The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's
leading figure Leila Khaled said Thursday in Mary Dodge
Hall that revolution and patriotism run in the veins of
Palestinian youth. "Blood, homeland, and revolution run
in the veins of our youth," said Khaled, an AUB graduate
who was born in Haifa in 1944 and left Palestine during
the birth of the Jewish state in 1948. Khaled is also a
member of the executive board of the General Union of Palestinian
Women. Sponsored by the Palestinian Cultural Club, Khaled
said that the Palestinian crisis has changed the world as
we know it. She criticized the Arab nations for having a
non-unified political opinion and accused them of receiving
orders from the White House even if they publicly state
that they support the Palestinians in their struggle. "We
used to hear the Arabs say they implore America, and we
beg the Americans," more
Four months ago,
I wrote an article in Outlook under the title ÒCriminal
and CrazyÓ talking about Ariel SharonÕs career as a
military and political leader. There was an apparent
trend in everything Sharon did from 1948 as a 20-year
old in charge of a unit of 120 soldiers, to 1956 in
Sinai, to October 1973, and, of course, to 1982 in Lebanon.
Every time ÒArikÓ Sharon would ignore orders, engage
in useless intense fighting, commit massacres, and end
up with numerous casualties on both sides. The conclusion
I reached is that he would repeat a similar scenario
today in Palestine. more
Lebanon revisited
By Loubna El Amine
I
have been waiting here for ten minutes now. ItÕs around
noon and the sun is at its hardest. IÕm wearing thick
clothes, for the weather has been quite tricky for the
past two weeks. IÕm beginning to sweat. For the hundredth
time now, a cab stops in front of me. I say ÒDown town.Ó
the driver contemplates for a while. The cars behind unleash
their horns and the man, grumbling, moves ahead and leaves
me standing there, trying not to listen to the silly remarks
some men passing throw at me. Finally, a cab agrees to
take me in, after I have proposed to pay LL2,000. more
AUB to regain international standards
with the accreditation process
In an attempt to fulfill the mission statement and to
assure that its students get the best quality of education,
AUB has ventured into a process of self-examination leading
to accreditation. Although AUB is in the third phase of this
process, few students have any idea of what accreditation
means, despite administration efforts to involve students
through communication by e-mail and invitations to participate
in task teams. The students who are familiar with this program
are students who are active in the community life of AUB.
more
Zaher Krayem reveals determination
to stay on court for the next 20 years
Junior biology student Zaher Krayemnarrates his decade
old story with the worldÕs most popular game Zaher Krayem
is a biology student who has been playing soccer ever since
he was eight years old. ÒI started playing in ACS, and like
all kids back then we used to play with bottles and Pepsi
cans when no footballs were available.Ómore
