Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard do so earnestly and honestly. Whether I decide to direct a play, write for a publication or celebrate my cultural heritage, it is because I gain some intrinsic pleasure from the activity itself. I have, to use Purdy's words, identified with a project, relationship or aspiration. My extracurricular choice--whatever it might be--would rarely elicit accusations of false or selfish motives...
...theory is that our athletic indifference stems from the increasing prominence of extracurricular activities, a trend that has taken attention away from our teams. Others have suggested that many of us don't have any school spirit, either because were too embarrassed or too cynical to be rooting for Fair Harvard. And, of course, it could be that students are just too busy...
...those people who want to do it all. You want to get involved in performance, athletics, community service and a social circle. You could join four different extracurricular groups--and never sleep. Or you could grab three pairs of balled-up socks and head to Sever Quad for the weekly meeting of the Harvard Juggling Club...
...time has come to lay down our gloves and let the randomization fight rest. We must acknowledge that our worst nightmares have not come true--many of the Houses have retained elements of their old cultures, and the fabric of undergraduate life has not frayed into disarray. Extracurricular groups have picked up much of the slack in the realm of community formation, and while Harvard College is certainly not the same as it was pre-randomization, we cannot honestly contend that it has been measurably harmed...
What is missing from this policy is a serious discussion of House community and what it means. Does a series of well-attended House events indicate "community"? Does it require that the entire House represent one social circle? Can extracurricular activities provide community, or must it come through the houses? Can a House where students prefer a few close friends to many acquaintances have community? And on what basis does the College pick and choose which visions of community are to be encouraged and which are to be proscribed...