Word: extra-curricular
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...fear that a student center will hurt the house system is irrational,” he added. “We simply don’t have space. Student group and other extra-curricular activities don’t need to be jam-packed within the house basements in order for us to have a vibrant house system...
...felt even more so that all I wanted to do was play bass.” Though he was a member of the Bach Society Orchestra and the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra he felt that music was “too much of an extra-curricular pursuit, which I didn’t want it to be. I wanted it to be my main focus.” His course load echoed that sentiment: a music theory class, a chamber music class, a symphonic music history core, and German—no chemistry to be found...
Hart says his curricular and extra-curricular experiences at Harvard have softened his manner of expression and in turn heightened his respect for the people behind the opinions...
...Ordinarily, I would be all too ready to welcome some degree of centralization in this frustratingly atomized place, where deans’ and professors’ autonomy seems a higher priority than students’ needs. Combining these two positions, however, threatens to undermine Harvard’s distinctive extra-curricular culture, which appears to be University President Lawrence H. Summers’ and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s ultimate goal...
...topics we are going to consider in the review is the interaction of curricular and extra-curricular activities, particularly in the arts and public service,” he wrote in an e-mail. “I wouldn’t want to predict where we will end up a year from now, but it will certainly be considered...