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Creating your own student organization

 

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from existing student organizations

TECHNEWS WRITER & SGA VP 0F COMMUNICATIONS on campus. These are things that are

If you are looking to get involved in
something you love while at IIT, there are over
100 student organizations to choose from. But
if none of them pique your interest, you could
create your own. To get started, find nine other
people interested in the organization you wish
to create, find a faculty advisor to help out, and
get yourself to the Office of Campus Life (OCL)
to get a few forms filled out. Next, you will have
an opportunity to present your organization in
front of the Student Government Association
(SGAYS Senate.

There are three major things to take
note of to make a good case for your student
organization: a specific plan for the future
(especially budget and source of funds), enough
initial student interest, and something that
makes the organization unique and different

 

covered in the steps preceding a student

organization’s presentation to the SGA
Senate, yet sometimes they are not clearly
present in the organization’s presentation.

An organization has five minutes to
present their case to the senate and an additional
two minutes, plus whatever extensions the
senate motions for, to answer any questions
the senators and other representatives have.
This is not a very long time to present a full
schedule of events the organization wishes
to hold, so it is recommended that such an
organization provide a sampling of the type
of events it will hold. Planning for events also
means organization staff should have a budget
planned out for the semester. Keep in mind
that they will expect the organization have a
backup plan in case the money allocated from
the Student Activities Fund (SAP) is less than

what was requested.

It is required for a student organization
to have a minimum of ten interested members
to get to senate. Yet when a student organization
only has ten members, it raises the question of
whether the organization will be sustainable.
The expectation is that each organization has
had at least one interest meeting, the number
of people who show up to the meetings before
the senate presentation is important to keep
track of. Ifan organization can’t get more than
ten members before they are approved, how will
they gain members in the future? It looks like
the organization will die out after the founders
leave. The immediate impact that a student
organization will make is important, but the
long-term ability of the organization to remain
active and contribute to the campus in the years
to come, is just as important.

Lastly, an organization should present
what it is they will do that is unique to their

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organization. Inclusivity of other organizations
is great, but what can the new organization add
to campus? If something is already being done
by another organization or if the resources a
new organization will have are already available,
there is no reason for the senate to approve the
new organization. Collaboration is great, but
having multiple organizations doing the same
thing is boring and wasteful. Emphasizing an
organization’s unique attributes is important.

While this might seem intense, it
is a very rewarding process and it helps your
student organization get prepared for whatever
it intends to do and to make a positive impact on
campus. OCL has a nice step-by-step guide to
starting out in their Student Organization pages.
If you're starting a new student organization and
on the way to the senate, have a nice looking
presentation, keep these points in mind, you’ll
do great. Best of luck!

  

Avengers films lose some of their punch

Austin Gonzalez
OPINION EDITOR

Produced for the low, low price of 250
million dollars, Avengers: Age of Ultron has now
grossed nearly 1.5 billion dollars worldwide.
The newest installment in the Marvel franchise
smashed box oflices opening weekend garnering
over 190 million dollars. At the end ofthe day,
director Joss Whedon and producer Kevin Feige
have shown once again they know how to make
a film for the masses.

The masses, however, appear to want
something even more massive, more immersive,

and more epic. The box office debut fell short of
the precedent set by the first Avengers movie.
The ratings on review site Rotten Tomatoes
show an 18 point spread between the Ultron
and his predecessor. At a lowly 74 percent, Age
of Ultron could justifiably be passed up for Mad
Max: Fury Road or Spy.

Reasons for this may be the villain.
Tom Hiddleston’s Loki was the greatest comic
villain performance since Heath Ledger’s Joker.
The character was often described as the villain
we love to hate and hate to love. In Ultron,
viewers are met with Ultron: a bodiless Al
similar to Jarvis who has taken control of one of

WIIT's ‘Unknown Talent'

Reno Waswfl
TECH N EWS WRITER

Did you ever wonder where the
greatest artists came from? Unlike the days of
yore when the most talented were concentrated
in ancient and fine linages of knights and lords,
so much of the most highly, now, so much of the
most well—known and highly regarded artists,
thinkers, and doers come from obscurity,
and through hard work and determination,
make something truly inspiring of themselves.
With this in mind, Unknown Talent, the radio
show broadcast from llT’s own station WIIT
88.9FM Chicago, your hosts Anna Banana
Garcia and Reno Fera-Ducatt survey some of
the best local talent and interview them about
why they do what they do.

Both hosts being artistically minded
themselves as well as holding ambitious
aspirations for their goals in life, they try
to ask the questions that they themselves
have and attempt to document the stories of
some brilliant minds. Guests have thus far
included musicians, artists, photographers,
entrepreneurs, but there is opportunity for
so much more; so many more types of Talent
to offer. So many questions to be asked,
lessons to be learned, methods to be shared
and compared, and inspiration to be made.
Comedians, scientists, authors, journalists,
thinkers, doers, there is value in every talent
and ambition and Unknown Talent wants to
bring it out.

Anna and Reno, through their casual
yet in-depth interview style attempt to unlock
the subtle and wonderful talent of all kinds
of people. Every person has the opportunity
to be a compelling story and every person
has passions and talents and aspirations, and
Unknown Talent attempts to be the medium
that uncovers them and exemplify the unique
and gifted personalities that lie at the heart of
people you may have otherwise never heard
from on such a personal level. A desire to
inspire and motivate as well as inform and
entertain lies at the heart of this show, and an
investigation of the experiences that illuminate
the necessity of dedication and creativity
to advance in a very self-reliant range of
disciplines turns into a compelling and unique
character study of each of the guests as the
discussion goes on.

Using the highly accessible and

democratic method of college radio and
of podcasting, Unknown Talent highlights
the subtle greatness of all sorts of people
and celebrates their differences while still
marveling at the similarities that set them
apart. People of all different types can make it if
they utilize their skills and talents in the rights
ways, and part of the reason this show exists is
to see how every person makes their characters
and their decisions and actions work for them
and maybe give others ideas for how they want
to conduct their own projects and further their
talents.

As a radio show, and very active one
at that with a close relationship with its fan
base, Unknown Talent also will on occasion
conduct free giveaways to listeners who
are brave enough to call in and participate.
With great and talented guests, enlightening
discussions, humor, games, music, and so
much more, there is truly something for
everyone who wants to listen, and no reason
you should not at least have a taste.

Going back to that relationship with
the community of listeners and ambitious
people in general, Anna and Reno are eager
to get a taste of what HT and the Chicagoland
community, perhaps the even the entire world
of talent, has to offer. That is why they are calling
out to anyone who wants their stories or works
out there to contact unknown.talent.525@
gmail.com or through their Facebook at
facebook.com/unknowntalentchicago to
inquire about having an interview or simply
putting themselves out there so Unknown
Talent can include you and/or samples of your
work as a segment on the show.

And then of course, if this article
has reasonably piqued your interest and now
you want to listen for yourself, you can tune
in to WIIT 88.9FM Chicago every Monday
from 4PM to 6PM (at least during the summer
schedule, come the fall semester, times might
be changed) on your old fashioned radio or
via the Thneln application you can download
on your phone from your app store, or simply
by going to radio.iit.edu and streaming the
content live there. Not into the time constraints
it seems like you are being forced into? Well,
all the episodes are then released a week later
in the iTlines store for free as a podcast if you
search for Unknown Talent, so if you miss a
show or can’t listen live, you can still hear the
episode and all it has to offer.

Tony Stark’s robotic suits. The literal humanity
of Loki may have added to the connection critics
formed over an abstract idea such as Ultron. For
better or for worse, Age of Ultron was packed to
the rim with stuff, and not necessarily anything
engaging or new. The movie follows a pattern
of punch, talk, level a city and repeat, Perhaps
after the expectations set by the first Avengers
movie there is nowhere for Age of Ultron to go.

Personally, the greatest failure of
Age of Ultron was the lack of fulfillment.
Leaving the theatre feels satisfying. The movie
is worth the 12 dollars, 50 cents, and three
hours of your time. Yet there’s nothing new.

The villain could’ve been a dread-inducing all—
encompassing entity. The realization of a fear
that one day our delicate electronic systems will
stop or be turned against us. A fear of creating
the artificial intelligence that is greater than its
creator. This is what Ultron could have been.
Instead, he finds a body and is defeated after
the heroes save the world.

The first Avengers movie is a tough act
to follow. Withholding any expectations going
in, Avengers: Age of Ultron will prove a good
time for any group. However, it’s going to take

' some risks to amp up audiences to the level of

excitement of days past.

 
  

OPINION EDITOR

Now that summer'is upon us, one

wonders what is there to do besides sitting

V indoors and binge watching an entire Netflix

series. Luckily for you, we’re in one of the

best cities in the US. and there are tons of
free activities to do.

‘ : The Chicago Cultural center

located on 77 E. Randolph Street has an

» aSsortment of free events that include film

_ screenings, theater L events, performances,

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half a dozen greenhouses and two large
exhibition halls across 12 acres and boasts
the fact that it isin the top five conservatories
in the country Lincoln Park conservatory
contains four display houses, which stay
greet-tall year long no matter the weather
Outside and is where the annual flower shows
take place. These display houses include
Palm House, FemRoom, Orchid House and
Show House. Garfield Park Conservatory is

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