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Volume 125, Issue 64
Non-profit Leadership Alliance recruits students Rus’sel Butts Reporter
The Non-Profit Leadership Alliance held an informational session in the HMSU last week with the focus on informing students on why they should minor in non-profit leadership. The faculty advisor for the group, Dr. Nathan Schaumleffel, started the event by discussing the history of the national organization. “The organization was founded in 1948 by H. Roe Bartle,” Schaumleffel said. “It was created in response to the great depression as the organization was meant to help the youth advance in leadership positions. The alliance started by working with training young men to become Boy Scouts executive members.” The alliance took an innovative approach in the 1960s by reaching out to colleges and letting them establish chapters representing the national organization. “The alliance now has over 48 collegiate partners to spread our image, and we have many notable workforce partners,” Schaumleffel said. “These national workforce partners pay to be a part of the alliance so they can get firsthand access to our members.” These workforce partners include the YMCA, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. Overall, they possess 26 organizations under their umbrella, and that number is
continually increasing. “Anyone could apply for this minor; even if they are not interested in the minor students can also join the alliance because it allows them to broaden their connections,” senior member Nate Bibet said. “It is a great networking opportunity for anybody looking to expand their connections.” Students who participate will also receive a Certified Non-Profit Professional Certificate at the end of the program. This certificate serves as a gateway to reaching higher executive positions within non-profit organizations. “To get the certificate you have to do four things,” said President McKayla Cox. “You need to complete eight online courses, finish a 300-hour internship with a nonprofit, complete one year of service with a nonprofit, and attend the Alliance Management Institute Conference, which is the national conference for the entire organization.” “The curriculum bases itself on the 10 competencies decided by the national board to prepare students for employment after graduation,” Bibet said. According to junior member Kelly Ronan, the most important competencies are personal and personal development. “It is the easiest to take beyond the nonprofit sector,” Ronan said. “You can apply the lessons you learn in that field to almost every facet of your life.” One of the most significant issues nonprofit businesses have is people choosing
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Nate Bibet and McKayla Cox.
to work in the governmental sector more than the nonprofit sector. “Nonprofits focus on the specific needs of communities and base their mission goals off of solving those particular issues,” Bibet said. “We are more proficient in the area of social work compared to the government’s broad focus. Schaumleffel put his opinion in on why nonprofits are better than private sectors. “The nonprofit sectors tends to give a better benefits package compared to the private sector,” Schaumleffel said. “Getting college students to understand that
you cannot just look at the salary is an essential skill they will use when they become an adult. You have to look at the whole package, and many nonprofits have very competitive employment packages that are often more competitive than the for-profit industry.” To end the presentation, McKayla Cox said that, “working in nonprofit is rewarding. You always love your job, and you are always ready to work. Anybody that is interested in the minor is encouraged to join.”
Authour speaks in defense of the generation Jack Gregory Reporter
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PAW board members creates events for students to enjoy over the weekend.
Reminiscing blast from the past with disney films Kayla Rogan Reporter Students gathered to watch some Disney favorites in Dede I from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. this Saturday. The films that played were “Beauty and the Beast,” “Atlantis,” “Tarzan,” “Mulan,” “Hercules,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Little Mermaid” and “The Incredibles.” There were different drinks and food that was offered during each mov-
ie. There were also prizes handed out towards the end of the night. “We tried to stick with the theme of classic during our childhood ages,” PAW event coordinator, Kaila Barnes, said. Many of the students enjoyed the film “Mulan,” laughing and quoting lines from the movie by heart. “Mulan” tells the story of a woman going to war in
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On Thursday, the Center for Student Success hosted a book discussion in the library. The book, by author Jean M. Twenge, is “iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – And Completely Unprepared for Adulthood – And What That Means for the Rest of Us.” The discussion focused on chapters three, four and five. The term “generation gap” is something we’re all familiar with. In every generation, individuals have struggled to come to grips with the difference, and, more importantly, the common ground between them and the generation after or before them. Whether it’s about politics, education or technology, there’s an issue with communication between the generations and it’s not something that we’ve figured out yet and that gap seems to be getting larger. In her book, Twenge attempts to analyze and understand the latest generation, GenZ, and the differences between them and GenX, the generation she is part of. Unlike many of the think pieces and articles that focus on criticizing Millennials, this book does seem to make an effort to actually understand the generation it’s analyzing. There are quite a few key differences between GenZ and the ones that came before it – even ours. We got to grow up without the internet or smart phones or other forms of technology being omnipresent; this generation does not. They’ve had iP-
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Jean Twenge attended the event on Thursday to discuss her book.
hones since they were children. They grew up on the Internet. GenZ has also grown into some challenges in this world that many people are still trying to figure out. Chapter seven, for instance, focuses on income, or lack thereof. iGen, another name for GenZ, is just trying to save money and to earn their own way. They don’t spend as much as previous generations. Chapter six is about the social challenges this generation faces. They’re safer than we’ve ever been, but they’re isolated. They’re also incredibly inclusive and tolerant, which I would bet is a result of having grown up online and being exposed to so many different worldviews and experiences. Despite being a critique on an entire generation of people, Twenge does have a lot of good things to say about GenZ.
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However, in many cases, she falls into the same old pitfalls as so many authors have when talking about the generation below them. See if this sounds familiar: “They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers.” This is what Twenge says in a summary of her book on her website, jeantwenge.com. It feels like there is a lot of finger-pointing going on as well as some deep accusations being made without proof. When discussing how reluctant members of this generation are to grow up, Twenge cites an interview she had with a girl she calls “Athena,” a pseudonym
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