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Vol. 6 (2010)

Published: May 1, 2010

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Conversation

Let Me Rest a Little, Humankind
May 1, 2010

Ida Noel Girma
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Emily Jacir: A Model to Effect Positive Change through Photography
May 1, 2010

Susan Thomas
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Research

Overlooking the Rite in the Name of What’s “Right”: The West and Its Perceptions of Female Genital Cutting
May 1, 2010

Catherine L. Crooke
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Takin’ It to the Streets: Upper West Side Style
May 1, 2010

Kimberly Rubin
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writing

Reaching Beyond the University: Writing the Op-Ed

By Glenn Michael Gordon

Students in University Writing (UW) put a lot of effort and passion into the four essays they write over the course of the semester. They read sophisticated essays and deeply consider the authors’ ideas, pound out a first essay draft full of ideas of their own, revise it several times, workshop it with their peers, and finally, turn in a polished piece. Throughout the process, they hone an argument about a topic that is important—and, not infrequently befuddling—not only to them, but to the larger world. So why should the audience of their final essays be limited to their instructors?

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