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...main biological reward of working out is more immediate: the mystical "runner's high" associated with strenuous exertion. Some experts speculate that during prolonged, intense exercise, the right, or creative, hemisphere of the brain takes over from the normally dominant left, or analytical, side, allowing associations to flow freely...
...body releases natural opiates, called endorphins, which induce the trancelike state that runners in particular achieve after about 40 minutes of strenuous effort. Athletes sometimes become addicted to these opiates and push themselves to the point of injury to get their usual dosage. Generally, though, the effects are benign. William Glasser, a Brentwood, Calif. psychotherapist and author of Positive Addiction, offers the laid-back argument that running "becomes a way to access your own creativity...
Another game-playing club initially boasting 40 members, or about half the size of the Harvard student government, was the Go Club. Not to be confused with a high-schoolesque cheerleading squad, the members actually indulged in a less strenuous activity: Go, a game similar in complexity to chess, originated in China over 4000 years...
Economist Wassily Leontief likens the selection to being chosen for paradise. No one can apply. The elect must be recommended by leaders in their field as fledgling scholars of great promise. For three years they pursue knowledge, free of institutional bureaucracy and the responsibility of teaching. Life is intellectually strenuous but not spartan; besides meeting for their casual, animated lunches, the scholars gather once a week to share sherry around a large table once owned by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Distinguished alumni include Economist Paul Samuelson, Poet Richard Wilbur...
Harvard's reigning Ivy champion rugby club is preparing for its first West Coast tour, sweeping the country immediately after the first round of the Eastern Rugby Championships this Saturday. The trip is planned for spring break and includes four strenuous games in eight days...