Word: extracurricular
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...with courses in moral philosophy that were often conducted by The Reverend President, they expressed that duty through the system of compulsory chapel. There, the students would be instructed in the Bible and addressed by their elders on their moral and religious duties. To reduce chapel to an optional extracurricular activity seemed to many of the devout a substantial abandonment of the College’s religious identity and an abdication of its responsibility to the undergraduates to whom the College related in loco parentis...
...community with their warmth, good humor, and erudition. And the Harvard students I have come to know are extraordinary. I mean this not simply in academic terms, but in how creative, passionate, and generous the best of them are, how they manage overwhelming class schedules and long lists of extracurricular activities and still find the time to pursue—and to share with tutors like me—their passion for music, poetry, politics...
...UniLu, Harvard’s student-run homeless shelter in the basement of University Lutheran Church. Since sophomore year he’s been a director of UniLu, sacrificing his Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks to work shifts that were short-staffed. For Sarkar, public service is not merely an extracurricular: it’s a fusion of the intellectual and the emotional. “Intellectualism for intellectualism’s sake is not how I personally want to live my life,” Sarkar told me in a recent conversation. “I think an education...
...year before she was born, says that her parents’ Cambodian culture remained a significant part of their lives, even in the States. Aside from pursuing public sector work under the fellowship, which will mark her first trip to Cambodia, Leng will meet more extended family. Her extracurricular experiences at Harvard also furthered Leng’s connection to her culture. Leng, a government concentrator, threw herself into her work with Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA). Though she did not join the organization until the spring of her sophomore year, she spent a summer co-directing the Summer Urban...
...same is true for extracurricular activities. After initially being involved in more organizations than I could handle, I realized that a high-school-style approach just wouldn’t cut it. If nothing else, my liver simply wouldn’t be able to withstand all of the social events these clubs held...