校新闻网讯（校团委稿） 《21ST CENTURY》2009年4月15日对我校青春讲坛进行了头版报道。该报记者就青春讲坛活动采访了我校团委书记徐松，并对青春讲坛的创办者、组织者、主讲人以及忠实听众进行了访谈。

我校青春讲坛创办于2007年4月9日，两年来，共有十八位同学走上青春讲坛的舞台，吸引了全校千余名同学，内容涉及音乐、京剧、电影、文学、艺术、政治、文化等多个领域，为惠园学子带来了一场场别开生面的精彩讲座。2009年4月23日成立青春讲坛组织委员会（以下简称组委会）。组委会由校团委组织部和保险学院志愿服务中心共同创办，并邀全校相关学生组织作为成员单位加入。组委会的成立必将带领青春讲坛走上新的高度，丰富校园文化生活，将青春讲坛打造成校园中的“百家讲坛”！

报道部分转载如下：

In one classroom, the students are trying hard to keep their eyes from wandering during an endless lecture. In the next room, students go from debating with the “lecturer” about the significance of the Qing Dynasty to applauding.

Both classes were held at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE). The former was a fairly standard, formal lecture. In the latter, a student had assumed the role of a lecturer as part of “Youth Lecture” series organized by students to let them cover particular cultural or historical topics they especially like. It’s open to the public.

According to Zhao Ruifang, a Shandong Institute of Business and Technology professor, less than 17 percent of students question the teacher’s authority. But if the person up there on the dais is one of them- that’s a different story altogether.

“It’s really different from a lecture given by professors,” said Liu Chao, an economics major. “You dare to question and express your own ideas.”

Zhao concluded that students do have a sense of innovation, but lack initiative and confidence. Wu Qingfeng, a junior English major at Shanghai International Studies University, sees it another way: “It’s not always students who are to blame for this. When a teacher starts reading from a book, with no change in tone for hours, students lose interest.”

Some “Youth Lecture” audience members say the series gives them both knowledge and encouragement: “I do think critically about a topic during the lecture and develop my own views,” said Li Wenwei, a senior. “I also have a chance to express myself and learn from others’ perspectives.”

Liu Teng, who has lectured for the series, thinks he also benefit from it. “I have to prepare my topic and materials well for the lecture, and I gain better understanding up there,” Liu said.

“Youth Lecture” is an experiment to get students more actively involved in their studies, according to Xu Song, the chief secretary of the UIBE Youth League. Yet there is no denying that many teachers are trying to make their classes more interesting and interactive.

《21世纪英文报》“Hey you, over there, wake up!”头版文章原文链接http://www.21stcentury.com.cn/story/50889.html