Student Groups

When we look at our small community in AUB, anyone of us can easily group the students into three major categories, definitely with some exceptions: the politically active and affiliated members, the involved independents, and the dormant and indifferent members.

The first group, which includes the politically active members of our society have a lot of “noble” issues to work on. However, since each group sees itself as the sole rescuer of this society, they selfishly end up working alone in search for the credit and appreciation behind their effort.

The second group can be labeled as the involved independent members. These members are not active members in the previously mentioned political parties/groups. Although they are very enthusiastic individuals that want to work on issues that pertain to our lives and are ready to fight for a “better life,” they are sometimes unable to function in the current atmosphere that dominates our non-academic lives. Their inability to function can be related to the fact that they are dispersed all over the campus, each one of them like a drop of water in the ocean.

The third group, which refers to a large sector of our community, includes the dormant and indifferent members. These members are not interested in anything anyone attempts to accomplish. They are the free-riders who do not want to be involved however feel free to criticize whatever they come across. Their non-chalent attitude affects the healthy cycle of day to day activities. They avoid politicized activities and refuse to be active. However, one can not blame them for their attitude as

Thus, our real problem lies in this classification and categorization. Even more, if we look at Lebanon as a whole and try to analyze the misfortunes of our society, we would find out that one factor that lead to the deterioration in not only the political system was the diverse stratification in the demographic lines of the society.

For once, let us learn from the mistakes of our society and realize that a united student body would be able to achieve something for the current and coming generations, while our fallacious differences can not.