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Student newspaper of Illinois Institute of Technology since 1928

Sophomore Leadership Retreat guides
ambitious students, fosters teamwork

By Katie Peters
TECHNEWS WRITER

Loud yells of team chants filled the
air that smelled like sweat and bug spray Chale
lenges were chosen and records were set as the
first full day of Sophomore Leadership Retreat
begant Many upperclassmen had experienced
this retreat before, but over the last two week,
ends, 177 more HT students were able to check
ofi’ another box on the new, official HT Bucket
List According to Leadership Academy Pro,
gram Director George Langlois, the retreat
was originally designed as an opportunity to,
“coalesce the sophomore class, help them to
define a sense of identity, and think about lead,
ership?’

The weekend included Team Olyme
pics, three or four preachosen activities, and
a leadership seminar The Team Olympics
featured nine teams competing in a series
of teamebuilding exercises such as the Blind
Obstacle Course and Group Juggling Pablo

Gutierrez was tested the most by a challenge
that required balance, one of his underdevele
oped skills “It was a very humbling experi7
ence to have to wait for my team to lead me
through it like a child," said Gutierrez, whose
team successfully completed the challenger
Other teams’ cooperation was tested later in
the day with daredevil activities such as low
ropes, high ropes, and rock climbing, or a wa7
ter sport like kayaking or canoeingt The low
ropes courses required teams to work together
to complete a specific task like the Human Spie
der Web or a fifteenefoot climbing wall with no
handholds, activities that ultimately required
trust in every teammate The high ropes course
was completed with a partner, and was made
up of extreme tightropeelike elements twenty
to thirty feet above the ground “I really need,
ed Liz [Zielinski] up there coaching me, or else
I would have decided to come down," admitted
Kaylynn Barker

Half of the weekend’s partici
pants were able to learn to properly use ca,

noes, sailboats, and kayaks, and then utilize
their newfound skills in a race The retreat
concluded with a lifeemapping seminar led
by Langlois and Program Manager Megan
Wheeler Humanities professor Jack Snapper
also participated as a chaperone and photoge
rapher because he likes how he can, “interact
with the students, not instruct them?’ The
seminar allowed the sophomores to reflect
on their personal and career goals, values,
influential relationships, and future legacy,
and then write a personal mission statement

Langlois, Wheeler, and Snapper all
found the retreat to be very successful, citing,
“better numbers and very engaged students,"
“people willing to come out of their shells," and
“superb weather and a great environment," re,
spectively

Even with less sleep and more bug
bites, most sophomores would agree that the
Sophomore Leadership Retreat would be one
of the most valuable experiences they will have
at IIT

 

 

Photos by Katie Peters & Kaylynn Barker

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28, 2012

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ASB in full
swing,
recruiting
students

By Utsav Gandhi
CAMPUS EDITOR

Every year, a group of HT stu7
dents partners with Habitat for Humanity at
one of their site locations around the coun7
try to build homes for the less fortunate
Providing a unique mix of service learning
experience, handseon construction work,
the opportunity to meet students outside
the classroom and create new friendships
and unforgettable memories, as well as the
opportunity to travel during spring break,
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is an 0ft,
recommended HT bucket list item Past
ASB trips have gone everywhere from Texas
to Alabama, and California to Georgia

Habitat for Humanity seeks to
eliminate homelessness from the world
and to make decent shelter a matter of
conscience and action To accomplish this
goal, they invite people of all backgrounds
to build houses together in partnership
with families in need Today its volunteers
have collectively built over 350,000 houses
around the world, providing more than 175
million people in 3,000 communities with
safe, decent, affordable shelter

Recruitment for ASB 2013 has
already startedl The first step towards join,
ing the team is to attend any one of the
following mandatory info sessions, where
executive board members and previous trip
members will be present to provide more
information about financial, time, and fun
draising commitments, along with prelimi
nary details about team logistics The link
to the online application will also be given
to you once you sign in at any of the info
sessions The dates, times and locations for
the info sessions are as follows:

Sunday, 8/26: 8pm
Tuesday, 8/28: 12:45pm
Wednesday, 8/ 29: 8pm
Thursday, 8/30: 12:45pm
Wednesday, 9/5: 12:45pm

It is encouraged that you bring
your own lunch, along with any and all
questions you may have, to the lunchtime
info sessions All info sessions except the
last one on September 5 will be held in
MTCC Executive Conference Room, which
is located next to the WIIT Radio Station
Please look for individuals wearing ASB
shirts or ask the CCC Assistant at the front
desk outside the Pritzker Club if you cannot
find the room The Info session on 9/5 will
be held in Pritzker Club Room 605

Any and all questions about the
info sessions can be directed to asbliit@
gmaillcomt If you cannot make it to any of
the scheduled times but are still interested
in ASB, you can also use this email to let
ASB knowt