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Junior Spring. Though I am sure some crafty first-years are already plotting away and xeroxing articles, junior spring seems the best time to begin a thesis. Think more about choosing a broad idea than a specific topic, and hunt down your secret weapon: a good adviser. Drop into office hours and chat about your ideas, however unformed they may be. Shop around and think who would work best with you. Does she check her e-mail? Does he seem interested in your project...
...begins. "Research" at this stage may be pretty crude, and the learning curve is immense. You may think you understand Widener/microfilms/your topic/the nature of reality, but after a few weeks of reading you will realize how difficult it is to get sources, how foolishly broad your topic sounds or how banally obvious. Do not despair; it seems that all of us are humbled as we strive to join the company of educated men and women...
Distance learning has long been a topic of heated debate at Harvard...
...recently highly discussed topic of grade inflation also made in into the evening's discussion...
...slightly safer topic: treasury secretary. Bob Rubin and Larry Summers, both Greenspan buddies, are tough acts to follow, and one hopes Bush ran his Treasury shortlist (currently headed by ALCOA chief Paul O'Neill) by the Fed chairman, because the relationship between the Bush administration and the Fed will be Topic A for Wall Street's Beltway-watchers. The bad news: The new treasury secretary's first job will be selling that very same...