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Though he has never publicly commented on what happened in his meeting with West, one would suppose that Summers had some questions about the scholastic merit of West’s extracurricular activities, such as recording a spoken-word album, filming cameos for The Matrix sequels and advising the Rev. Al Sharpton on his potential 2004 presidential campaign. The conflict between Summers and West, among other things, was a clash between two different definitions of what it means to be a public intellectual...
...plan calls for the head tutors within each of the College’s academic departments to compile lists of upperclass students who represent a wide spectrum of academic, extracurricular and career interests. The lists, which will be available on-line, will allow first-years to look for advisers with similar backgrounds and goals...
Chiefly, protests over the new rule demonstrate that some athletes are not interested in getting involved in extracurricular activities beyond the confines of their sports. Harvard heavyweight crew captain Michael J. Skey ’03 sarcastically remarked to The Crimson that athletes are “not going to stop training because a bunch of presidents got together and thought it would be a good idea for them to join the cello group for seven weeks.” Skey expresses a contemptuous view of broad involvement in Harvard activities. Athletics, unlike many other extracurricular pursuits, breeds a subculture...
Apparently, dedication to any extracurricular outside of athletics lies beyond the scope of Pascavage’s condescending view of her non-athlete peers. Such an attitude dismisses passionate community service volunteers as ruthless resume-builders, master musicians as frauds without true dedication to their craft and so on. It should offend anyone who has ever loved or cared about an activity other than a sport...
...standards and unfair prejudice from the Harvard community when instead they should examine their own narrow perceptions of their classmates. The Ivy League’s new “dead time” policy gives varsity athletes seven weeks to do exactly that. Encouraging them to explore other extracurricular interests and to interact with a broader range of fellow students provides an unprecedented opportunity to challenge misperceptions on both sides. And the cynicism of some athletes’ protests against the policy suggests that this opportunity comes not a moment too soon...