2008 Ossip Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Writing

The School of Arts & Sciences and
the College Writing Board Announce

Sharing First Prize in Research Writing
From Tears to Titters:  The Shakespeare Burlesque
and Nineteenth- Century Working-Class Receptions
Tricia Pil, English
Nancy Glazener, Instructor

The Faces of Berlin:  Interpretations
of the Communicative Architectural Facade
Kara Snitger, History of Art and Architecture
Gretchen Bender, Instructor

Honorable Mention in Research Writing
Gimme Shelter:  Intersections and Divergences in British and
American Housing Policy in the 20th Century and Beyond
Andrew Macurak, History
Bernard Hagerty, Instructor

Sharing First Prize in Critical Writing
Harry Panoptic:  The Boy Who Saw
Paige Carlson, English Literature
Courtney Wiekle-Mills, Instructor

Transcendental Juggling:  Reflections on
Emerson’s Handling of Contradictions in “Self-Reliance”
Andrew Porter, English Literature
Michael West, Instructor

“Sugaring o’er the Devil Himself”:
Hamlet, Pierre, and the Gothic Danger of False History
Catherine Tighe, English Literature
Nancy Glazener, Instructor