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Outreach and Events

Hear UCWbLers speak English

At this year’s Spring Conference presented by the Department of English, there are no less than nine UCWbL tutors scheduled to present both creative and scholarly works from DePaul’s…

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Outreach and Events

Check Out the 2013 Spring English Conference with Novelist Rita Leganski

Anyone who enjoys live readings of scholarly and creative writing should attend this year’s Spring English Conference. Reading panels will take place between 1pm and 7pm this…

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New Media Outreach and Events Research

Super Literacy Bros: Video Games and the Future of Literacy

Recently in one of my classes, a fellow student made the remark that video games are pointless and that they should all be eradicated in favor of…

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Writing about Writing

Coming to Terms with ePortfolios

When creating a Digication page we all seem to stress over getting the coding right. Do we want borders or not? What color should the background be?…

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Scrawl Radio

Who Wants To Get Hired? (Scrawl S7 E2)

UCWbL Director Lauri Dietz joined us in the studio to talk about the UCWbL’s upcoming hiring process. Being successful applicants, we told our stories about how we…

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Writing about Writing

Facebooking for knowledge

I’m finishing my Master’s degree here at DePaul very soon, but I have to admit something.  Some of the most interesting things I’ve learned in the past…

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Writing about Writing

Welcome Back Conversation and Culture! Have a Hot Dog

WE’RE BACK! HURRAH! HUZZAH! HUZOO! Hey Conversation & Culture friends! How was spring break? Did you go to Disney World? Miami? I know a couple people wanted…

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Writing about Writing

4 short stories set in Chicago

Temperatures broke the 50˚F mark this past weekend, so all of us rain-soaked Chicagoans are crossing our fingers with the hope that summer might actually be on…

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Writing about Writing

Directive Tutoring or Overt Plagiarism?

In “Can I Help You With That?: Directive Tutoring And The Status Of Contextual Information In The Writing Center,” the most recent Tutor’s Column from the Writing…

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Scrawl Radio

Please Don’t Hate Hate Hate This Episode (Scrawl S7 E1)

This week, we opened up a new season of Scrawl in style as usual. In memory of famous movie critic Roger Ebert, we revisited the genre of criticism by…