{"id":63439,"date":"2022-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63439\/lau-suspends-students-who-participated-in-sit-in-protest-against-dollarization"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:05:30","slug":"lau-suspends-students-who-participated-in-sit-in-protest-against-dollarization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63439\/lau-suspends-students-who-participated-in-sit-in-protest-against-dollarization\/","title":{"rendered":"LAU Suspends Students Who Participated In Sit-In Protest Against Dollarization"},"content":{"rendered":"In an email shared with students and faculty during the last week of March, LAU\u2019s President Michel Mawad revealed that the Lebanese American University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63392\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">(LAU) would adopt a fresh dollar budget effective Fall 2022<\/a>. All tuition fees would subsequently have to be paid in fresh USD as opposed to the existing method of cheques and Lebanese Lira. <br \/>  <br \/>  This news spurred protests and sit-ins across the university&#8217;s Beirut and Jbeil campuses, where students banded together to plead for more flexible financial plans. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a5lis6D4XW\">pic.twitter.com\/a5lis6D4XW<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Salman Andary (@salmanonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salmanonline\/status\/1512105790034919433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  In a shocking update, students received the below email this morning informing them that various individuals would be suspended due to their participation in the sit-ins. The university cited cases of &#8220;physical and psychological abuse as well as damages of LAU property&#8221; as reasons for suspension. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/63439.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/63439-1.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Suspending people who are pleading to graduate does not seem like the most logical way forward. Tuition fees at LAU range from $8,300 to $10,800 depending on the major, which is an unimaginable amount that is unrealistic for the majority of students, especially those depending on Financial Aid and grants.    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"428141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/63439-3-141x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/63439-3-141x250.png 141w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/63439-3-338x600.png 338w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/63439-3-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/63439-3.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" 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