{"id":2627,"date":"2012-02-03T18:41:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2012-02-03T18:41:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:41:19","slug":"follow-your-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2012\/02\/03\/follow-your-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Your Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of my favorite things about Harvard is the vast array of extracurricular to get involved in\u2014you have a passion, there\u2019s probably a place for it. If you haven\u2019t noticed, food is one of mine. Not just the taste but also the ability of food to bring together community, create dialogue, and allow us to aid the world through a meal. And, indeed, at Harvard there\u2019s a place for that passion\u2014a group called the Food Literacy Project<\/a> (FLP).<\/p>\n

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Created and funded by Harvard University Dining Services<\/a>, this unique group hires student representatives from each undergraduate house\u2014as well as a few additional representatives\u2014to increase food literacy on campus.\u00a0 We host study breaks in the evenings, lectures on the weekends, and community dinners whenever. Whether the subject is the question of the ethics of Genetically Modified Foods, or helping soon-to-be-leaving seniors learn how to shop & cook for themselves, students around campus help facilitation discussions on the important issues.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been so lucky to be part of this group of individuals truly excited about what they\u2019re doing. And the energy was once again flowing this past weekend at our semester\u2019s first FLP retreat, where we generate great ideas and made and devoured fresh vegetarian sushi (see pictures below).<\/p>\n

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As the Lowell House Representative, I\u2019m currently putting together plans for a community dinner series featuring some of my favorite professors. One I\u2019m hoping to host an event with in Professor Ted Bestor<\/a>, an expert on the Japanese Tsukiji Fish Market and the Political and Economic effects of the global fish trade. Perhaps another vegetarian sushi night will be in order.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of passions, the beginning of the semester has been a torrent of applications and meetings and interviews, all maybe, possibly, hopefully. The Culinary Society (of which I\u2019m the Vice President) is currently underway planning our big event for the semester\u2014a guacamole making contest and festival (Guac\u2019 Off), a previous smash the last few years. The whole planning experiencing has been overwhelming and emotionally rewarding at the same time as we it has become time for those of us who are seniors in the club to hand off the baton to the next officers.<\/p>\n

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And then there\u2019s that pesky thesis. \u00a0When times get rough, the best thing is knowing you have a friend\u2019s shoulder to lean on. My friend Anita has been invaluable in our mutual venting, crying, and oh-my-gosh-we-can-do-this experiences through our own push to write a thesis. Her block-mate Angelia has been great in realizing I\u2019m not alone when it comes to uncertainty in our writing. I realize now that the greatest value of writing a thesis is in the process itself, of following through, of learning to create something full, and of how to deal.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps that\u2019s one of the greatest values too of Harvard as well\u2014I sure have learned a lot on that front. Academics aside for the moment, it\u2019s now officially Friday evening and time for a movie with friends at our local independent theater, The Brattle Theatre<\/a>. Hope you enjoy you\u2019re weekend too!<\/p>\n

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Ps. Here’s a picture of my house cat that I just couldn’t leave out—adorable or what?<\/p>\n

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~Natalie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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