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Writing Cen striinnlinn c By Mark Farmer If essay tests make your stomach churn, or even if you just can't keep your participles from dangling, the English department's Writing Center may be the solution. "We work with students at all levels, from English 101 to graduates," said Phyllis Fleishel, who became the center's director last fall. SOMF. STI iniT.NITfi nco tha nontor ^ ^ a ^?kTJlwi4 V AM VMJV V* VVIIVVt on recommendations from teachers, and others make appointments on their own, Fleishel said. Though the center does help, students shouldn't get the idea that it is an easy way to get a paper written for them. "We don't proofread students' papers," Fleishel said. "We show them what to work on to improve their writing." Most students snowed improvement, she said. I WOULD give the center an A grade," she said. The backbone of th Writing Center is 14 tutors, "some ol IServi 3< w * ~ - , I nours v-b I j 1039 Marion Str | Claire Toweri Columbia, S.C ^ 803-254-8931 iter featiirpc f tudents at all the very best Ph.D. and M.A. canHiHafoc *' onlrl ??? UIUUWO, & 1V/101IV/1 OQKU, A UUjr dJL C extremely dedicated, because it is draining to tutor. More so than teaching." Tutor Jim Givant describes his tutoring method:"I try to get a dialogue going, find out what they (the students) think the problem is, and I look at what the teacher's comments (on the paper) are." i Givant has tutored students at all levels. He said the main problem among freshmen is vagueness. "They settle for what first comes to mind, otlH fVimr ^nn'f rf urn irtV* 1 ' ' U1IU UIVJT UUII l glV V cuuugu uciau. Graduate students are rusty when it comes to writing long papers, he said, and come in for feedback. Givant once tutored a 65-year-old former court of appeals judge from South Vietnam who was writing a dissertation. "WE'VE EVEN gotten calls from The Washington Post and other papers asking about grammar," Fleishel said. B. I j BEGINNE j ! ! U.S. coll? j j York, roof Ba available 1 Live with t week, fou ' { t j taught in | | studies wi I c I ? L' ce 1 L I jpOWTI V|-F I * Eat tin absolute eet I ! I PIZZI I * joe will I his large m mIHh 5 minutes HHi|m I from campy) Ialw you relo *Ord fAnd B Sampl 8s30 ; I or H B 6 Ch 1 (off st !! utorina for levels Like Fleishel, Givant thinks the Writing Center helps most students, unless they have a bad attitude. "Literature is a dying art. High school doesn't prepare, students for - PA])P00 AC a (tonnrn 1 nilo Knf vaii VOkJ M ^VllVi Ui * V?*V/ y MWV J VU can't blame high school teachers altogether," Givant said. "PEOPLE COME here (college), and they want to make money. The average major is business. The irony is that businesses are crying for people who can communicate in good English prose." While tutoring is a major function of the Writing Center, it is not the sole one, Fleishel said. "We also run a hot line for anyone with a question about writing. Ana we get some pretty unusual calls." Among them were a mother who called for advice on naming her baby, a word-puzzle author asking if certain words were English and a woman who wanted to know how she could become a serious, published writer without leaving her home or spending any money. R OR ADVANCED- Cost is about the same as a semester in a rc ge: $3,189. Price includes jet round trip to Seville from New to n, board, and tuition complete. Government grants and loans al lor eligible students. H i Spanish family, attend classes (our hours a day, tour days a ?1 r months. Earn 16 hrs. ot credit (equivalent to 4 semesters- q U.S. colleges over a two year time span). Your Spanish pi II be enhanced by opportunities not available in a U.S. class EMESTER For full InformatU 2442 E. 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