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Digication 101: Choosing Your Theme & Basic CSS

Have you ever found yourself looking at a friend’s/professor’s/classmate’s/stranger’s Digication ePorfolio, wondering how on earth they could possibly make theirs look like that? If so, then this…

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How to Find Sources Past the First Page of Google

Google is, by far, one of the most helpful tools on the internet. From its ease of usage to its quick response time with millions of items…

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What a writer wants ft. Xtina

What a writer wants is, I would assume, akin to what Christina Aguilara posits in what a girl wants: fulfillment or whatever. The education research done by…

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Safe Space For Whom: Tutor Dignity and Writer Freedom

I’ll preface this post by saying that it’s really difficult to offend me personally. There are things people say and do that I understand are generally offensive…

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Our So-Called Problem with Modern Academia Culture

Recently, my advanced creative writing workshop professor emailed our class—a feisty group of 15 who really enjoy challenging him—an article from that week’s New York Times and…

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Women in the Workforce! Scrawl Sneak Peek S12 E8

Hello audience! On this week’s episode of the splendid Scrawl Radio show, we will be discussing women in the work force, since DePaul University’s very own graduating…

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Applying to Graduate School, the GRE

Are you thinking about applying for graduate school? Most schools will require you to take the dreaded GRE—the test meant to determine how well you would do…

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Grammar and Gender

When we were revising the handbook last summer, we decided to use the singular they. Although this may seem like a small thing, I think/I hope it…

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Graphic Design Crash Course, Part 4: Consistency

It’s ePortfolio season at DePaul. Programs that require students to submit portfolios as graduation requirements are wrapping up, job and internship applications are being prepared as the end…

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Graphic Design Crash Course, Part 3: Movement & Directional Force

It’s ePortfolio season at DePaul. Programs that require students to submit portfolios as graduation requirements are wrapping up, job and internship applications are being prepared as the end…