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...marked by cliques and social networking. Vertical entryways, as opposed to hallways, discourage even casual interactions among acquaintances. Even volunteer student organizations, steeped in traditions older than any of us, do their best to appear imposing and exclusive. Although some notable exceptions exist, Harvard’s social and extracurricular life is less than conducive to establishing a genuine support community. Indeed, social contacts at Harvard tend to be superficial and self-serving...
...February’s American College Dance Festival, directors from dance programs across the northeast marveled at how Harvard is able to foster such great creative work and talented dancers. We don’t have a dance major, and almost all of the work we do is extracurricular and student-run. So, we have no choice but to be creative—to take our ideas and run with them. While dance professors at other schools may formally teach their majors how to choreograph or dance, at Harvard we teach ourselves, and as a result, our artistic output...
Harvard alum and dancer Ryuji Yamaguchi ’03 remarked that “Harvard has a dance program that is primarily extracurricular and open to the student body.” How true do you feel this statement is of dance and other artistic endeavors at Harvard...
...want to burst out in “It’s A Small World After All.” Such chance encounters with ghosts of section past (and for any aforementioned Jaded Seniors who long ago gave up on accruing section participation points, feel free to substitute an extracurricular, party or Annenberg meal) are akin to those other secretly thrilling yet entirely unexpected epiphanies of college life, like the delightfully gooey sugar cookies that Harvard University Dining Services occasionally bestows in an act of mercy on the hungover masses at Sunday brunch, or to use a section-related analogy...
...deal,” I tried to convince myself as an incoming freshman. “Harvard features—based on my rough estimate from the freshman activities fair—about seven unique extracurricular activities for every one undergraduate. I’m sure we’ll all be busy with other things...