The Free Patriotic Movement galvanized a wide-scale
anti-Syrian protest march across the country on March 14
to mark the opening of the "War of Liberation." Meanwhile,
at AUB, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, the Amal Movement,
and Hizbollah staged a crowded sit-in at College Hall to
commemorate the 1978 Israeli incursions into south Lebanon.
In response to this perceived split into traditional east-west
polariazed sectarian protests, the Commoners, No Frontiers,
and the Progressive Youth Organization staged their own
sit-in an hour later, also at College Hall. These three
groups proposed a third camp advocating national unity.
March 14 marks two important anniversaries in the country.
The first is the beginning of former army Commander General
Michel Aoun's 1989 more
Nearly every time someone tells me, " Yes, I will do
something," they end up by not doing it. So it has started
me wondering, does "yes" in Lebanon have a synonym "no,"
considering every time someone says, "yes" their actions
show that they actually had meant to say "no." Once
I asked someone to fix something on the computer; they
told me, "Yes, definitely I will fix it." I actually
saw them sitting down to make the changes, but when
later on I went to check the text I find that, alas,
nothing more
Letter to UniverCity magazine editor
By Samer Toutounji
Dear editor Mr. Feghali, I don't know if you're the
one to address or the whole Lebanese society, but I really
find the magazine UniverCity void of meaning style and
creativity. I didn't want to say professionalism because
maybe the fruit of your concept of professionalism was
this worthless university magazine. I don't know the motives
behind the publishing of such a magazine that addresses
academic youth, but the only motive I could infer from
its publication more
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St. Jude works towards its inauguration
date
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC),
the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,
has launched a fund raising initiative in order to cover operational
expenses. The center has been established in cooperation with
the American University of Beirut. With its two parts the
center is going to start more
AUB ranks first at Dubai Atheltic
Festival
As the athletes gathered at Beirut International airport
in the morning of the first Tuesday in March, each coach was
responsible for counting his team's players. Each university
was distinguished by its colorful uniform: AUB, all dressed
in red track jackets, Balamand in blue uniforms, Lebanese
American University dressed in green suits, and a small delegation
from Haigazian University wearing grey pulloversmore
