2011 Speeches

 

Jackson Kernion - "The Difference Between Solitude and Loneliness"

(advised by Van Tran)

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Shankar Ramaswamy - "Why I Love Tennis"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Alexandra Torres - "Bogie and Friends"

(advised by Lizzy Rosin)

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Elizabeth Durgin - "Never Be Homeless"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

 

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Alix Olian - "Say It, Sign It, Repeat It"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Molly Griffin - "Hard Work"

(advised by Dorothy Austin)

 

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Katharine Chute - "A Sense of Place"

(advised by Ryan Spoering)

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Kelly O'Grady - "Finding China Through Film"

(advised by Michael Puett)

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Gabe Neustadt - "The Gorilla Theatre"

(advised by Kevin McGrath)

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Andy Leifer - "A Beautiful Experiment"

(Resident Tutor)

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Keru Cai - "Life's Delirium"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

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Renee Shah - "Sensitivity Training"

(advised by Sandy Ullman)

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Jason Shah - "Remember to Grow"

(advised by David Ager)

 

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Natali Alcala - "Coloring Outside the Lines"

(advised by Bo-Mi Choi)

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Umang Shukla - "The End of It All"

(advised by Diana Eck)

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Alexander Karadjian - "The Art of Being Yourself"

(advised by Diana Eck)

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Jonathan Warsh - "Death and Other Upbeat Topics"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Meghan Cleary - "Dad's Girlfriend"

(advised by Dorothy Austin)

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Krishna Prabhu - "Spat on the Face"

(advised by Van and Sergio)

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Chris Hollyday - "Applying Knowledge: Who Cares?"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Helen Tsim - " Superheroes"

(advised by Patricia Villareal)

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Julia Fifer - "Belonging"

(advised by Sandra Rapoport)

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Gerardo Flores - "Lontué"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Christine Hurd - "They Never Kill the Court Jester"

(advised by Marta Sobur)

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Frankie Maldonado - "Via! Via! Via!"

(advised by Sandy Ullman)

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Aznavur Dustmamatov - "Things That Gather"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Johnny Motley - "A Few Things I've Recently Learned"

(advised by Dorothy Austin)

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Giuliana Repetti - "A River, a Memory, and Illegal Cheese"

(advised by Dam and Regine)

 

 

 

 

Abiola Laniyonu - "A Thank You"

(advised by Noam Elkies)

 

Rebecca Gruskin - "What Can Old, Dead White Men Tell Us About Life?"

(advised by Gail Gilmore)

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Katie Zavadski - "Telling the Truth"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Sylvia Chen - "More Than Just Friends"

(advised by Van Tran)

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Minji Kim - "Invisible Forces"

(advised by Regine and Katie)

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Ilya Leskov - "The Routine"

(advised by Resident Tutor)

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Arturo Villanueva - "Hey, Look Around You. Smile."

(advised by June Erlick)

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Kevin Lin - "A Beatbox Progression"

(advised by Oludamini Ogunnaike)

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Michael Oberst - "A Question of Scope"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

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Susanna Mierau - "Peace Witness"

(advised by Resident Tutor)

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Tina Liu - "Is Ignorance Bliss?"

(advised by Katie Pfohl)

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Robert Ruffins - "The Things We Carry"

(advised by Oludamini Ogunnaike)

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Marina Connelly - "The Year of the Dog"

(advised by Gail Gilmore)

 
 

Jane Williams - "7-Letter Words"

(advised by Oludamini Ogunnaike)

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Jin-Ji Kim - "On Return"

(advised by Oludamini Ogunnaike)

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Sarah Zhang - "Mimetic Desire"

(advised by Suzanne Lane)

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Vishal Lugani - "Improbably Incredible India!"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

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Courtney Yadoo - "Teaching as Autobiography"

(advised by Sandy Ullman)

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Doug Bright - "Funny, Like How a Dead Clown Smells"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

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Michael Zuckerman - "Insignificance"

(advised by Richard Tarrant)

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