CAMBRIDGE, MA - On Thursday, Harvard College awarded 67 students the prestigious Hoopes Prize. The following are some of the award-winning theses from the 2016-2017 school year:

Yer A Wizard, Harry: A Sociolinguistic Analyses of Hagrid's Speech Patterns in the Harry Potter Series

Hodor: Hodor Hodor, Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor Hodor

[Snappy Title]: Evidence from [Large Dataset Name] 

The Dichotomy of Problematic Normativity and Postmodern Rhetoric: A Comparative Repositioning of Academic Buzzwords

The Empire Strikes Back: Byzantine Military and Social Restructuring under Basil II

The Force Awakens: The Growth of the Turkish Military as Political Actor at Midcentury

The Phantom Menace: A Link Between Paranormal Sightings and Social Instability

Jumping Through Hoopes: All of the Intellectual and Educational Ways I Would Spend The Money, If I Hypothetically Won a Hoopes Prize Pretty Please