Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...biggest extracurricular decision came early in the year. Sunday night was the night of conflict. That was the night when the Undergraduate Council, Harvard's student government, met, but it was also the same night CityStep met. I had to decide whether to run for the council or try out for CityStep...
...join some organization and put in a little bit of time, then you almost always get into them (unless you try for some twisted, elitist, social clubs like the often unfunny Lampoon). You get to bum around doing whatever you like with minimal responsibility. No ruthless cuts. Harsh, extracurricular competition is one of the bigger myths at this place (beating out such whoppers as sex at Widener Library and oppressive political correctness...
...thought back to high school, when I was a fairly typical extracurricular jock. Newspaper, student council, blah-blah-blah. All standard fare. I was sick of it by the end of senior year: sick of running meetings, sick of organizing committees, sick of calling people foractivities...
Inside Memorial Hall, first-years fill outforms and sign their names several times. Theyexit the building, only to enter a tent in whichthey are attacked from all sides by members ofvarious extracurricular groups: JoinHarvard-Radcliffe Orchestra! Comp the Advocate!Interested in Public Service? WannaRTLÄa HarvardCheerleader? Comp The Crimson! Studentsinvariably get involved in some of theseactivities and wind up either enriched or bootedfrom school after they devote 20 hours a day tothe organization and forget to study...
...rest of the day, first-years can takemore placement tests if they so desire, and attenduninteresting panel discussions. They can also hopfrom extracurricular introductory meeting toextracurricular introductory meeting, filling upat each stop on the Smartfood and Doritos providedfor refreshment. That night, first-years get afirst look at one of Harvard's strangerphenomenons, the a capella jam. The performance'spattern goes something like this: a capella groupperforms funny skit. Audience members laugh andwish they, too, could wear tuxedos and blackcocktail dresses and be funny. A capella groupsings song with lots of ba-ba-ba sounds andharmonizing. Audience members applaud and wishthey...