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SUMMER '08
Hours:
JULY -
MONDAY-THURSDAY:
8:30am-2:30PM
FRIDAY:
8:30AM-11:30aM
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY:
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Title: 7/15/08
Write Bite:
Everything in this life takes longer than you think except life itself.
Unknown
Word of the Week:
condign \kuhn-DINE; KON-dine\, adjective: Suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate.
Suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate.
In a story as old as the Greeks, overweening pride brought condign disaster.
Condign ultimately derives from Latin condignus, "very worthy," from com-, here used intensively + dignus, "worthy."
David Frum, How We Got Here
Writing Tip:
Creating good writing is like making a good life: it takes longer than you think. Don't let a last minute effort result in a ondign grade. Take the time to confer with a writing consultant and reap the rewards of time well spent!
Title: 7/3/08
Write Bite:
A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli
Word of the Week:
apotheosis \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis; ap-uh-THEE-uh-sis\, noun; plural apotheoses \-seez\:
1. Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
Following martyrdom at the Alamo and apotheosis in song, tall tale, and celluloid myth, this bumpkin from west Tennessee [Davy Crockett] became better known and more revered than all but a handful of American presidents.
-- Mark Royden Winchell, Cleanth Brooks and the Rise of Modern Criticism
Apotheosis comes from Greek, from apotheoun, "to deify," from apo- + theos, "a god.
Writing Tip:
Experience the light of learning in the liberal environment of The Writing Center, MC 303, and let your writing undergo an apotheosis!
Title: 6/24/08
Write Bite:
Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing Embraceable You in spats.
--Woody Allen
Word of the Week:
capacious \kuh-PAY-shuhs\,
adjective:
Able to contain much; roomy; spacious.
Litter was picked up non stop during the week (mostly by that nice governor with the capacious pockets). -- Faysal Mikdadi, "'Why shouldn't it be like this all the time?'",
The Guardian, September 2, 2002
Capacious is derived from Latin capax, capac-, "able to hold or contain."
Writing Tip:
A capacious mind can house a plethora of new and creative ideas. Confer with a writing consultant and let your inner Muse sing and coax your ideas to embrace the page!
Title: 6/17/08
Write Bite:
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
David Hare
Word of the Week:
dilatory \DIL-uh-tor-ee\,
adjective:
1. Tending to put off what ought to be done at once; given to procrastination.
2. Marked by procrastination or delay; intended to cause delay; -- said of actions or measures.
I am inclined to be dilatory, and if I had not enjoyed extraordinary luck in life and love I might have been living with my mother at that very moment, doing nothing.
Dilatory is from Latin dilatorius, from dilator, "a dilatory person, a loiterer," from dilatus, past participle of differre, "to delay, to put off," from dis-, "apart, in different directions" + ferre, "to carry."
-- Carroll O'Connor, I Think I'm Outta Here
Writing Tip:
Being dilatory about your writing can stunt your thought processes. Confer with a writing consultant and discover what you really think!
Title: 6/11/08
Write Bite:
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking -- can.
--Helen Gurley Brown
Word of the Week:
surfeit \SUR-fit\, noun:
1. An excessive amount or supply.
2. Overindulgence, as in food or drink.
3. Disgust caused by overindulgence or excess.
transitive verb:
1. To feed or supply to excess.
This surfeit of high-ranking officers reflected a top-heaviness that existed throughout the SFOR coalition, starting in Sarajevo, where the headquarters for an entire corps had been set up to command the equivalent of a mere division.
-- William Langewiesche, "Peace is Hell", The Atlantic, October 2001
Writing Tip:
Fun in the sun is good for the body. Intellectual stimulation is good for the mind. Play hard. Then arouse your creative spirit and amuse your soul at The Writing Center, MC 303.
Writing Center Tips Archive
Write Bite:
Everything in this life takes longer than you think except life itself.
Unknown
Word of the Week:
condign \kuhn-DINE; KON-dine\, adjective: Suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate.
Suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate.
In a story as old as the Greeks, overweening pride brought condign disaster.
Condign ultimately derives from Latin condignus, "very worthy," from com-, here used intensively + dignus, "worthy."
David Frum, How We Got Here
Writing Tip:
Creating good writing is like making a good life: it takes longer than you think. Don't let a last minute effort result in a ondign grade. Take the time to confer with a writing consultant and reap the rewards of time well spent!
Write Bite:
A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli
Word of the Week:
apotheosis \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis; ap-uh-THEE-uh-sis\, noun; plural apotheoses \-seez\:
1. Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.
Following martyrdom at the Alamo and apotheosis in song, tall tale, and celluloid myth, this bumpkin from west Tennessee [Davy Crockett] became better known and more revered than all but a handful of American presidents.
-- Mark Royden Winchell, Cleanth Brooks and the Rise of Modern Criticism
Apotheosis comes from Greek, from apotheoun, "to deify," from apo- + theos, "a god.
Writing Tip:
Experience the light of learning in the liberal environment of The Writing Center, MC 303, and let your writing undergo an apotheosis!
Write Bite:
Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing Embraceable You in spats.
--Woody Allen
Word of the Week:
capacious \kuh-PAY-shuhs\,
adjective:
Able to contain much; roomy; spacious.
Litter was picked up non stop during the week (mostly by that nice governor with the capacious pockets). -- Faysal Mikdadi, "'Why shouldn't it be like this all the time?'",
The Guardian, September 2, 2002
Capacious is derived from Latin capax, capac-, "able to hold or contain."
Writing Tip:
A capacious mind can house a plethora of new and creative ideas. Confer with a writing consultant and let your inner Muse sing and coax your ideas to embrace the page!
Write Bite:
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
David Hare
Word of the Week:
dilatory \DIL-uh-tor-ee\,
adjective:
1. Tending to put off what ought to be done at once; given to procrastination.
2. Marked by procrastination or delay; intended to cause delay; -- said of actions or measures.
I am inclined to be dilatory, and if I had not enjoyed extraordinary luck in life and love I might have been living with my mother at that very moment, doing nothing.
Dilatory is from Latin dilatorius, from dilator, "a dilatory person, a loiterer," from dilatus, past participle of differre, "to delay, to put off," from dis-, "apart, in different directions" + ferre, "to carry."
-- Carroll O'Connor, I Think I'm Outta Here
Writing Tip:
Being dilatory about your writing can stunt your thought processes. Confer with a writing consultant and discover what you really think!
Write Bite:
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking -- can.
--Helen Gurley Brown
Word of the Week:
surfeit \SUR-fit\, noun:
1. An excessive amount or supply.
2. Overindulgence, as in food or drink.
3. Disgust caused by overindulgence or excess.
transitive verb:
1. To feed or supply to excess.
This surfeit of high-ranking officers reflected a top-heaviness that existed throughout the SFOR coalition, starting in Sarajevo, where the headquarters for an entire corps had been set up to command the equivalent of a mere division.
-- William Langewiesche, "Peace is Hell", The Atlantic, October 2001
Writing Tip:
Fun in the sun is good for the body. Intellectual stimulation is good for the mind. Play hard. Then arouse your creative spirit and amuse your soul at The Writing Center, MC 303.
