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...student” comes first in student-athlete. We all earned our admission here in the same way Schalkwyk did: in the classroom. At Harvard, there are no diplomas awarded to athletes with a special “athlete” stamp that would magically taint our diplomas. Our diplomas are the same as yours...
...resolute in our belief that education is enriched by learning and living with individuals who represent many different talents, interests, and experiences.” In other words, a diverse student body is better than one without diversity, because learning isn’t confined to the classroom alone. Some people just aren’t convinced though, and while they would welcome students with a variety of interests with one hand, they would seek to push away athletes with the other...
...thing and it is a part of what makes Harvard the amazing place it is. Universities that accept students based on pure academic ability alone can never offer the environment that allows Harvard students to grow and develop the way they do outside of the classroom...
...definitely do not suggest a reduction in our athletic programs, but I would rather the programs were not filled with people who were admitted to Harvard with athletics in mind and who thus only consequently fill the classrooms. Rather, students should be chosen with the classroom in mind, and perhaps also play sports. If people suggest that Harvard may not be able to field as many teams as we currently do without recruiting, then they are suggesting that Harvard is simply providing a sports club for many students who then also have the chance to go to the college. This...
Last spring’s groundswell of student interest in female scientists didn’t necessarily translate into the classroom yesterday, as the sociology department’s new undergraduate course on women in science attracted exactly 10 shoppers—all of them female...