UChicago Community Service Center Controversy

[Cue7]

<p>UCSC</a> shuffle sparks outcry ? The Chicago Maroon</p>

<p>Similar to the Hallowed Grounds debacle over the summer, this seems like another example of an administration with a set agenda and direction, with little engagement offered for students. Administratively, at least, students need to be viewed more as partners, and less as vessels who stay on track with the admin's plans.</p>

[kaukauna]

<p>What does the UCSC do?</p>

[Cue7]

<p>Organizes/manages community service opportunities for UChicago students.</p>

[kaukauna]

<p>Okay, thanks.</p>

[unalove]

<p>Disappointing… TL’s a gem and I knew her fairly well when I was in college. She’s nothing if not extraordinarily principled, my guess is that she didn’t like something that was going on.</p>

[dunbar]

<p>[The</a> corporation and the community ? The Chicago Maroon](<a href=“Laureate discusses themes in contemporary poetry – Chicago Maroon”>Laureate discusses themes in contemporary poetry – Chicago Maroon)

This is not to say that you are not taken into account when big decisions are made. But do not suppose that it is you, the person, who is taken into account. Rather it is the type of person you represent that decision-makers hold important: the socially mobile, pathologically hardworking consumer of higher education; the type of person who prefers social innovation and philanthropy to community service; the type of person who, more than a cherished informal coffee lounge, really needs more adviser meeting spaces. The surprise is often well distributed when the interests of the demographic “college student” do not align with the interests of the college students.

This is a pretty apt statement of what’s going on, from Hallowed Grounds to UCSC to the rest of the university. As for whether, as the university puts it, “social innovation and philanthropy” is preferable to community service, well…</p>