Guest Blogger Maggy McGloin The day has come: your class’s final presentation. When you step up to the podium, something in your mind switches gears. You feel as if you’ve gone into what I like to call “presentation mode.” You’re cool, confident, and a little bit nervous, but you’ve prepared as such so that by the end of your presentation, … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Micaela Soucy Technology has created an environment in which we are able to do new things and connect with even more people than before. In CUPID Studio we used this idea to revamp the English department’s newsletter. By pursuing a digital rendition of the newsletter, we have made it more accessible and appealing to our audience. The new … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Emily Roper While sitting in the university coffee shop this morning, I took a minute to look around at the people with whom I was sharing a space.  As ought to be expected in a coffee shop, nearly everyone in the room clutched a Starbucks cup and a few spread cream cheese on bagels.  Aside from food and … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Max Pivonka In this recent Saturday Night Live sketch, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler satirically imitate Sarah Palin and Katie Couric, respectively. Satire is defined by Lisa Colletta, the Dean of Academic Affairs at the American University of Rome, as “a form that holds up human vices and follies to ridicule and scorn” (Colletta). In this sketch, Saturday … Continue Reading →

The Transition from Academic to Workplace Writing Guest Blogger Kate Sieber We’ve all been there. Staying up late into the night, agonizing over an extensive research paper that could ultimately make or break your GPA. That’s college, after all. Throughout our time in college, one of the most valuable and important skills we learn is how to properly communicate through … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Brittany O’Leary As college students, we can all remember a time in our lives when we tried to impress a crush. You probably took an extra five minutes in the morning getting ready…then you finally see him or her…and then you tell yourself to play it cool and try to say something funny to make him or her … Continue Reading →

Guest blogger Laura Dunbar Think about the people you talk to on a day to day basis. You talk to your friends, your family, your professors, etc. Now think about the way you talk to these people. How you address them, the language you use, the tone of voice you present. You talk to different people in different ways. You … Continue Reading →

Guest Blogger Victoria Mathew ’19 Meet Grumpy Cat. At first glance, you might not think that he has much to contribute to high-brow pursuits like rhetorical discourse. He’s just a meme. A trend. Or as Richard Dawkins might say “a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation” that will pass much like other “tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, … Continue Reading →