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I graduated from Columbia College in May 2005. In the four years I was there, I wrote a good number of papers. Some were okay, some were mediocre, and some were terrible. These are some that I thought were okay, and my professors (and TAs), for the most part, seemed to agree. Most of these papers were written last second or after they were already due, since I came to be insensitive to deadlines towards the end of my college career. But I can proudly say that I did indeed complete every single assignment I was ever assigned, if that can even be seen as an accomplishment.
History
Brandeis and Wall Street: The Crafting of the Securities Act of 1933
Submitted December 2004. Senior Seminar Paper in History.
How and why did the Securities Act of 1933 come about? What was the reaction of the investment banking community? What were some short-term and long-term effects of the legislation? Where did it fit in the context of the New Deal?
A Dream Deferred: Southern Black Education and the General Education Board, 1902-1916
Submitted April 2005. Senior Thesis in History.
How did Northern philanthropy affect the course of black education in the South? Specifically, how did the Rockefeller-funded General Education Board use its connections and powers to influence black education policies? Who were the major players in Southern black education, and how did they work with or against the GEB?
Film Studies
Meditations on a Subgenre: The Wall Street Yuppie Movie
Submitted February 2005. Senior Seminar Paper in Film Studies.
Where did the term "yuppie" come from, and how did Hollywood come to use it as a marketing tool? What message were yuppie Wall Street movies trying to convey to the audience? How did filmmakers use the yuppie character to reflect the Eighties?
Other
Of Self and Religion
Submitted October 2002. Asian American Youth Culture.
We were asked to interview someone we knew who observed a different religion than our own. I chose Samir, a Hindu friend from high school, and we had a nice chat about what sort of role religion played in his life. I was then supposed to take this interaction and somehow come up with a reflective essay on my own religious experiences.
The Korean Church Effect
Submitted November 2002. Asian American Youth Culture.
This was probably one of the few topics I encountered in college that really got me fired up to write. Re-reading this essay gives me the chills because I can sense, through all the restraints of academic writing, a burning desire to express a sort of alienation one feels when he is no longer a part of this institution.
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