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...Victoria Merriman '98 completed the final portion of her visual and environmental studies (VES) thesis Saturday night in Rehoboth, Mass. Unlike most thesis-producing seniors, however, Merriman was denied an opportunity to share this moment with the Harvard community because several House masters denied her request to use Harvard property to complete her project. The failure of the officials involved to accommodate Merriman is a disservice to the community and sets a dangerous precedent of censorship...
...Merriman's thesis titled "Burial" consists of a display of prosthetic limbs being lowered into the ground as part of a simulated burial. This project is a controversial and unique presentation of death. Several masters of the Quad Houses objected to allowing Merriman to perform the project at the Quad, given the recent suicide of a Quad resident...
...time being, Merriman said she hasinvestigated a multitude of alternative sites,including a lawn near Dunster House and a spot bythe Science Center offered to her by councilmember David W. Lerch '99--who had reserved thespace for his own thesis project...
...looking at every patch of grass I canfind on campus, "Merriman said...
...hook or by crook I will put this thing on,"Merriman said...