7Hypotheses of Campus Leadership

1. Most actively engaged students in college are generally veterans of this level of involvement in their past high school lives. They have developed a relatively high “consciousness-level” which enables them to influence or lead others. They are the presidents, officers, or academic awardees of their high school. They feel the need to continue the upward momentum of their leadership/personal development. Therefore, they highly prioritize a student life with a mix balance of academics and involvements.
2. In the other hand, some students see organizational involvements as a threat to their academic standing or education as a whole. They primarily reinforce the fact that they are in school to study in the first place. Involvements are only optional or preferential therefore they don’t feel the need to get involved.
3. Most officers of the councils are products of the KKP Volunteer Formation Program. They enter in their Sophomore Year as a volunteer some having dual roles (council and KKP) and would either stay active in the program or move into the council arena. Either way, they address the need for “leadership”. Therefore, the KKP Volunteer Formation Program has become the de facto flagship leadership program of the university. The OSA’s leadership formation program has become a sort of a “complement” to the KKP’s formation program and is primarily designed for those already in the position of authority.
4. Council atmosphere varies from council to council. They could be intimately workable or rigidly authoritative. They could be either filled with artists or filled with managers therefore, a balance mix is essential for a balance council. The atmosphere not only depends on the course or interest background of the people in it but it also highly depends on the personal aura the council officers and especially the president radiates. Therefore we can say that a gullible president creates a flamboyant atmosphere, a serious president creates a sober atmosphere, an output oriented president creates a beehive.
5. Generally, majority of the students does not see the real purpose of the councils and the CSG more than the enrolment assistance, entertainment (GA etc.) and leisure they implement for the students. They see the council or other student organizations are only for those who excel. Others see it as an instrument of the administration, others see it as breeding grounds for politicians, others see it as an organizer and implementer of events, others see it as an elitist organization, and others see at as a catalyst for change. Either way, each bracket of the social and cultural demographic of the community has its own distinct view of student organizations that reflects their own experiences and biases.
6. Students generally vote officers who are highly inspiring and who they could easily relate. Ideologies, office positions or technical skills are only secondary considerations. Even they are plenty of factors to consider, they still need to evaluate a candidate’s ethical background, effectiveness and efficiency in work and his/her availability or commitment. But still majority doesn’t care about the elections.
7. Apathy has been labelled as an incurable cancer which led empathic people to reduce and categorize the student body into 2 kinds of students. Those who care or those who don’t. And apathetic people seem to alienate those people who are active. They somehow see it as a deviant to their lifestyle. This is alarming because it tends to funnel all activities conceptualized and planned by entities of authority to cater or address only to those who are “active” or those “who care”. There is some logic to it but the essence of “those who care” is somehow limited to only those kinds of students who directly and actively participate in socially oriented activities or those who passionately fight for a cause. The ones “who don't care” but cares on other “stuff” are generally left out. Activities initiated should specifically address the multi-facetted nature of the human person and apathy must not be seen as a permanent incurable illness but as an ephemeral state of mind.