Word: extracurricular
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...second objection—that punching a final club is emotionally taxing to the individual—is a silly one. Harvard students are highly capable of taking care of themselves, having learned to effectively manage hectic course loads and extracurricular schedules. Samuel and company should not delude themselves into believing that these students are too delicate to handle punch season...
Almost every student at Harvard has his or her extracurricular activity: Some participate in cultural groups, others write for publications, and still others work within our many political organizations. All of these organizations are either funded—many of them amply—by centuries’ old endowments, by the $260,000 in student group grants that the Undergraduate Council provides each year, or by fundraisers such as dances and movie nights. And for the large percentage of students who compete on Harvard’s 41 varsity athletic teams, the Department of Athletics is the source...
...students who have turned to club sports as their extracurricular activity, funding is largely lacking. The Department of Athletics currently budgets $10,000-$15,000 per year for the twenty-nine club sports—or about $400 per sport—which is an appallingly low number considering the costs that each team might face. From intercollegiate travel to coaching fees and equipment expenses, club sports, which, unlike many other organizations, are an inherently expensive endeavor, are left to fend for themselves with this paltry sum and their own fundraising devices. We believe that these organizations, which provide...
...Although many areas of extracurricular life are currently underfunded, club sports find themselves in a particularly difficult situation since they are under the purview of the Department of Athletics, which has traditionally—and understandably—devoted its resources to varsity sports. Yet with the high costs of these teams, and the limited resources of the Undergraduate Council (UC) and small-scale fundraisers, club sports cannot depend on typical student group fundraising techniques, either. For example, the men’s rugby team’s proposed budget for their spring trip to nationals is $42,000, which...
...important to note that the aim of the Task Force’s proposal is not a forced integration of extracurricular and academic pursuits. Instead, it seeks to give students the opportunity to link the two if they choose. According to Kemper Professor of American History James T. Kloppenburg, “The goal is to give students more flexibility to plan their own undergraduate programs, experiment with various alternatives, and make changes. Locking students into a rigid curriculum ...is now seen as a problem rather than a goal...