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Crook & Folly Launch Party

DePaul University presents the 36th annual edition of Crook & Folly! This year’s launch will take place at the DePaul Art Museum on Thursday, May 26th from…

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The Rhetorical Uprising

Although I was initially hesitant to submit this post to UCWbLing due to the odd format I’m using (it’s quite different from the usual reflective or research-based…

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Scatterbrained: Approaching Writer’s Block

If there’s one thing I find difficult, it’s focusing on one project for a prolonged amount of time.  Not to say that it’s impossible, or that having the…

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Multilingualism Writing about Writing

Slaying the Grammar Beast

Does syntax make your head spin? Do sentence diagrams fill you with dread? Are you awash in anguish over alliteration? Or do you happen to be someone…

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Confidence (noun): the quality of being certain of your abilities

Two quarters ago, I took a class that really made me step out of my comfort zone. It was a communications class called “Performance: Communication, Creativity, and…

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Blog-O-Rama!: A New Community for Bloggers

In the 7ish years that I’ve been blogging, I’ve written 53 posts. 1,423 sentences. 21,174 words. For those of you looking for your calculators, that’s roughly 1…

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Get Free Food at the UCWbL!

Yes, you heard me correctly. If you come in for an appointment between the hours of 12pm and 4pm on Monday, May 9th (that’s today!); Wednesday, May…

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Exorbitant Verbosity and You: An Analysis of Style

Some writing is hard to read. It’s a fact of academia and common writing alike. Whether you’re sifting through Freud and attempting to make sense of his…

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How to Journal Regularly

Journaling is a practice that dates back to at least the 10th century in Japan.   Writing in a journal gives an outlet for your feelings, ideas…

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New Media Research Writing about Writing

Why do we create Portfolios?

It is without a doubt that many of us at DePaul, regardless of where we may be in our college experience, have had the e-portfolio assignment. As…