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As Effective as Aspirin or Dark Chocolate: The Writing Center as Preventative Medicine
In the fight against heart disease, the popular media regularly report that an ounce of prevention— an aspirin a day, for example, or a piece of dark chocolate—goes a long way. The preventative approach applies equally well in the fight against underdeveloped writing skills among college students: the earlier inexperienced writers seek help, the better off they are likely to be. However, the medicinal value of a visit to the Writing Center is woefully underreported.University Writing Cente
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Praxis, Volume 09, No. 01: Raising the Institutional Profile of Writing Center Work
Contents: From the Editor-Praxis Launches Peer Review Journal / by Andrea Saathoff -- Supporting Student-Athletes / by Alanna Bitzel -- As Effective as Aspirin Dark Chocolate: The Writing Center as Preventative Medicine / by Jenn Q. Goddu -- Sometimes It's Okay to Meddle: Or, How to Encourage First-Year Students to Visit the Writing Center / by Valerie Pexton -- Private Writing, Public Delivery, and Speaking Centers: Toward Productive Synergies / by B. Cole Bennett -- Toward Authentic Dialogue: Origins of the Fishbowl Method and Implications for Writing Center Work / by Kristen Garrison and Nicole Kraemer Munday -- Beyond Tutoring: Mapping the Invisible Landscape of Writing Center Work / by Rebecca Jackson and Jackie Grutsch McKinney -- Changing Attitudes: Writing Center Workshops in the Classroom / by Holly Ryan -- Review of Multiliteracy Centers: Writing Center Work, New Media, and Multimodal Rhetoric , Edited by David M. Sheridan and James A. Inman / by Catherine GaborUniversity Writing Cente