Video: Ben Novak on the Impotency of Student Government

Ben Novak, a former Pennsylvania State University trustee and student body president while an undergraduate at Penn State, joined Inside Academia this week to discuss the change in mindset of university student government - from taking responsibility for and pride in the "spirit of the university" to an attitude of entitlement and parasitism.

Click on the video below to watch the 15-minute interview.

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