Word: extracurricular
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...that prescription, Putnam adds addressing urban sprawl, as it encourages living in isolation from communities, and an increased emphasis on extracurriculars in junior high and high school. "Extracurricular activities," he argues, "are a very good predictor of being civically engaged. I'm actually not worried about Harvard students -- you'll do just fine, because you're all self-selected to be extremely engaged. I am worried about people who are not Harvard kids and who are more likely to be sitting in front...
...would almost never give the same legitimacy to discomfort created on the basis of race or religion. Nor would they honor transfer requests solely on the basis of divergent academic interests or extracurricular pursuits. In many cases this discomfort is real and genuine. But FDO is right to intervene only if this discomfort should ever have dangerous consequences. We are not convinced that sexual orientation automatically creates such a danger...
According to Associate Dean for Extracurricular Activities David P. Illingworth '71, the important things to see will differ from family to family...
...there are disproportions of one concentration or another in almost every extracurricular group you can name, from the Advocate to Zalacain," Lewis added...
...doubtful it is because you subscribe to the common Harvard misconception that community service is the extracurricular for future educators, sensitive do-gooders or pre-meds trying to pad their applications to graduate school. Students who already know what field they wish to enter, i.e. politics, feel their time is best served by running for Undergraduate Council. Rather than spend time with the people who public policy truly affects, undergraduates with political aspirations prefer to work with an artificial political body. Organizations like Debate Team demonstrate that students feel it is better to simulate the real thing rather than actually...