Word: extracurricular
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...they say, is history. His departure ensured Yale’s well-known dominance over Harvard in the theater world.EXTRACURRICULAR RENAISSANCEWhile Yale’s dramatic scene took off in an institutionalized setting, Harvard’s began to develop into what was, by the 1960s, a student-driven extracurricular environment of chaotic and creative passion.Although some practical dramatic arts courses were—and continue to be—taught through the A.R.T., these hands-on courses in subjects like directing and acting were not counted for any concentration credit. Laurence Senelick, a professor of Drama at Tufts...
...students are particularly interested in the politics of their hometown.” Karen A. McKinnon ’10, of Boulder, Colo., experienced those benefits directly. Upon approaching Edward Clark, Jr.—the newly elected mayor of Greeley, Colo.—she found that her extracurricular interests had a place in her state’s local politics. “I mentioned how I was very into environmentalism, and he said that Greeley didn’t really have a recycling program,” McKinnon said. After she shared her perspectives on Boulder?...
...saxophonist, I brace myself for the inevitable “and.” Sure enough, he also tutors abused poodles in ASL twice a week. Braced by years as Student Body President and Literary Magazine Editor and Volleyball Team Captain, Harvard students fling themselves exuberantly into scores of extracurricular pursuits. Even someone who used to be only an Olympic Gymnast frequently arrives and decides she should try her hand at leading sustainability fieldtrips for urban teenagers. Seldom does a student define herself by one organization alone. Appended to every Facebook profile is an elaborate series of acronyms that...
...this exuberance, this pride, this community disappears suddenly as the exceedingly ambitious, driven, and self-motivated freshmen get absorbed in their studies, banal extracurricular pursuits, and the demands of quotidian life. For the remainder of the undergraduate tenure, Harvard pride makes a triumphant re-entry only four succeeding times: each year on the weekend before Thanksgiving. For the rest of the time, Harvard students are sometimes critical of, often self-deprecating about, but mostly oblivious to their college’s rich past...
...deserves his spot by his own merit, Harvard students no longer tend to see themselves as partaking in a grand tradition. We all enter the ivy gates interested primarily in those lofty heights to which our diplomas will propel us. And individual tastes and whims—whether academic, extracurricular, or social—are given priority. Harvard school spirit and pride get only what remains, which typically amounts to one weekend in November, spent mostly in a beer-induced haze...