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...swanking it up” in a New York City sublet. Some of these extraordinarily dedicated young people are my friends, and I’m privileged to know them. But because of the culture Harvard has fashioned through its ban of the ROTC, these students’ biggest extracurricular is also their biggest source of separation from the University. If it weren’t for the few vestiges of their commitment that we see—Army fatigues worn every Tuesday or that sleek white Navy uniform—the rest of the Harvard Community wouldn?...
This year’s graduates were more satisfied with their cumulative experiences than with any particular part—whether academics, extracurricular activities, or social life—according to a Crimson survey that polled more than 600 seniors. Women were slightly more satisfied than men in each area, the survey found...
Satisfaction with extracurricular activities was higher than with academics or social life, with 80 percent reporting that they were very satisfied or generally satisfied...
Academic satisfaction accounted for 57 percent of the overall satisfaction, social satisfaction for 27 percent, extracurricular satisfaction for 12 percent, and House satisfaction for 4 percent...
...almost without knowing it that I fled to the one extracurricular activity I could find that could sanction my desire to be alone with the worry-free stamp of institutional approval. I had to spend two hours every morning alone listening to records; it was my job. While I realize it isn’t the bravest thing to hide under the banner of required aloneness, there is still something to be said for required solitude, for time away from Facebook and final clubs, alone in a basement, listening to screeching saxophones and melancholy chords. So here I sit, playing...