Outgoing Chair Bill Haltom works the crowd
All were toasted and white cords of distinction distributed, with special awards going out to the best senior theses in each seminar:
American Politics:
Megan Buscho, “The Attack of the Pajama People: Bloggers and the Challenge to the Mainstream Media”
Dana Ron, “Seeking Shelter: Success and Failure of Homelessness Policy in San Francisco and Portland”
International Relations:
Nick Brown, "Development, Inc.: Misaligned Motives and Microfinance's
Emerging Inability to Help the Poor"
Katheryn Pettie, "Uncertainty in the International System: How Rhetoric,
the Trans-Atlantic GMO Trade War, and International Pressure Impede the
Self-Determination of Developing Countries"
Comparative Politics:
Jessica Box, "Healthcare in Comparative Perspective: The United Kingdom and
Canada"
Public Law:
Ned Culhane, "Balancing Politics of Populism and Rights: Defending the Civil Rights of Same-Sex Couples in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
Professor Haltom concluded with a toast that he adapted from Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac:
May you carry your adornments on your soul;
May you keep your daintiness inwardly and be cloaked in unseen gems;
May you, unafraid, preserve your honor unfrayed;
May your scruples always be worn and worn well;
May you always trail white plumes of freedom;
May your good name garland you;
May your soul be clothed in shining armor, festooned with deeds for decorations;
May courage always swing at your side like a rapier;
And, on the byways of every town, may you make the sharp truth ring like golden spurs!
Congratulations to all of our graduates! Best of luck with all your future endeavors.
And the family and friends who have supported them!
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