Universities elections 2009/2010

[Lebanesegirl]

Originally Posted by Armenian

These elections take place in every university, in every single civilised country. Do we want to be civilised or to be like KSA and Iran??

Thank you!!

No ur wrong! The US is a civilized country and there is no political elections in Universities!! These kind of elections are useless in Lebanon! students should focus on studying and not on political parties!! If FPM got the education ministry my advice to them is to ban these kind of elections!

[hiptanaka]

Originally Posted by Lebanesegirl

No ur wrong! The US is a civilized country and there is no political elections in Universities!! These kind of elections are useless in Lebanon! students should focus on studying and not on political parties!! If FPM got the education ministry my advice to them is to ban these kind of elections!

Yeah, and then the Hariri Christians will say it was done to hide their skyrocketing popularity

[The Jade]

Originally Posted by Cyclops

Well let me be honest with you, the opposition in AUB is not doing its best, they can do much better and this what they say after each election... they lack-- MoNeY ($$) and OrGaNiZaTiOn (coordination)--... kil wa7ad fete7 3a 7seibo.

Why do you need money for a students' election ?
What are you gonna spend it on ?

Originally Posted by joseph_lubnan

Universities should ban these dumbass elections.

Joseph, student elections in their essence are crucial, but the way its done in Lebanon is laughable at best.

And here are some questions I would like to ask to the students working under a party's umbrella:

1) What are your detailed programs or should we just vote because you're wearing orange or bear a cross ?
2) What did you achieve of your programs ?
3) What is the program of the opposing team ?
4) Why do you fight for students' rights under a political cover ?
5) Would a pro-opposition SRC be better for the country than a pro-majority one ?
6) Would Hezbollah lay down his weapons if we elected a certain political side ? Would we know the truth about Hariri ? Would there be less corruption ?
7) You as student representatives, what have you got to offer to the students that the others can't ?


8) Are the rights of the students in NDU different than the ones in AUB ?


The student body is supposed to be the strongest in any country, when it becomes politicized, its power of pressuring the government becomes nil, because each side wants to brag about its win, and that's all the politicians care about, and unfortunately, the educated students fall in this trap, again and again.

[>Watani<]

Originally Posted by joseph_lubnan

Universities should ban these dumbass elections.

loool specially at USJ, they doesn't need it. Just simply assigned them!
dumb election law!!!

[Red Phoenix]

i vote banning elections in uni since

1-lebanese are idiots
2-lebanese turn uni elections to political ones
3-always fights break out
4-always the uni is biased
5-and it makes no difference at the end of the day
6-especially that students without this distraction are already barely studying

now if the students win the ability to actually do something, then let them have their elections

but to fight over nothing is not logical

[Lebanesegirl]

Originally Posted by >Watani<

loool specially at USJ, they doesn't need it. Just simply assigned them!
dumb election law!!!

Why FPM agreed to go on with the elections 2eza hek? boycott it! They changed the law for their benefit laken give them the law and the whole election as a gift! FPM ma lezim ye2balo bhek maskhara!! Now if FPM lost the election in USJ they start whining and say " they changed the law and bla bla bla" laken why did they agree to participate in the first place! mech 3ejebon l 2anoun yetla3o mina lal election!

[johnnyFPM]

Originally Posted by The Jade

Why do you need money for a students' election ?
What are you gonna spend it on ?

From experience, you need mony for different reasons.

- Before the elections, printing your brochures and organising events
- Distributing all kinds of gifts and stuff for student
- On the day of the elections call every person that hasn't come to vote yet (I remember we were all on units and by 12 we were all out, whereas FM had free recharge cards flying everywhere)
- Other logistics...

[johnnyFPM]

My opinion is that Mario Chamoun (FPM student head) should focus on making FPM's Youth a sustainable organization and not waiste time in these elections.

We know beforehand that in AUB, media is going to portray it as a Mach14 win, whatever the results. In USJ, the new law will enable the media to portray it as a huge March14 advance (of course, none of the likes of Moustahbal, LBC, MTV will even mention the fact that the law has changed). In LAU, it was never for us, and in NDU, i don't expect good results after what we saw last years.

So I ask my question to Mario Chamoun and his team: what's the point of putting all your energy into those elections while we know you can build something far bigger than that!!

[Tayyar Keserwen]

Originally Posted by dodzi

AUB: FPM is weak => Majority Representation

In AUB, FPM is probably the second strongest force on the ground (parmi the top 3).

[Tayyar Keserwen]

Originally Posted by Booyakasha

What is the outlook in "La Belle Etoile" kindergarten and when are the elections going to be held?

Rumors say that Joseph (A 4-year old supported by FPM) stands a good chance against Sami (a 5-year old LFer).

What's Joseph's academic agenda as compared to Sami's, and how strong are our allies in La Belle Etoile?

Feedback appreciated, thx.