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...asking first-years, or any Harvard students, to give up their extracurricular activities is like asking the college to decrease the academic workload as a way to improve students’ social lives and eliminate stress—it goes against the nature of the university and it’s not fair. Just as admissions officers choose to admit applicants based on academic and extracurricular success, students matriculate at Harvard for the expansive opportunities available in these same two spheres...
...phenomenon. "In the information age, knowledge is critical to business--and it's the employee who owns it," says Hamilton Beazley, 58, chairman of the Strategic Leadership Group, a consultancy in Arlington, Va. Beazley coined the term ghost work--now catching on around the country--to describe the additional workload taken on by surviving employees, usually without their former colleagues' trove of knowledge. "It's as if they're suddenly asked to start speaking Greek," says Beazley. "It can be totally demoralizing and can cripple the individual as well as the organization...
Discouragement and stress are serious issues for ghost workers. "Already we're coping with 9/11 and the possibility of war with Iraq," says Michael Faenza, a social worker and head of the National Mental Health Association. "On top of that, the larger workload and stress on productivity leave workers less able to focus on the work at hand. It can lead to depression, anxiety, substance abuse...
...There’s times that we’re gone for weeks at a time out recruiting,” Leaman said. “In those situations, the other assistant has to pick up a great deal of the workload. But you’ve got to take care of the recruiting end. Otherwise, the head coach doesn’t have any players...
...Momsen says. “I was surprised to see people studying in the dining halls—that’s not what students do, at least not at the German university I go to.” And students like Barragan who say the workload at their home university is greater note that Harvard students spend an extraordinary amount of time pursuing extracurriculars, which leaves little time for an active social life...