Word: extra-curricular
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...compensate for the current grading system's weaknesses, factors such as extra-curricular activities, academic honors and work experience differentiate graduates from one another. They would continue in this role if the College did away with grades altogether...
...that the change in grading would not effect post-graduation prospects. Employers and graduate schools would continue to compare applicants against each other, so students still would strive to distingish themselves. But instead of receiving a bunch of letter grades for their efforts, they would have a list of extra-curricular and academic distinctions...
...September 23) and a staff editorial on September 25, invariably start with a firm reminder of why PUCC's reformist project is necessary. Chung acknowledges that the Undergraduate Council, the only body able in theory to speak on behalf of all the members of the College, "is just another extra-curricular activity" and "suffers from a lack of legitimacy." He also allows that the council's illegitimacy stems in part from the fact that "[it] is a bastion of white males." So far, so good. When representatives of campus progressive, ethnic and gay-lesbian groups, as well as other concerned...
...suffers from a lack of mandate, a lack of institutionalized power, and a resulting lack of legitimacy in the eyes both of students and the administration. The council is just another extra-curricular activity, a dress-up game in which members pretend to be representing and governing. Incongruently, this one extra-curricular activity gets its funding straight out of students' term bills, claiming to be on a higher plane than, say, Model Congress. Initiatives in past years to take that funding away from the U.C. speak directly to students' view of the council's legitimacy and representation. It has none...
...whole atmosphere is very competitive here," West said. "What with the huge workloads, there isn't a lot of time left for 'extra-curricular' activities...