Senior Exhibitions 2014
The students become the teachers.
Last weekend our seniors put down their pencils and notebooks to don the mantle of authoritative experts. The Senior Exhibition Program, led this year by the McGowans, allows our seniors to delve deeply into a topic of interest; they spend roughly six months developing and researching a topic of their choosing. This year saw some changes in the program. Students were allowed more time to develop and settle on a particular topic; they even had two evenings in the fall of "Senior Ex Speed Dating" where they could discuss their proposed topics with faculty members. In the winter, the English Department devoted four weeks of class time to the research phase of the exhibition process.
This year's Senior Ex projects reached their culmination the last weekend of April with two days of presentations. The weekend kicked off on Thursday evening after formal dinner, continued all day Friday, and closed after Saturday at noon. With sixteen time-slots, and three or four presentations in each, there was never a dull moment. The seniors really embraced their newly adopted role as educator and their presentations made for a remarkable weekend.
Visit the Senior Exhibitions Blog.
The class of 2014 and their presentation topics:
Paul Ammons — The Rise of Capitalism & Its Critics
Jack Baldwin — Genesis & Apocalypse: The Beginning and End of the Universe
Annie Beckham — Dogs: The Story of Manipulation, Failure, and Success
Annika Bhasavanich — Thailand's Sex Economy
Blake Bowie — Key to Elite Athletic Performance
Lili Boyle — The Art of French New Wave Cinema
Ciara Byrne — True Cost of Olympic Gold
Pascal Cevaer-Corey — Corporate Influence on U.S. Environmental Legislation
Jon Chang — Is Your Smartphone Killing You?
David Chao — America's Need to Raise the Minimum Wage
Minah Choi — Global Freshwater Issues: The Fight For Blue Gold
Drew Combs — Causes of the Viking Age
Caleb Couturie — Why We Lie
Teo Davis — The Children's War: Conflict in Sierra Leone
Jackson Dolphin — Game of Thrones: Fiction Modeling Political Philosophy
Auden Ehringer — Dying with Dignity: End-of-Life Care
Jillian Elkin — An Exploration of Torture in the 21st Century
Grant Ellman — The Modern Musician: Music Production Technology
Hannah Everett — Spectacle & Imagination: Evolution of the Circus
Clemencia Garcia-Kasimirowski — Political Pop: Feminism, Race, & Gay Rights in Music
Reed Gulick-Stutz — The Truth About Marijuana
Harry Hayman — The Portrayal of the American Family Through Film
Isobel Hayne — God Hates America: A Study of Westboro Baptist Church
Erich Herzig — Exoplanets
Leah Ho-Israel — Art & Mental Illness
Quincy Hunter-Daniel — The Downfall of Modern Civilization
Felicia Jiang — Alzheimer's Disease: The Silent Epidemic
Wallace Kalkin — Introversion
Katie Kellner — Looking to the Deep: Underwater Technology & Its Impacts
Nayla Kidd — Body Image Wars: Generation Y vs. The Media
Lexie Kirkwood — Islamophobia
Joanna Knutsen — Sustainable Cities
Beatrice Land — Study Drugs
Annie LeFevre — Cults in Society
Ana Levy — TV Violence Evolution
Momo Lewis — A Cultural History of Michael Jackson
Sophie McMillan — War Over the Waves: Surf Gangs & Localism
Mahogany Monnette — Media, Society, & Stereotypes
Alex Morris — Finding Graceland: Paul Simon's Graceland Album & the Power of Music
Willy Newirth — Jewish Influence in Los Angeles
Simon Novich — Alternatives to Alternative Energy
Lachlan Nutting — Evolution, Creation, and the Origins of Life
Cooper Penner — Cancer & Existentialism
Alex Purcell — The Mind of a Psychopath
Susanna Renfrew — Social Media Anxiety
Rachel Rex — Natural Gas
Jeff Rhee — Corporate Social Responsibility & Creating Shared Value
Madison Rubeli — The Amish: Model for Sustainable Life
Jamie Rush — Philosophy, Physics, & the Possibility of Time Travel
Anand Shah — Government Surveillance
Olivia Simonson — The Birth Control Pill
Lane Sohn — Foodie Culture in America
Raul Soto — Abusive Relationships
Madeline Taylor — Solitude and the Art of Edward Hopper
Mia Voevodsky — Former People: The Fate of the Russian Aristocracy
Shelley Vohr — Memory: Encoding, Retrieval, & Corruption
Wade Warren — The Illict Economy in North Korea
Aidan Waugh — Is it Possible to Prevent Alcoholism?
Sage Whipple — Looking to Iceland for Heat
Alex Yeagle — Bitcoins: What are the all A-Bit?
Alex Zaldastani — Electronic Dance Music
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This year's Senior Ex projects reached their culmination the last weekend of April with two days of presentations. The weekend kicked off on Thursday evening after formal dinner, continued all day Friday, and closed after Saturday at noon. With sixteen time-slots, and three or four presentations in each, there was never a dull moment. The seniors really embraced their newly adopted role as educator and their presentations made for a remarkable weekend.
Visit the Senior Exhibitions Blog.
The class of 2014 and their presentation topics:
Paul Ammons — The Rise of Capitalism & Its Critics
Jack Baldwin — Genesis & Apocalypse: The Beginning and End of the Universe
Annie Beckham — Dogs: The Story of Manipulation, Failure, and Success
Annika Bhasavanich — Thailand's Sex Economy
Blake Bowie — Key to Elite Athletic Performance
Lili Boyle — The Art of French New Wave Cinema
Ciara Byrne — True Cost of Olympic Gold
Pascal Cevaer-Corey — Corporate Influence on U.S. Environmental Legislation
Jon Chang — Is Your Smartphone Killing You?
David Chao — America's Need to Raise the Minimum Wage
Minah Choi — Global Freshwater Issues: The Fight For Blue Gold
Drew Combs — Causes of the Viking Age
Caleb Couturie — Why We Lie
Teo Davis — The Children's War: Conflict in Sierra Leone
Jackson Dolphin — Game of Thrones: Fiction Modeling Political Philosophy
Auden Ehringer — Dying with Dignity: End-of-Life Care
Jillian Elkin — An Exploration of Torture in the 21st Century
Grant Ellman — The Modern Musician: Music Production Technology
Hannah Everett — Spectacle & Imagination: Evolution of the Circus
Clemencia Garcia-Kasimirowski — Political Pop: Feminism, Race, & Gay Rights in Music
Reed Gulick-Stutz — The Truth About Marijuana
Harry Hayman — The Portrayal of the American Family Through Film
Isobel Hayne — God Hates America: A Study of Westboro Baptist Church
Erich Herzig — Exoplanets
Leah Ho-Israel — Art & Mental Illness
Quincy Hunter-Daniel — The Downfall of Modern Civilization
Felicia Jiang — Alzheimer's Disease: The Silent Epidemic
Wallace Kalkin — Introversion
Katie Kellner — Looking to the Deep: Underwater Technology & Its Impacts
Nayla Kidd — Body Image Wars: Generation Y vs. The Media
Lexie Kirkwood — Islamophobia
Joanna Knutsen — Sustainable Cities
Beatrice Land — Study Drugs
Annie LeFevre — Cults in Society
Ana Levy — TV Violence Evolution
Momo Lewis — A Cultural History of Michael Jackson
Sophie McMillan — War Over the Waves: Surf Gangs & Localism
Mahogany Monnette — Media, Society, & Stereotypes
Alex Morris — Finding Graceland: Paul Simon's Graceland Album & the Power of Music
Willy Newirth — Jewish Influence in Los Angeles
Simon Novich — Alternatives to Alternative Energy
Lachlan Nutting — Evolution, Creation, and the Origins of Life
Cooper Penner — Cancer & Existentialism
Alex Purcell — The Mind of a Psychopath
Susanna Renfrew — Social Media Anxiety
Rachel Rex — Natural Gas
Jeff Rhee — Corporate Social Responsibility & Creating Shared Value
Madison Rubeli — The Amish: Model for Sustainable Life
Jamie Rush — Philosophy, Physics, & the Possibility of Time Travel
Anand Shah — Government Surveillance
Olivia Simonson — The Birth Control Pill
Lane Sohn — Foodie Culture in America
Raul Soto — Abusive Relationships
Madeline Taylor — Solitude and the Art of Edward Hopper
Mia Voevodsky — Former People: The Fate of the Russian Aristocracy
Shelley Vohr — Memory: Encoding, Retrieval, & Corruption
Wade Warren — The Illict Economy in North Korea
Aidan Waugh — Is it Possible to Prevent Alcoholism?
Sage Whipple — Looking to Iceland for Heat
Alex Yeagle — Bitcoins: What are the all A-Bit?
Alex Zaldastani — Electronic Dance Music
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