Springs-Senior Thesis

I continued work on my timeline and began researching 1960s political protest music. I delved into Bob Dylan's discography and intend to focus on his music for a good portion of my research. I also began researching some web design, to figure out how to create an online timeline to supplement my research.

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Thesis presentations

Thesis presentations

I started work on my supplemental essays for the American University PPL scholars program. I'm extremely excited about this program because it is the best one I have found for the career I want- campaign work. It is selective, but hopefully I can prove myself with my essays.

Today, I spent half the class going through a music journal about music and politics and noted the papers that are relevant to my topic. I then continued working on my timeline, beginning with the 1960s.

Today, I connected my Naviance and CommonApp accounts and then continued working on the Coalition application. I filled in my extracurriculars and then began working on the questions for individual schools. I also began work on my UT Austin short answer questions.

I began preliminary research on my thesis topic- analyzing the relationship between music and politics decade by decade from the 1940s to the present day. I began by searching music websites such as Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, and NPR to find articles and editorials that might be of interest to me, as well as to find writers who I could possibly reach out to and contact for mentorship. I found several articles about modern protest music that I can use to discuss current day music and politics. I then started drafting a timeline beginning with the impact of Woody Guthrie and the emergence of protest music in the 1950s. I focused on the history of the song, "This Land is Your Land," and its significance as one of the earliest, most well known protest songs. " One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people.  As they stood hungry,  I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.” -"This Land is Your Land,&qu