Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Soudavar said he hopes the new board will continue to expand the Advocate's presence on campus--something he said his board worked to accomplish through readings, art shows and music events...
...January what's the most important thing I can accomplish, I would say, to get 10 more ways students can make policy at the University," says Plants, who is a Crimson editor...
...rightly emphasized that the council's first priority should be reestablishing strong connections to the student body that it purports to represent. She has advocated a "Harvard Census 2000" and placing council feedback cards in the dining halls--measures that are useful as a first step, but will accomplish little without further action...
Part of the problem lies in the fractured nature of the campus landscape. Students inhabit niches--they chose to devote the bulk of their energies to one or two extracurricular pursuits. Regardless of what they accomplish in their particular fields, they rarely attain a prominence that transcends their immediate sphere of interest. As a result, there are star athletes, well-known writers, respected performers, and council powerbrokers, but rarely are there students who have built reputations that permeate the many sectors of undergraduate life...
...obvious explanation for this state of affairs is the brutally demanding time commitment that any one extracurricular activity has come to require. Students just don't have enough free hours to accomplish many different things. This reality absolves most of us, but it does not entirely excuse those who are currently asking us to anoint them our leader. Yes, it would take someone truly extraordinary to have earned the admiration of the college's many different communities. But shouldn't the man or woman who represents Harvard's student body be at least marginally extraordinary...