… with his typewriter. Yes, it turns out the Twain-man couldn’t quite untangle his feelings about the revolutionary device. Mr. Clemens certainly made history when he wrote Tom…
Retired UCWbLing Editor
Well here I am, week four, back in the Writing Center. And though I still have yet to lead my own tutoring session, I’m moving on to new…
As tutors we come into contact with dozens of essays, projects and presentations every week, through our writers. As we comment on and nudge along in our…
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Inaugural Address (Scrawl S5 E1)
Scrawl Season 5, Episode 1: Inaugural Address
Welcome back Scrawlers and Scrawlettes!
Opening up this new season of Scrawl Radio, is our very own Lauri Deitz, the director of DePaul’s University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL). She joins us today to give us a Word of the Day and to discuss the UCWbL’s mission statement and goals for the year. We also take a look back at last year and the feedback we received from writers who visited the writing center.
DePaul’s third annual Peer Tutor & Mentor Summit takes place Friday, October 5, from 10 AM to 3 PM in Cortelyou Commons. We fervently hope that you…
Banned Books Week runs September 30 through October 6. Along with DePaul University Libraries we are celebrating free speech all week long! See the details after the…
The issues of originality and plagiarism are very tricky things. The concept of ideas being owned by one single person has caused debate after debate as to…
I recently got ahold of Friedrich Kittler’s Gramophone, Film, Typewriter, a book that tells the story of a tremendous 20th-century upheaval, one which many of us (at…
After several conversation appointments where I was asked about the origin of common phrases, I had to ask: what does it mean to “scream bloody murder”? What is…
Working at the writing center, it is usually assumed that you love to write papers. I am testifying today, however, that this is not always the case.