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EDITORIAL: Inspiring our generation now
Editorial | 1/29/08
Posted online at 1:38 AM EST on 1/29/08
From former President Bill Clinton's inspirational call for student activism to Sen. Carl Levin's thunderous defense of the rule of law, there is no question that students have a lot of learn from the voices of the influential and powerful. Therefore, it is heartening to see the formation of Gen Ed Now, a club based on the notion that student curriculum and understanding is enhanced through exposure to great and visionary minds.
Gen Ed Now received its inspiration from a required senior capstone course titled Gen Ed Senior that during the '50s and '60s met with and was lectured by some of the leaders of their era.
This page has urged several times that students take charge of bringing speakers to campus, and Gen Ed Now founders Jonah Seligman '10 and Daniel Gillman '10 deserve much praise for delivering a student-led initiative to improve the intellectual climate of our campus.
While the Levin program was a great success, we would like to see Gen Ed Now become even more ambitious in its future attempts. From alumni comments Seligman and Gillman received, it becomes clear that part of the attraction of Gen Ed Senior was an ability to interact with leaders and statesman on an intimate basis. We would like Gen Ed Now to introduce more student-speaker interaction beyond the limited ability to ask questions at the Levin event. We also hope that their speaker selection will not be limited to political figures but will be as varied in scope as those originally brought by Gen Ed Senior program. Also, we hope that Gen Ed Now will do the vital networking with other campus clubs to pool influence and ensure that there is no interclub competition for speakers.
As Gen Ed Now expands and brings relevant and engaging speakers to campus, we should appreciate the power of student initiative. The vision that Seligman and Gillman support holds the potential to revitalize intellectual discourse on our campus.
Gen Ed Now received its inspiration from a required senior capstone course titled Gen Ed Senior that during the '50s and '60s met with and was lectured by some of the leaders of their era.
This page has urged several times that students take charge of bringing speakers to campus, and Gen Ed Now founders Jonah Seligman '10 and Daniel Gillman '10 deserve much praise for delivering a student-led initiative to improve the intellectual climate of our campus.
While the Levin program was a great success, we would like to see Gen Ed Now become even more ambitious in its future attempts. From alumni comments Seligman and Gillman received, it becomes clear that part of the attraction of Gen Ed Senior was an ability to interact with leaders and statesman on an intimate basis. We would like Gen Ed Now to introduce more student-speaker interaction beyond the limited ability to ask questions at the Levin event. We also hope that their speaker selection will not be limited to political figures but will be as varied in scope as those originally brought by Gen Ed Senior program. Also, we hope that Gen Ed Now will do the vital networking with other campus clubs to pool influence and ensure that there is no interclub competition for speakers.
As Gen Ed Now expands and brings relevant and engaging speakers to campus, we should appreciate the power of student initiative. The vision that Seligman and Gillman support holds the potential to revitalize intellectual discourse on our campus.
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