Ask a professor: What a thesis means at Vassar in 2015
“Your thesis is like your first love: difficult to forget,” writes Umberto Eco in his manual “How To Write a Thesis.” If Vassar students were to write a similar guide,…
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For senior MEDS major, grass is always greener inside a box
Amid the brown landscape the unrelenting snow left in its wake, there will soon be a paradise of greenery. Since winter break, Sasha Zwiebel ’15 has been working on plans…
Breaking out of the carrel: History majors travel for thesis
The philosopher Saint Augustine understood the process of learning when he claimed, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” In trying to…
‘I’m sorry, I <3 you:’ terrified senior emails thesis advisor
Good morning, Professor, It’s a beautiful day today, isn’t it? Well, I mean, if you consider snow beautiful, which I do. I mean, don’t we all? Ha. So, yeah, about…
Gregoline thesis fuses text, image
When many Vassar students hear “graphic novel,” they immediately think Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Now, there is a new graphic novelist on Vassar’s campus–and she’s a student. Emma Gregoline…
Off the beaten thesis track, Rowland pens series of poems
One senior has decided to take a pass on the footnotes and selected bibliographies. Instead of polishing off a research paper, Liz Rowland ’14 is avidly penning the last few…
Senior projects could be mandatory
In the past few weeks, the library has become a haven for stressed-out seniors as they race toward thesis deadlines. Surrounded by books and multiple cups of coffee, they are…
IME proposal offers more options yet strains resources
At the most recent Vassar Student’s Association (VSA) meeting, Professor Rebecca Edwards came to discuss the implementation of Intensive Mentor Exploration (IME), a type of senior capstone project that would…
Capstone projects help sum up Vassar careers
Every year there is a new batch of seniors striving to make thesis meetings, slogging through their drama projects and struggling through rehearsals, among a whole variety of other capstone…
Paper ideas for the student who has nothing left to lose
I have spent my entire academic career trying to think of captivating titles for my papers. I have failed. I turned one in literally today (literally in the real sense…