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...Winter Journey.” Because of the short duration of Harvard’s winter recess, the trip was shortened one week, according to Simon. Two out of the 28 participants selected for the program were not Jewish by heritage. Students from other schools, including Barnard College and Wellesley College, were also accepted for the trip. “I am fascinated by the mix of students: students who are involved at Hillel, other students who have a bit of a foot in the door, and some that don’t have a relationship to Hillel...
This would not be an avant-garde move, but an attempt to keep up with the times. Universities as varied as Stanford, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Wellesley already have PE departments. Nor would a PE department and a requirement be redundant: Harvard’s current Department of Athletics offers only a limited number of recreational classes. Currently, students are not required to participate in any activity—but research shows that they should...
...college bent on producing successful world citizens, Harvard can’t afford to ignore the body-mind connection. An August 2006 study in the journal “Stress & Health” found, in college students, a significant negative relationship between physical activity and perceived hassles/anxiety. As Wellesley College PE department chair Bridget Belgiovine said, “You’ve got to have an active body in order to continue to keep your mind rejuvenated.” Harvard students, whose day-to-day environment is intensely competitive, could all use a little stress relief...
...Rock Body Boot camp,” a class offered at Stanford University, to “Scuba Rescue Diving,” one of the University of California at Santa Cruz’s offerings, to “African Dance,” a Wellesley class...
...News Network as one of America’s Top 15 Young Historians. As one might expect from a historian, the book is less a contemporary look at Hillary Clinton and more a historical study that covers oft-tread terrain of Hillary’s upbringing, her years at Wellesley and Yale, and her stint in the White House...