Entries for August 2007
Welcome back!
Contributed by Jessica Oslund on 31 August 2007 at 18:13It’s another classic September in Cleveland — fighter jets tearing through the sky, road construction everywhere, Case students herding across Euclid Avenue. It feels good to be back, doesn’t it? Unless you’re a first-year, in which case I’m sure it feels good just to be here.
The beginning of the semester is always busy for the dedicated members of the SAGES Peer Writing Crew. We’re hard at work devising marketing techniques, making fliers and posters, visiting your SAGES classes. We’re attending weekly meetings to hone our skills. We’re looking for a giant pencil costume. We haven’t been outside in weeks.
We want you to know who we are, because we want to extend a helping hand.
The first paper of any semester can be harrowing, especially if this is your first year in college. Academic writing may be different than what you’ve learned, you might not be entirely sure what your prof wants or where to start.
That’s where the Crew can help. (Cue theme music from Chariots of Fire)
We are available in various forms, Sunday through Thursday:
-E-mail your paper to sageswritingcrew@gmail.com, and we’ll respond within 24 hours. Make sure to tell us what you need help with, so we know where to start and what to look for.
-IM SAGESWritingCrew from 9pm-11pm with your questions or concerns and we can give you some virtual assistance
-Check out Beyond Typing, the on-line undergrad writing guide penned last year by some of our dearly departed seniors. It’s a great reference for stylistic and grammatical Qs, and it’s pretty wittily written.
-Stop in one of our offices (in Wade or Fribley) for some face-to-face TLC. We can help you polish a first draft, work on pre-writing, outlining. Your papers aren’t our only concern, we want to help you become a better writer! The skills you learn now will help you forever—even if you’re an engineer. So sign up for an appointment at tutortrac.case.edu, or just stop the office. Our hours are posted on the door, and on tutortrac.
We’ll be blogging on the regular, so check back here throughout the semester for updates and our writerly musings.
See you soon!