{"id":2982,"date":"2012-03-09T18:25:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T23:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2012-03-09T18:25:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T23:25:44","slug":"the-many-causes-for-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2012\/03\/09\/the-many-causes-for-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many Causes for Celebration!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FedEx\/Kinkos, 12:17am the morning before my thesis is due<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s official! My thesis has been turned in, despite accidental hole punching, buying the wrong binders, and picking up printouts from FedEx at midnight, it is done! I, luckily, wasn\u2019t feeling as disheveled as I look above once I finally got my print out, but perhaps a bit delirious (though I also just really like that hat). There was even a nice ritual to turning it in, signing your name off, being congratulated, and getting a free Government tote bag.<\/p>\n

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To celebrate, at 5pm the day my thesis was due, the Government Department had a toast with the department staff and other students who had made it through. My only advice at the end of it all, besides choosing an advisor you can talk openly with, is to make sure you really love your topic. I know everyone says that, but it is not that you must just \u201clike \u201c or \u201clove\u201d your topic, you must \u201cREALLY love\u201d it because you will<\/strong> get sick about reading it and writing it if not (and probably even if you do).<\/p>\n

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And upon finishing my midterm for my \u201cAmerican Food: A Global History\u201d course, Spring break has arrived. In our last section for this course before break, we went over our final research projects for the year. I\u2019ve been looking forward to this project all semester, as it will be the first (and hopefully not last) time I get to really utilize Harvard\u2019s Schlesinger Library<\/a>. I\u2019ve never seen such an extensive archive on food and women (two academic subjects of my fascination), including everything from old cookbooks aboard military ships from the 1700s to the first U.S. vegetarian magazine.<\/p>\n

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Leaving my midterm I saw this beautiful ornament near the Religion Department<\/em><\/p>\n

As I wait for that time, this week at least offers a nice break with some friends visiting and a trip to New York to see my brother. From my \u201cAmerican Food\u201d class, I\u2019ll bring along \u201cThe Jungle\u201d (an assigned reading) for some nice company on the bus ride (besides my boyfriend, who just sleeps the whole time anyway). Hope you all are enjoying spring too if you\u2019re near my part of the world!<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, and as some of the other bloggers here have already mentioned, this week was housing week where freshman are sorted into their houses for next year (a la Harry Poter style minus the fancy hat) and upperclassmen in each of the houses welcome in their new housemates with social events and awesome videos. I’m in Leverett, but the Quincy Housing Da<\/a>y video for two years has been epic (see if you get the reference)!
\n~Natalie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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