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Seniors who have been haunted by a few too many all-nighters in Lamont might never want to hear the word “thesis?? again. But cheer up, ye dwellers of Widener: one day, those hundred-plus pages will be worth it. At least they were for Ceridwen Dovey ’03. Dovey’s senior thesis included a short film documentary, “Aftertaste,” about laborers on South African wine farms. Her global work brought her back to Cambridge on Tuesday for a new English department program...
Four a.m. rolls around, and it’s finally time to write that thesis??or at least that thesis title. After sitting down at your computer, you open a blank document and carefully set down your pithy words. You stare at the screen for a while, only slightly distracted by imaginings of deep-fried foods and ice cream. You center a colon on the page but suddenly your eyes alight upon a web ad for a board game: Candyland. You see an article about the latest possibility for a Yard Fest performer: Jimmy Eat World. No more...
...tragedy of the commons” and Burke’s trustee-versus-delegate debate.The final few chapters are actually quite engaging, but can only partially redeem the time spent trudging through the first three-quarters of the book. Only here does Jacoby’s thesis??that American intellectual habits have changed—come across cohesively (and with refreshing humor and humility). However, this is only the last three chapters. For the most part, Jacoby’s argument lacks the very basic tenets—rationality, tolerance, and an openness to discourse?...
...beyond the monkey business, there is serious work being done. Another researcher, Kyle J. Foreman ’08, is working on a senior thesis??inspired by economic theory, of all things—that tests whether monkeys ever get jealous...
...lingering suspicions I had about the true nature of Harvard’s relationship with its students, however, were totally destroyed not long before spring break, when I went to purchase the materials necessary for the submission of my senior thesis??supposedly the crowning achievement of my academic career...