Honors Thesis Colloquium

Hi everyone,

I think I have most of what I need to write the paper on the theoretical aspect of why people join, but I’d appreciate it if you could send any information regarding the Army of the Righteous my way.

Thanks. I desperately need it!

Jesse and I decided that we would post a bit about our blogs and some of the blogs that we are on, so, voila!

My Blog: www.theyoungvote.com its a social activism site for young people. Its pretty new and still in the works

Favorite blogs: www.feministing.com is young feminism

www.thebradblog.com hip Jewish muckracker

www.blogactive.com a gay man, in DC, insider stuff

Hey everyone,

I received an e-mail the other day from the NCUR committee saying that my abstract was accepted for the conference. =)  I was wondering if anyone else heard back from them as well.

Greg, I definitely agree that the use of diagrams and pictures can be extremely beneficial for explaining different parts of the thesis.  It has been helpful for me to chart out separate parts of my arguments to allow me to refocus my thoughts.  However, the use of visual aid in presenting my thesis would probably not help in clarifying my presentation to an audience.  I think that it definitely would for your thesis though, especially since you are essentially creating a new model.  It would be great to physically see from which points your model builds upon and differs from the two previous models.

Reading up on my research, I came across many ideas about the subjectivity of history.  There are so manys way through which the passage of time and experience can be recalled.  In addition to the documentation of history through grand events and political figures, there are also the memories of details and fragments of culture, even fashion, that could at times shed even more light upon the raw truth of society captured within a certain place and time.  Furthermore, I also came to believe that when we may at times possess idealistic illusions regarding our world, our self, and others, disillusionment can be a very liberating and rewarding occurrence.

See you guys soon,

Chris

So, I’ve been doing a great deal of reading over the past few weeks.  I must say, I wish we had two intersessions just so I could read some more.  I was wondering though, have any of you guys been working on figures or diagrams for your papers?  Given the anatomical portion of my paper I have been working on a few, and I must say images seem to make everything clearer.  I know its trite, but a picture really is worth a thousand words.  I don’t know if Professor Quinby would agree, but I have found drawing incredibly useful in organizing my thoughts and helping to explain the content of my paper.  I know it isn’t too stylish, but I have been working around this timeline that I must say has been immeasurably useful as well.  Do you guys agree at all?

Best wishes,

-GP