Word: thesising
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It is this responsibility of academics, toconsider the effect of their words on the outsideworld, that was the subject of Goff's thesis,which he plans to submit as a journal article nextyear, and eventually develop into a dissertationand book.
In no uncertain terms, the thesis castigatesthe vast majority of social scientists forfocusing only narrowly on the questions at hand(e.g. affirmative action), and failing to broadenthe debate or performing the crucial advocacyfunction they had in earlier periods.
"We sleep in the same bedroom and eat almost every meal together," Miriam says. And while they pursued different academic paths, both have been successful students, making the dean's list all semesters and graduating with honors. Miriam has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and won a Hoopes Prize...
"I was actually glad my thesis was due early," says Hennefeld, a history and literature concentrator. "That way I was able to watch every round of games."
Two weeks before my senior thesis was due I was still covering basketball games for the newspaper. Why? Because basketball and journalism gave me four years of pleasure. What had my thesis ever given me? Honors, schmonors.