"I feel like I'm getting so much out of it,that I couldn't imagine giving it up," Frey says,echoing Nappi's commentary on the benefits ofmaintaining a packed schedule.

Plus, just as Nappi tears herself away from thebooks long enough to play a little guitar, Freysays she's careful not to spend all of her timeworking.

"I think one way to keep my sanity is that Imake sure I go out a couple of times a week," shesays.

Hit the Ground Running

Many first-years take some time to adjust toharried and high-pressure Harvard life beforebecoming as intimately involved withextra-curricular activities as most over-committedupper-class students.

Lindiwe Dovey '01 isn't the average first year.

"I'm from Australia--I got out of school inNovember [and] I had nine months out in the world,working," Dovey says of her need to get involvedupon arrival, "I felt like I was getting out oftouch with academic life. By the time I got here Iwas filled with excitement to do things I reallyenjoy."

Dovey, who split her childhood years betweenSouth Africa and Australia, spends about eighthours a week rehearsing with the Crimson DanceTeam, and then goes on to perform with the troupeevery Friday and Saturday night. She's also acirculation manager for The Advocate and serves onthe literary magazine's fiction board.

Dovey is currently cultivating an interest infilm and the performing arts by assistantdirecting an independent film. Produced throughthe Harvard-Radcliffe Media Network and written byfellow undergrad Santiago C. Tapia '98, Doveydescribes the film, set to be shot over springbreak, as "a psycho-analysis of a weird student atHarvard."

Despite her many commitments and 10-hour-a-weekjob with Dorm Crew, Dovey insists that, as opposedto the subject of her film, she still manages tokeep things in perspective and have fun.

"I'm adamant that I have a social life whileI'm here," Dovey says.

A Global Player

Few students have pursued their visions asrapidly as Leverett House resident William W.Burke-White '98. As the closing speaker at theState of the World Conference in 1996, Burke-Whitefirst met Mikhail Gorbechev, a fellow speaker.Impressed by the speech, the world leader thenapproached Burke-White and the two began talking.

Thus was born The Harvard Global Peace Project,Inc., a project that aims to bring 300 youngleaders from 45 war-torn countries around theworld to a Moscow conference in July 1999.According to Burke-White, the project is "myinitiative, with some of [Gorbechev's] visionsthrown in."

Burke-White is currently president of theorganization, where he spends upwards of 30 hoursa week directing a staff of 25 and running a $1million fundraising drive.