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Top Five Mistakes of APA Style

As a psychology student who uses APA style in almost every assignment, it would be easy to think that I understand every APA style rule and follow…

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Comic Book Summer Reading List (Part 2: DC)

Welcome back to another list of great comic books you should add to your summer reading list! Let’s jump right in with our next ten comics from…

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Applying for Graduate School-Part 2: The Personal Statement

Writing about yourself is the worst. How do you not sound like you’re gloating? Are you actually capturing what you’re all about? And this process is even…

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A Beginner’s Guide to APA Citations and Formatting

Over the past three weeks, I have had a lot of appointments that have centered around APA formatting and citations. Many students have had questions (and frustrations!)…

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5 Improvisation Rules Applied To Peer Tutoring

Upon starting classes at Second City back in October, I was surprised to find A) how quickly I fell in love with this cult, and B) how much…

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Long Night Against Procrastination – 6/8/15

Need help on a final paper? Looking for advice on end-of-term writing? The UCWbL is here to help! In order to better serve the writers of DePaul, the UCWbL…

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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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The Writers’ Declaration of Motivation

Whenever spring quarter comes around, I start to get the “All or Nothing” mentality with writing.  I tend to use multiple excuses to procrastinate writing including: 1.…

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Comic Book Summer Reading List (Part 1: Marvel)

With the end of spring quarter coming up, and summer just a few weeks away, it’s time to talk about some summer traditions: baseball, the beach, and…

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Pinterest You Life: UCWbL Style! Part Four

Have you ever heard of the word “hack”? I’m not talking about computer hacking, but rather “hacks” as in innovative methods that aim to simplify your life…