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Members of the Undergraduate Council said Monday they will investigate whether the Harvard Coop hoodwinked students into buying its most expensive thesis paper.
Former council Chair Malcolm A. Heinicke '93 said he went to the Coop last Friday intending to purchase the $10 paper his thesis advisor had recommended.
"I was told you could get thesis paper for about $10 a ream, but [Coop employees] pointed me to a big shelf filled with paper that cost $44," Heinicke said.
Alexandra Arnold, a Coop spokesperson, said yesterday Coop employees probably did not sell students the cheaper brand because it was not specifically labeled as thesis paper.
And these days, there are more than just plain texts. Authors change text fonts almost as often as they add new chapters, and some include more well-produced graphs or scanned photographs than bibliographical entries. Thesis-writing is no longer a purely intellectual activity; aesthetics are just as important as...