As a new member of the Writing Groups team—and a new tutor to boot—I was mystified by all the acronyms and new vocabulary I encountered during my…
Month: October 2011
As a new tutor with the UCWbL, my appointments so far have been either in person or via email. In both cases, I’ve felt in control of…
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Censor This (Scrawl S2 E4)
Hello Scrawl Nation! On this episode, the gang continues the on-going discussion of banned books and censorship in literature. In the spirit of discussion, Mark reads from…
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Shore Thing (Scrawl S2 E3)
Hello Scrawl Nation! On this episode, the gang embarks on a literary journey as they analyze Snookie’s book, A Shore Thing. We also spend a portion of the…
Think of all the choices you make between your handshake with a new peer and your first glance at his/her work. First of all, do you shake…
The Chicago Humanities Festival, a nonprofit group that promotes the humanities as an essential part of our everyday lives, has already begun. This year’s theme, Tech+Knowledge, explores how “the human…
OK, I’m not talking about a conversation partner asking for a date, or your phone number, or do you sleep in the nude, or anything like that.…
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Income is as Income Does?
Last week I was at the Lincoln Park Campus in McGaw Hall, my favorite building for intellectual stimulation. Home of the English Department, the Department of Modern…
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25,000+ Stories
As the largest Catholic University in the nation, DePaul is home to roughly 25,000 students. That is, 25,000 students with 25,000 unique personalities, 25,000 unique voices, and…
To some extent, getting people riled up is the goal of political writing. Opinions and discussions should be exciting, forceful, and most of all, persuasive. You want…