Book Description
This thesis tells the story of the student movement at the American University o f Beirut with special emphasis on the Student Council. This study will highlight the events of the period between 1967 and 1974 which h ad a major impact on Lebanon in general, and on the AUB in particular. During th is period, two factors combined to energize student activism on the AUB campus i n a special way. One was 1967 War and the second was the rise of the Palestinia n Revolution. The 1971 and 1974 10 % student strike and the occupation of University building s is also covered by this study, as well as the reason and motive of both the ad ministration and the students actions during the course of these strikes. The AUB Student Council after its reestablishment has been viewed as being no mo re than a front for the Palestinian Revolution on campus, but receiving its orde rs from outside, so that its behavior invariably reflected the policy of its sup eriors. In reality, however, the Student Council?s actions, as will be demonstra ted in this thesis, were not always in agreement with the strategy of the PLO or that of its Lebanese allies. One has to keep this fact in mind to understand so me of the key events of the 1974, as will subsequently be shown.
