Vol. 1  Issue 5
January 2004

A Newsletter Published by the SIUE Writing Center

On the Horizon                                                                                                                                                                                                   By Chad Verbais
Welcome back!  I trust all of you enjoyed a well-deserved break; however, I assume everyone was also anxious to get back to the normalcy of a regular schedule.  Read More

Into the Dustbin
By Joanne Brew-Fisher

In the spirit of Lake Superior State University's annual Banned Word List, we decided to come up with a word/phrase/construction list of our own.  Use these terms at your own risk!    Read More

Web Resources

To take full advantage of the electronic medium we publish this newsletter in, we decided to put together a list (in no particular order) of some of our favorite writing related websites.  We encourage readers to submit others to us for inclusion in future issues and a soon to be released reference page.


The WAC Clearinghouse--A great place to begin for teachers who use writing in their classrooms.

Kairos--A refereed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.

International Writing Centers Association Page

Glossary of linguistic terms--A wonderful site for exploring countless different linguistic terms.

Directory of scholarly publications

The online books page--Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web.

Indispensable Writing Resource Site--A good collection of writing essentials.

Literary Research Tools on the Net--A very thorough and useful resource.

American Studies Web--A great place to start if you're looking for Internet sources on American studies, including literature, history, culture and politics.

National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy