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论文的转折

By Romel Hernadez on May 07, 2013 12:14 PM

论文截止日期也使高年级学生有权将他们的名字添加到注册办公室外的论文板上。 Photo by Eren Veziroglu ’16

Sociology major Brittany Wideman ’13 nudges the stack of paper across the counter and takes a deep breath. Her senior 论文, representing a year of intensive work (and two all-nighters over the past week), is now in the hands of the registrar’s office. More specifically, the hands of graduation specialist 马克福勒, whose job it is to check over the final drafts of the theses to make sure that they conform to style guidelines: title page formatted properly, page numbers in the correct spot, adviser signature on the right line, etc.

布里特妮屏住呼吸，马克浏览着书页。 At last he lifts his gaze and smiles: “That looks perfect.”

At that moment, office staff members break out in a cheer, tooting horns, and shaking noisemakers, as a gong sounds in the registrar’s annex office across the hallway. 布列塔尼在头上戴了一个塑料月桂花环，然后在松鼠齐皮士贴纸上草草写下自己的名字，贴在论文公告栏上。 “I’m not in reality right now,” she says to the group of well-wishers surrounding her. “I’m elated—tired, too. 里德 has given me so much for these four years, and this is my magnum opus.”

上周，当高年级学生上交毕业论文的最后一稿时，布列塔尼所经历的欢乐里程碑或多或少被重复了318次，这已成为一种校园仪式。 The celebration has evolved over the last quarter century, said associate registrar John Colgrove ’86. During the ’80s, the office started passing out T-shirts to the students who turned in theses in winter, to make up for the fact that their 论文游行 would not take place until spring. 在随后的几年里，论文提交已经发展成为自己的传统。

“We enjoy celebrating with the students—it’s a big accomplishment,” John said. 这对学生们来说也是一件大事，他们以赢得荣誉为荣，并用这些荣誉来装饰毕业典礼的学位帽。

As the final deadline looms, however, the scene grows increasingly edgy at the registrar’s office. 有些学生等到最后一分钟。通常情况下，他们在格式上犯了一些错误，并被拒绝重新编号页面，或类似的事情。办公室外的队伍一直延伸到走廊，每个工作人员都帮助检查文件，这样高年级学生就可以加入游行队伍，游行队伍将在下午晚些时候从豪瑟图书馆外转移到艾略特大厅内。

Whether a 论文 is turned in days ahead or seconds before the official 3 p.m. Friday deadline, every single 论文 is celebrated at the registrar’s office and seniors readily react to the celebration.

“In six years of doing this,” said Mark, “I’ve seen pretty much every emotion, and tears go along with all of them.”

Tags: 论文, 论文游行, 注册处

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