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? ?Putting a bunch of college students in charge of
a $300,000 Dance Marathon, fundraiser surely sounds a bit risky? When you
consider the fact that the money is supposed to be given to children in need of
medical care, you might call the idea crazy.
? ?Most student
leaders don’t want to spend a large amount of time on something they care little
about, said 22-year-old University of Florida student Darren Heitner. He was the
Dance Marathon’s operations officer for two years.
? ?Yvonne
Fangmeyer, director of the student organization office at the University of
Wisconsin, conducted a survey in February of students involved in campus
organizations. She said the desire for friendship was the most frequently cited
reason for joining.
? ?At large universities like Fangmeyer’s,
which has more than 40,000 students, the students first of all want to find a
way to "belong in their own comer of campus".
? ?Katie Rowley, a
Wisconsin senior, confirms the survey’s findings. "I wanted to make the campus
feel smaller by joining an organization where I could not only get involved on
campus but also find a group of friends."
? ?All of this talk of
friendship, however, does not mean that students aren’t thinking about their
resumes. "I think that a lot of people do join to ’fatten up their resume’,"
said Heitner. "At the beginning of my college career, I joined a few of these
organizations, hoping to get a start in my leadership roles."
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?But without passion student leaders can have a difficult time trying to
weather the storms that come. For example, in April, several student
organizations at Wisconsin teamed up for an event designed to educate students
about homelessness and poverty. Student leaders had to face the problem of
solving disagreements, moving the event because of rainy weather, and dealing
with the university’s complicated bureaucracy.
? ?"Outside-of the
classroom learning really makes a big difference," Fangmeyer
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