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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...
Merriman's project--which she described as an "exploration of afterlife and the process of mourning"--requires the excavation of a large hole. It was originally intended to take place in either the Radcliffe or Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) Quad on May 2 during the Art First Festival...
Merriman said she tried to allay the concernsof the Quad masters, whose common space was herfirst choice, by explaining that she treats deathsensitively in the piece...
...their message to Merriman, the RadcliffeQuad master voiced their doubt "about the abilityfor this to be a low impact affair," nothing thedense network of conduits under the Quad whichmight be damaged by an excavation...
...their turn, the MAC Quad masters feared forthe safety of the grass in that part of thecampus, "which we have worked hard with thegrounds people to keep...growing...