this much.
Ibral~im: As a blind student in the University what
problems or difficulties have you encountered?
Haile: In a way I must say that one should only talk
about the good things blind people have because
once one starts talking about the problems they
have in the University, one can go on talking for
days on end. But somehow I will try to mention
some things off the top of my head - things
which I consider to be important. Generally, I
should say that we blind people have no
facilities, no Braille book, no specially designed
tape-recorders, no computer-readers, and no
financial allowance with which we can pay the
readers and writers for tlle blind. Tllese I sl~ould
say are just some of the most pressing problems.
Ibrahirn: How did you get over or solve your problems?
Haile: I must say that I as a blind student have been
able to get over all my problems successfully.
Thanks to my classmates whom I have troubled
and bothered times without end during all the
years of my study at the University, I have now
managed to complete my studies. I may be blind
but I have been able to get eyes - the eyes of my
classmates who untiringly helped me in reading
the classroom notes, recording the cassettes and
dictating the notes written in ink when I needed
to transcribe them in Braille texts. I feel I owe
these people a lot although I know that they see
my academic success as their great reward for
all their troubles. But yet I must give them a
thousand thanks.
Ibrahim: What do you think blind people should do to
tackle or solve their problems?
Haile: I just want them to do just what I did. They
should try to be in friendly terms with all people
and especially their classmates. They must also
work very hard since they are in a higher centre
of learning. They should be diligent and
prsevering.
73
Ibrahim: DO you think the University has provided YOU
with enough facilities to carry on your studies?
Haile: Although it has not made any effort to address
the problems of the blind, I do not want to blame
the University. Because you see the University is
just starting to get on its feet; and we're also the
first blind people to study in the University.
True, there are no books or materials or
facilities for the blind , but hopefully in the
future this picture may change. The University
may establish a link with some blind or
handicap institutions or Universities of other
countries and may try to get facilities for the
handicapped fiom there. I believe also the
University may try to consult the blind first-hand
and know or feel their problems and try to do
something about them. In due time the
'primitive' Braille instruments we're using now
may, hopefully, be replaced by modem and
efficient equipment.
Ibrahim: As a blind, successful student how do you feel
now? Are you happy?
Haile: Yes, I'm very happy. Because you see just as the
non-blind have managed to complete their
studies successfully, I, after a lot of difficulties
and trying moments, have finished my studies
successfully. But in a sense, I'm also not fully
happy because outside the educational texts. I
could not read other things - for example,books,
magazines or other reading materials - because
of the shortage of the specially prepared
materials and equipment for the blind.
Ibrahim: Now, how are you going to put into practice the
.knowledge and skills you have got from the
University? Or what job will you take or have in
the future'?
Haile: I Ulink I have already gained a lot of experience
from the teaching I did during my national
service stint and also from the classroom and
other teaching pactices which followed them.
But although I can do' teaching and also other
things that I learned from my courses in the
University like translation and journalism, I still
have not decided what job I shall take yet.
Ibrahim: Lastly, Haile, do you have a word of advice you
want to give?
Haile: Yes, I want to say two things. Firstly, the
University together with the help of some
benefactors, should try to establish a handicap
association - ad association which has a direct
link with other associations in other countries so
that by working jointly with these associations
the problems of the disabled people could at
least be minimized. Secondly, I believe that
those who have the means or those who have the
know-how could get greater contentment if they
channel some of their efforts or resources
towards the help of the disabled people.
Prepared and adapted from a cassette by
Ibrahim Abdurahman Ali.
 Obiectives .-
To undertake any civil,
Electrical & mechanicah-- -
engineering works.
To import consumable sse
parts for industrial building
electrical materials &
equipments.
To act as representatives and
- of over-seas
commision anent
,imanufacturers and suppliers.