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Perhaps the most important way students can help support mental health is to practice better daily habits and encourage peers to do the same. A regular schedule, light extracurricular load, and time set aside for friends and relaxation are not signs that you can’t “handle” Harvard—they’re signs that you know how to take care of yourself. Choose the extra sleep rather than stress. Soothe yourself, relax, and respect and validate your emotions. Use the resources available, including MHS and Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC), and encourage...
...campus where student groups are constantly vying for a limited pool of resources, the survival of a student-run extracurricular often becomes dependent on the benevolence of private donors, one-time grants and personal generosity. The question becomes, however, how long can student groups survive without financial support from the University? And perhaps more importantly, should they have...
...Committee on College Life for nearly a year, where he observed the financial troubles that plague many student groups. Understanding that funds for student groups are limited, Anene still feels reluctant to condemn the student body in its ambitious attempts to expand the somewhat stagnant environment of extracurricular life at Harvard...
...required each of us to design a substantial community organizing project over the course of the semester. Thanks to the course’s meticulous planning, many of us novice organizers found ourselves privy to areas that would have been inaccessible through Harvard’s extracurricular programs...
Anxiety over a scholarly hijacking of extracurricular pursuits also belies the current existence of several thriving courses centered on activity-based components. In addition to our Social Studies tutorial, last spring Music 194rs, “Leonard Bernstein’s Boston,” engaged students in community-based research which they later presented at a festival celebrating Bernstein’s local roots in October 2006. Sociology 96 pairs students with Boston nonprofits; Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 60 place students in organizations around the city to practice these languages in authentic settings; and Sociology...