There are, I hear, still quite a few people in the basement of Firestone. For all you woeful souls out (down?) there still churnin’ out a thesis, we’ve dug through nearly 60,000 records to present you with a list of our favorite senior theses titles. We’ll throw up a few of these “witty,” strange, and/or totally preposterous gems every few days to keep ya’ll inspired (or just totally incredulous).
“Eat This Thesis: Food Imagery in Pop Art,” 87 pages
“The Fish Meets the Tiger: Frank Gehry Builds at Princeton,” 104 pages
“Why Bad Sex is Like Torture: The Ethics and Metaphysics of Embodiment,” 89 pages
“Life’s a Bitch and Then You Die, Slowly, Painfully, and Alone: Suicide in Modern and Contemporary Drama,” 91 pages
“Me & Myself: A Study of Fragmentation and Fulfillment in Sex and the City,” 117 pages
Hat tip to Sarah Schiff ’10 and her “East Pyne family”