Word: extracurricular
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...went back to Stanford for her the fall semester of her sophomore year, but she didn't swim and instead tried to immerse herself in other extracurricular activities to fill up her extra time. It didn't work, however. Calfee simply missed swimming too much...
This was Yale in the days before co-education, when the school still enforced a coat-and-tie rule in its dining halls, and a structured extracurricular schedule...
...fact, Morgan even met her future husband through her extracurricular activitiy...
Late-night study sessions are a staple of Harvard life. Overcommitted students spend their daylight hours scrambling from class to section to extracurricular activities, stumbling back home only to be confronted with piles of problem sets, papers and pain. All of this makes us hungry...
...that prescription, Putnam adds addressing urban sprawl, as it encourages living in isolation from communities, and an increased emphasis on extracurriculars in junior high and high school. "Extracurricular activities," he argues, "are a very good predictor of being civically engaged. I'm actually not worried about Harvard students -- you'll do just fine, because you're all self-selected to be extremely engaged. I am worried about people who are not Harvard kids and who are more likely to be sitting in front...