Word: extracurriculars
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...result has been an expanded list of countries that fall under Harvard’s blanket restriction policy. The University will provide neither academic credit nor financial support for programs of study, internships, research work, volunteer opportunities, and extracurricular pursuits based in these countries. And although it’s easy to recognize that the move reduces Harvard’s liability concerns, the real question is whether or not the benefits of a blanket policy (including the administrative ease with which travel requests can be processed), can really outweigh the costs...
Officially, House Masters were supposed to make sure the House populations were not too homogenous in terms of concentration, secondary school background, and extracurricular interests. But House Masters gave preference to students who ranked their House first, and student housing requests often resulted in communities of similar backgrounds and interests. According to The Crimson in April of 1953, this meant that around 80 percent of a House was made up of students who often chose their Houses in order to be with people similar to themselves...
Murray “Bud” H. Helfant ’55, class technology officer and the self-described oldest member of today’s popular online college directory thefacebook.com, recalls being far more concerned with his studies in biochemistry, his extracurricular activities, and “the very strict rules on women visitors,” than about which House he wanted to live in. “I got Kirkland House,” he says. “My buddies were all going...
...moderate Muslim democracy (yes, they do exist). Harvard students can only stand to benefit from interaction with a unique country such as mine. Removing barriers to interaction would also be good for Indonesia, for the influx of brains into the country would do it some good; the extracurricular and intellectual tartness of Harvard students will certainly find a way to contribute to any place that is fortunate enough to have them. Furthermore, if every university did what Harvard has done, Indonesia would be deprived of the necessary intellectual interaction that stimulates the growth of its fledgling civil society...
Youpee-Roll—a member of the Fortpeck Sioux tribe—says that NAHC is her primary extracurricular activity and that active recruitment by the club via thefacebook.com, as well as welcoming activities early in the year, sparked her initial interest...