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Instead, at times when Harvard becomes overwhelming, students should take a short vacation. Harvard truly values travel, as can be clearly seen by the plethora of grants available to undergraduates. However, travel should not be limited to eight weeks over the summer or two weeks over J-Term. Instead, off-campus trips should be seen as a respite from daily life that is beneficial at any time...
Students may think that this time away from classes is academically deleterious, but this is a misconception. The university schedule makes it possible for the trips to be practical. Reading period allows students ample time to catch up on any reading they may have missed. It is a matter of using the time one has productively...
With better time management, students can surely carve out a weekend during a term to attend a conference that supplements their academic endeavors; visit a friend’s family, promoting student camaraderie; or simply take a trip. Teaching fellows and professors do not need to make exceptions for the academic responsibilities of students leaving for travel experiences because students are able to plan ahead, thanks to syllabi handed out at the beginning of the semester, well in advance of any due dates. Provided that teaching fellows and professors consistently follow the syllabi they provide, students are able to plan...
...bygone era of Harvard as a country club cannot, and in some cases, should not come back in its entirety, the ability for students to take vacations during a term should be preserved. Harvardians are quite capable of planning their academic duties out for the future to make time for a vacation. After all, it was planning out one’s future that landed each Harvard man and woman at the College in the first place...
...ready on Friday. In one of the first races of the day—the women’s 3000-meter event—a pack of Harvard runners took the lead from the start, refusing to relinquish its position. Junior Claire Richardson crossed the line first with a time of 9:59.33, followed four seconds later by Crimson sophomore Nicole Cochran. Sophomore Jeanne Mack and juniors Hilary May and Jamie Olson grabbed the third through fifth positions. Fifteen more seconds lapsed before a runner from a different team reached the finish...