Word: extracurricular
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...second fact is that boys are much more at risk than girls. Females are more likely to be in school orchestras, drama groups, student government, school newspapers and other extracurricular activities than boys, and, as mentioned, perform better academically. Alternatively, males are more likely to drop out, more likely to become alcoholics or drug addicts, more likely to commit violent crime and go to jail, and more likely to die through suicide during adolescence (although more females attempt suicide, nearly five times as many boys actually die), according to Sommers. It is clear where the real problem...
Harvard does not lack opportunities for student interaction, either. Students meet each other everyday. These meetings take place in classes, extracurricular activities, parties, bars or final clubs. Students interact at meals, in the library or even in the Yard. Harvard does not need a specific location to satisfy what are natural processes for active human beings. The College does not need to declare the Commons a place of intellectual interaction, when this entire place fosters the ability and the opportunity for an intellectual and cultural exchange between students and faculty members every minute and everywhere...
...Harvard must be careful to preserve its separation from the program elsewhere. The spirit of the new policy is that ROTC is essentially a private extracurricular activity, neither condoned nor prohibited by the University...
Everyone here seems to have the feeling that they're missing something that would make their lives complete. I've occasionally felt that way too. But the truth is that there is no one "Harvard experience." Nor is it possible to take "full advantage" of Harvard's extracurricular offerings, even without sleep...
...there will be no student activity fair during registration--except at the Union. "It's only going to be for the freshmen," said Assistant to the Dean of Students Michelle Hewitt. This should not cause too much trouble, since upperclass students should already have a clue about their potential extracurricular activities...