Word: extracurricular
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...religion did not mean much to me until the spring semester of my senior year. Knowing that I would be away at college in the fall, I began to see Sunday Mass as a time to be close to my parents in a way that college plans, homework, and extracurricular activities prevented me from doing during the week...
...Activities Committee (SAC) and a CCL member, said after the meeting that he did not see the rising number of student groups as a problem. “Students should be able to do what their passions drive them to do,” Petersen said. “Extracurricular life is a really important part of life here at Harvard.” Amadi P. Anene ’08, a SAC vice-chair, echoed Petersen’s sentiments. “I don’t think there should be a limit on the number of student...
...local public school committee considered a proposal yesterday that would require Cambridge Rindge and Latin School freshmen and sophomores to participate in an extracurricular or community service activity before graduating—a move that some committee members said might be outside of its bounds...
Currently, extracurriculars occupy a sacred sphere on this campus, where students learn from each other, free from overbearing administrative governance. Surely, such a culture should continue; strict regulation of student group activities would be counterproductive. Just as lecture halls are the realm of the professors, extracurriculars are the realm of the students; through them, students have the freedom to pursue their own interests, and often do so with more enthusiasm than they might bring to regular coursework. But extracurricular involvement and academic engagement need not be mutually exclusive; if faculty take a greater role in this world, meeting students...
Additionally, departments might seek student group collaboration in planning public lectures and getting students to attend, casting such events as extracurricular attractions rather than academic burdens. Finally, departments might offer extra office space to groups whose work relates to their field, potentially creating a real bond between students and academics that could lead to collaboration valuable to both...