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Expos appropriately emphasizes commonalities over differences among fields. At the Writing Center, we find that Expos classes dealing with technical subjects which are new to many first-years tend to be problematic from the perspective of writing instruction. If students are having trouble understanding the subject matter, it is nearly impossible for them to concentrate on improving their writing. Instead, easily accessible, general subjects allow students to develop a variety of ideas and learn how to write about them most effectively. Such principles of good writing are then transferable across fields, within which one can increase the level...
...Curricular Review meeting that he was told in some concentration courses that in order to write well he should “forget everything [he] learned in Expos.” While different disciplines differ in their stylistic expectations, good writing tends to share core elements regardless of the subject...
Expos appropriately emphasizes commonalities over differences among fields. At the Writing Center, we find that Expos classes dealing with technical subjects which are new to many first-years tend to be problematic from the perspective of writing instruction. If students are having trouble understanding the subject matter, it is nearly impossible for them to concentrate on improving their writing. Instead, easily accessible, general subjects allow students to develop a variety of ideas and learn how to write about them most effectively. Such principles of good writing are then transferable across fields, within which one can increase the level...
Despite undeniable first-hand accounts and evidence from former government officials, the Bush administration still refuses to confirm that the rendition program exists; whenever the subject is brought up, they repeat something to the effect that it is not the policy of the United States to hand over people to face torture or to countries where torture is likely to take place. Defending the rendition program without explicitly naming it, Alberto Gonzales, then the White House counsel, wrote in Congressional testimony last January that he “was not aware of anyone in the executive branch authorizing any transfer...
...Democratic leaders disagreed with this assessment of the situation. Dufresne said that the three months that will have passed by the time the vote comes to the floor is “time adequate for education” on the subject. Haberlin denied that the process has been rushed, emphasizing that “the priority is to get it right...