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  3. Vol. 5 (2009)

Vol. 5 (2009)

Published: May 1, 2009

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Conversation

On Servitude and Division of Labor in Pakistan and America
May 1, 2009

Jia Ahmad
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Nation-less: The Unnaturalness of Nationalism as Shown by Third-Culture Kids
May 1, 2009

Maria Laure Torre Gomez
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Manhattanville, Meet West Harlem: An Urban Frontier
May 1, 2009

Lukas Huffman
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For the Ultimate Green
May 1, 2009

Christine Kim
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The Usage Wars à l’Envers
May 1, 2009

Emma McGlennen
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Research

Black Rhythm, White Power
May 1, 2009

Samantha Ainsley
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Can the Pen Match the Sword?: A Look at the Value of Words in the Depiction of War
May 1, 2009

Julia Halperin
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The Black Jazz Musician in American Magazines, 1930-1950
May 1, 2009

Anne K. Minoff
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Anne Frank: Finding the Truth (and Lies) in Diary-Writing
May 1, 2009

Sheri Pan
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Daughters of the Wild: The Feral and Human Perspective
May 1, 2009

Jun-Hao Rosalyn Shih
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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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