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Victoria Merriman '98 completed the final portion of her visual and environmental studies (VES) thesis Saturday night in Rehoboth, Mass. Unlike most thesis-producing seniors, however, Merriman was denied an opportunity to share this moment with the Harvard community because several House masters denied her request to use Harvard property...
Merriman's thesis titled "Burial" consists of a display of prosthetic limbs being lowered into the ground as part of a simulated burial. This project is a controversial and unique presentation of death. Several masters of the Quad Houses objected to allowing Merriman to perform the project at the Quad...
According to Feldstein, his interests in health care go back to his undergraduate and graduate thesis work on the topic.
Her thesis adviser, Richard Rogers, a seniorlecturer in VES, said it would be "very, veryunfortunate and very, very, sad" if Merriman couldnot exhibit a piece which he claimed "wasimportant to be shared with the community."
For the time being, Merriman said she hasinvestigated a multitude of alternative sites,including a lawn near Dunster House and a spot bythe Science Center offered to her by councilmember David W. Lerch '99--who had reserved thespace for his own thesis project.