Word: extracurricular
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...sparked controversy and left more than a few students confused and frustrated.The administration is to be commended for the new program, largely designed by the SAB. Currently, most first-years have an abysmal advising experience, and often survive only on the coattails of upperclassmen in their extracurricular activities. Reform was urgently needed. But while the administration’s haste was understandable, the questionable and opaque process of selecting PAFs was not. Applications were due April 16. By April 18, some applicants had been accepted. Before the interviews began on April 24, a total of 90 applicants—nearly...
...vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks. The removal of soft drinks from schools is but one step of many towards the goal of raising healthy children. An unfortunate effect of this soft-drink ban will be to eliminate one source of funding for many schools, in particular for extracurricular activities. Serious funding shortfalls in numerous school districts in recent years have caused these schools to rely on exclusive contracts with beverage companies and vending machine revenues for supplementary funding. Hopefully, the revenue from juice and milk sales will help replace the lost money, but some school districts may still find...
...it’s very chatty and informal,” she says. “In the College, there’s less dillydallying. It’s more, tell me your brilliant thought and I’ll tell you mine, then I have another class or extracurricular to go to so off I go.”However, professors say the more laid back atmosphere of the extension school is not necessarily reflective of the academic rigor of the classes.Robert H. Neugeboren, a lecturer on Social Studies who has taught Economics 1050: “Strategy, Conflict...
...Before the Ad Board takes a step as rash as disciplining a student for behavior outside her academic and extracurricular life at Harvard, it must make explicit the instances in which students are acting in their capacity as Harvard students and the instances in which they are not. Until the Ad Board defines such parameters, it has no jurisdiction over Viswanathan’s punishment, which should remain in the legal sphere. Even if she is found to have intentionally plagiarized passages from other novels, that offense, though certainly reprehensible, warrants punishment only from those whom she has offended?...
...learn about playwriting and about the Greek system,” says Martin. “I’m happy. It’s something my mother and father can brag about.”Martin has remained humble about his extracurricular achievements as well, citing his respect for the Harvard theater community when discussing the Levy award. “The most flattering thing about it was just seeing the list of the people who were on the committee that made the final decision, and also being alongside the other winners of the Arts awards...