In the words of my favorite guilty pleasure movie, Talledega Nights, “I don’t even know what [it] means but I love it!” Well, that’s not entirely true.…
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During our most recent team meeting, we got a bit distracted. While our conversation normally spans many different (and often times odd) topics, today’s distraction was special. We…
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Pokémon Go and the CMWR
The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) had its first Walk and Talk of fall quarter on Monday, October 3rd. Our first walk and talk theme…
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When in Doubt, Draw it Out
Sometimes, it’s hard to get the words out. Even if you’re speaking to someone fluent in the language you’re trying to speak, it can be HARD. That’s…
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Team Time: Cozying up to the CMWR
The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research is, arguably, one of the best teams at the UCWbL (we’re not biased or anything). We’re a team full of fun-loving,…
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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Six-Word Memoirs with the CMWR
Next Avenue challenged its readers to write their six-word memoirs. I passed this challenge along to the CMWR team, and in pure CMWR fashion, they created both serious…
On February 29, DePaul sophomore Bradley Anderson celebrated his 5th birthday. Although Bradley has been around for 20 years, he has only celebrated five birthdays on the…
On an excursion to Curry House with the CMWR the other day, one of the attendees asked me a question: “Why do people say that Americans are directive?”…
Ever wonder why people use certain hand gestures in photographs? I do. Remember when MySpace used to be the cool thing? People would snap photos while throwing…