Word: topicalism
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Chou was initially planning to write her thesis about education, but decided to spice up her topic a bit when she came to the startling realization that the process of writing it would consume a year of her life. She originally chose her thesis adviser, Lecturer on Social Studies Lisa M. Stulberg, for her expertise in education, but it was Stulberg’s work on bodybuilding magazines that turned out to be most helpful to Chou when the senior decided to write about gender issues. Chou originally considered writing about women’s magazines, but given the plethora...
Because of the easily accessible nature of her thesis topic, Chou says that “everyone had opinions and advice.” Even after handing in her Maxim opus, she still enjoys perusing the stacks of friends’ Maxims she has piled up on her bedroom floor. Upon spotting an article detailing the intricacies of dumping a dead body, she says, “You never know what they’re going to come up with next...
...Times’ short-sightedness on this topic makes it understandable why they could dismiss athletes so incredibly easily. Their position overlooks all the unique, positive additions that athletics bring to a college environment, such as teamwork, diligence at improvement and perseverance toward goals. (In fact, it would do many of the ambitious students at this school well to practice the same sportsmanship so many athletes use to overcome slumps, errors and heartbreaking losses...
When I was in fourth grade everyone in my class had to do a project about statistics as part of math class. We all interviewed our classmates on some topic and then made a graph representing the results. I studied people’s sandwich preferences, but the most controversial survey was about television. Down to the last minute, the class divided as to whether “Beverly Hills, 90210” or “Full House” was a better TV show. “90210” eventually won by two votes...
...enjoyed all of my professors very much, but in particular, Professor Samuelson, the economics professor, took a topic that was not extremely sexy or exciting and made it fun. [Baker Professor of Economics] Martin Feldstein [’61] was another. I still smile when I think about him because he was so funny and dramatic...