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...worse yet—nothing worthwhile at all. The other alternatives for J-term activities—community service, research, or travel—would probably be much more alluring to undergraduates, but would likely require far greater financial support from the College. Indeed the Committee stressed travel abroad as a particularly attractive option in their report. The report is, however, vague on the financial resources available to support students so inclined, and we don’t see the benefits of sending students abroad in January instead of over the summer. Even the research or community service options would...
...year’s World Cup provided perhaps the most poignant example. It was fun to be in Cambridge during the event. Harvard students, by American standards, are unusually knowledgeable about soccer—it is the world’s game, after all—and students from abroad were rooting passionately for their national teams...
...Virginia Tech and helped oversee an exchange program with a German university. Bishop decided which German-language students at Virgina Tech could attend the Darmstadt University of Technology to improve their German. "He would teach them German in Blacksburg, and he would decide which students were able to study" abroad, Darmstadt spokesman Lars Rosumek said...
...Fujian, Big Lin had a decent job with a construction firm. He made enough to play games of pool with his friends and occasionally treat himself to a seafood feast. Still, Fujian is a place which young men leave, so Big Lin made preparations in 1997 to go abroad, too. More than anything, he recalls, he wanted to see more than the rice paddies, potato fields and squat factories of his hometown. "I wanted to make lots of money," he says, "but I also wanted to have fun and see the world...
...break in January compelling enough). As the UC points out, a reformed calendar would relieve stress and improve mental and physical health, give students time to see friends and family, mesh better with NCAA calendars for athletes, better fit the schedules of international programs for students wishing to travel abroad, ease the burden of flying home for international students, and save Harvard a boatload in energy and staffing costs. A reformed calendar would also put all of Harvard’s schools on the same schedule. The opportunities for increased inter-faculty coordination and cooperation was one of the main...