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...basic forms: comments on thecrimson.com, e-mails, blood-written notes left under my door, etc. I cherish each one of these personal messages. After all, connecting with my readers is my second most important goal as a columnist, just behind proving to my parents that I have another extracurricular other than video games. I love hearing what other people think about my columns—both the good and the bad. Plus, these reader messages are quick and easy for me to respond to. If someone compliments my writing, I’ll write back, “Thank...
...applaud TIME for featuring victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy on the cover [April 30]. Some of the photos hinted at extracurricular interests; others were obviously school, military or formal photographs. All were pictures of promise. The images of Cho Seung-Hui were disturbing, but the faces staring from the cover, while heartbreaking, were reminders of the love and promise that abound...
...creation of a committee on activity-based learning (ABL), an initiative to integrate students’ extracurricular activities with their academic experiences in the classroom, was proposed in the final report of the Task Force on General Education released in February...
...Jones had been highly regarded in her field and widely praised for MIT's efforts to reduce the stress of college admissions. She redesigned the school's application to reflect her desire for applicants who make strong contributions to a few extracurricular activities rather than amass long lists of them. A book she co-wrote last year, "Less Stress, More Success," emphasized that theme...
...it’s not easy to teach an old club new tricks. So it should come as little surprise that one year after the administration’s transplanting of office space from Yard basements to the new Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH), the paradise of happy extracurricular group members commingling in a modern community has not yet materialized according to its planners’ hopes. And yet, in its reallocation of space at SOCH for the upcoming year, the administration has apparently decided to lay the blame for the troubled transition at the feet of the very...