2023年10月16日 《bet亚洲365欢迎投注》 菲利普撞, one of the nation’s leading political journalists, 我上周去了bet亚洲365欢迎投注, giving insight on politics and society, and sharing career advice with students.

“You should be bold in doing things that you think are interesting, even if it's not necessarily the things that you think you're supposed to be doing,” he told students taking Public Opinion and Politics, a political science course that studies how the general public forms ideas and attitudes about current events, 政治的球员, 热点问题. 是由 Marist Institute for Public Opinion 博士. 李·米林戈夫. 

Political science major Matt Pater '25 was intrigued by how well read and inquisitive Bump is.

“One of the biggest lessons from hearing him speak was just to be intellectually curious, because he’s a curious guy himself,佩特说.

Bringing speakers into the classroom in a conversational setting provides invaluable insight for students, 据医生说. 米林戈夫.

菲利普撞 speaks with students in the Hancock Center. Photo courtesy of Mary Griffith, Associate Director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.

“It’s one thing to see me as a teacher. It’s another thing to see 菲利普撞, 其他记者, and people in politics to get different perspectives,米林戈夫说. “The students will take away from this how someone like Bump thinks about things and approaches important issues. So they get perspective and take that with them in their college experience.”

Bump let students drive the discussion by asking questions, 因为他分享了他的激情, and helped them discern what they’re passionate about.

“You can tell that so many students are at the stage where they’re not really sure what intrigues them,巴普说. “And so it’s fun to be able to be like, ‘Here’s what I’m excited about. 这是我认为很酷的.’”

Photo courtesy of Mary Griffith, Associate Director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.

This curiosity led Bump to wonder why generations are defined as they are. He decided to go to what he thought was the definitive source: the U.S. 人口普查局. 

“I said, ‘You know, what are the generational definitions? Let’s settle this once and for all.’ And they said, ‘Well, we don’t do that. There’s only one generation that we recognize as an actual demographic, 独特和与众不同, 那就是婴儿潮一代.这句话萦绕在我的脑海里. And so every time I’d see these discussions about generations I would always be like, ‘Oh, 这些都是无稽之谈.’”

This spurred him to write a book called The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America. The book examines how power is built around generations, how struggles for resources among generations impact the political landscape, and why the Baby Boom generation has been such a powerful force.

Political science major Athen Hollis ’24 found the talk interesting and relevant.

“It’s going to make me rethink the impact of the boomer generation and generational shifts, and use a new lens to look at political issues,霍利斯说.

Photo courtesy of Mary Griffith, Associate Director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.

Even now that his career in political reporting has been definitively established, Bump’s advice to students is to make sure to try different things.

“Just because you’re a political science major doesn’t mean that you need to do political science stuff for a decade, 更不用说你的余生了,他说. “I have done all sorts of jobs — from designer to working for nonprofits to you name it — and it has all helped me understand who I am and what I'm interested in.”

市场营销 & 通信 intern Jadyn Lance contributed to this story.