Word: spending
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...post-randomization, undergraduate life at Harvard is at a turning point. As Houses move further away from their former "personalities," students are becoming less interested in participating in House events. Social life for many students is moving off-campus, and a House-centered social system is seriously threatened. Undergraduates spend increasing amounts of time in extracurricular organizations, yet student groups are severely under-funded and must fight with Extension School classes for precious meeting and performing space. I believe that the problems of both student groups and the Houses can be alleviated through a mutually beneficial system of student group...
Nevertheless, problems with both the Houses and the student groups continue to exist. Right now, student life at the college is in limbo. Will social life return to a House-based center? Or will groups further fracture as students spend more time in extracurricular activities, while turning to organizations outside of Harvard for a social outlet? I believe that it is in the best interests of both the students and the College to return the focus to House life. The results of such an affiliation would tremendously benefit the entire undergraduate community...
...College life can be rather dull at times--hours and hours spent reading textbooks and writing essays. So my thinking is, if I have to spend so much at a desk at least let in be in an environment that I like. That's why I spent so much time fixing up my room. Just looking around reminds me how wonderful life...
This will be the case as long as we live in a society that places hard work among its highest values. Many students spend more than 20 hours each week on part-time jobs and extracurricular activities before sitting down to do their homework...
...state legislator is also an advocate. If it benefits my constituents to spend time over at the MDC instead of in my office at the State House, then yes, I'm going to spend my time doing that," he says...