is a m e m b e r o f the Carro l l School o f Management class o f 2010, w h o concentrated i n A c c o u n t i n g w i t h a m i n o r 
i n Hispanic Studies. B o r n i n Constanta, Romania , he considers M i l f o r d , Connect icut his second h o m e . A n en-
thusiast o f Spanish a n d Lat in A m e r i c a n cu l ture , V l a d cannot wa i t to see m o r e o f w h a t is out there. V l a d w o u l d 
l ike to t h a n k Professor Elizabeth Rhodes for all her help and encouragement. 

is a m e m b e r o f the College o f Arts & Sciences class o f 2010 a n d P h i Beta Kappa, m a j o r i n g i n H i s t o r y and a 
m e m b e r o f the H o n o r s Program. H e w o u l d l ike to t h a n k V i r g i n i a Re inburg for her t remendous help a n d guid-
ance i n the w r i t i n g o f th is paper. H i s l i fe after BC is, as yet, undec ided b u t his interests inc lude t w e n t i e t h cen-
t u r y philosophy, p o s t m o d e r n i s m , m y s t i c i s m , n o n - c o m m e r c i a l m u s i c ( W Z B C ) , and m e d i t a t i o n . 

is a m e m b e r o f the College o f Ar t s & Sciences class o f 2010 a n d a native o f Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. H e r 
essay, "The Power o f H e r Voice," is excerpted f r o m her senior Engl i sh honors thesis. After graduat ion, she is 
excited to cont inue explor ing her passions for l i terature , mus ic , pol i t ics , and women ' s issues. Megan w o u l d l ike 
to t h a n k Professors Beth Kowaleski-Wallace a n d Paul Lewis for the i r c o n t i n u e d encouragement and guidance. 

is a m e m b e r o f the College o f Arts & Sciences class o f 2011, m a j o r i n g i n Biology and p l a n n i n g to attend medica l 
school. Kather ine completed an i n t e r n s h i p i n the Otolaryngology a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n Enhancement Depart-
m e n t at Chi ldren 's Hosp i ta l i n Boston d u r i n g the s u m m e r o f 2 0 0 9 , w h i c h clarif ied the part icular specialty she 
aspires to pursue. Th i s w o r k was her f ina l project for a course taken at King 's College L o n d o n ent i t led "Practice 
o f Medic ine , " and the subject was i n s p i r e d by her experience at Chi ldren 's Hospi ta l . After graduat ion , Katherine 
plans to participate i n c l in ica l research i n th is field o f med ic ine for a year before b e g i n n i n g medica l school. 



is a m e m b e r o f the College o f Ar t s and Sciences class o f 2010, w h o m a j o r e d i n Polit ical Science and A r t H i s t o r y 
a n d a m i n o r i n g i n G e r m a n . She is current ly w o r k i n g for Paul, Weiss, R i f k i n d , W h a r t o n & Garr i son LLP i n New 
York City as a paralegal. D u r i n g her last three years at Boston College, her f ami ly resided i n Vienna , Austr ia , a 
city r e n o w n e d for the prevalence o f art nouveau i n m u c h o f its architecture. She was i n s p i r e d by this pervasive-
ness to w r i t e this piece o n one o f the style's t rue pioneers, V ic tor H o r t a , for Jefferey Howe's A r t Nouveau and 
S y m b o l i s m course. 

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is a m e m b e r o f the College o f Arts and Sciences class o f 2010, m a g n a c u m laude, w h o m a j o r e d i n A r t History. 
She wrote th is paper u n d e r the d i rec t ion o f Professors Nancy Netzer and Stephanie Leone for the i r class, "The 
A r t M u s e u m : History, Phi losophy a n d Practice." Current ly , Kather ine is a t tending S i m m o n s ' Graduate School 
o f L ibrary a n d I n f o r m a t i o n Science, p u r s u i n g coursework i n archival a n d preservation studies. 

is a m e m b e r o f the College o f Arts and Sciences class o f 2012 f r o m G r a n d Rapids, M i c h i g a n , m a j o r i n g i n H i s -
tory. H i s research interests inc lude the post-war h is tory o f the Medi terranean (especially Italy) , o f Sub-Saharan 
Afr ica (especially South Afr ica) , and o f the U n i t e d States. H i s m o s t recent research endeavors have focused 
u p o n explor ing that h is tory t h r o u g h a study o f non- t rad i t iona l artifacts.