Word: extracurricular
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...Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education,” by former Dean of the College and current professor Harry R. Lewis ’68. Lewis’ criticisms run the gamut, but the one that caught my eye was his description of student extracurricular involvement. With more than 300 student groups and 41 varsity sports, Harvard claims that this is a place where opportunities exist in almost any area imaginable. And students take them at their word, throwing massive amounts of time and effort into clubs, teams, and publications. Lewis can’t decide...
...some, social life means late nights packed in the ground floors of certain Mt. Auburn St. mansions (or mock-Flemish castles), and for others, it means room parties and events organized by House Committees (HoCos). For many, social life means long hours spent with one’s extracurricular activity of choice, and for the campus, it means the occasional school-wide event. The latter three incarnations all saw, by and large, improvements this year as the College dean’s office, the president’s office, and the Undergraduate Council (UC) crafted a few simple...
...plopped myself into an extracurricular with a predominantly white staff. And no matter how cosmopolitan Harvard students may fancy themselves, they generally were not conversant with my favorite Taiwanese movies, poetry, and martial arts novels. In addition, while the busy newsroom was a frightening place for most compers, the discomfort I felt was compounded when I walked in and saw no one who looked like me. These racial and cultural differences weren’t the only reason I didn’t find an insta-home, but they certainly played their role...
...ventured through the maze of music, drag queens, and flying candy that is the freshman activities fair, the vast expanse of Harvard extracurricular life was laid out before me. Publications were being shoved in my face, upperclassmen were begging me for my e-mail address, and each group wanted to tell me why their club was what would define my next four years. Of all of the myriad options there was one area I avoided like the plague—the corner of Harvard Yard with the Institute of Politics, Dems, Republicans, and any other group committed to political engagement...
...other roommate, remembers Worth as successfully juggling commitments throughout her time here.“Financial aid was not as generous as it is today, [but] she worked all the way through her four years at Harvard while maintaining a full-on load of academic subjects and extracurricular activities,” Hill says. “She jumped fully into [all of the] opportunities studying at Harvard offers,” says Burrows of Worth, who worked at the Faculty Club as a bartender, at the Harvard Department of Athletics as a manager of two women?...