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The Whitman College Writing Center


Students who have questions about their writing can come to the Writing Center (Olin 223) and get help from peer tutors or make an appointment to talk to I. Hashimoto, Director. Tutors will read rough drafts and give advice about language and organization, but they will not write papers for students or "correct" papers to make them perfect. Students who get the most out of the Writing Center should plan their schedules early in the semester, have specific questions they want answered when they give their papers to tutors to read, and never bring drafts in at the last minute and expect miracles.

The Writing Center also provides computers for word processing, style checking--and it also has a scanner, for those of you building home pages or fancy texts--and it has one of the only electric typewriters that students can use on campus.

Center Hours

The Center is open most of the day and up to midnight on weekdays and Sundays. In the past, we've been open these hours: 



       Mon     Tue     Wed     Thur     Fri     Sat     Sun   
                                                                
  A.M: 9-12    9-12    9-12    9-12     9-12                    
                                                                
  P.M: 1-5     1-5     1-5     1-5      1-5     2-5     2-5     
       7-12    7-12    7-12    7-12                     7-12


(Students should check the schedule posted on the door for exact hours or call 5182.)


Writing Center Staff
Writing Center Jobs


Hashimoto's Simple Advice:

Here is some information--mostly pared down and simplified. If you need to look at handbooks or style manuals, go ahead. (Hashimoto has a whole wall full of them.) But mostly, you can get by with a few rules of thumb . . .
  1. Paper Organization, Plans
  2. Introductions
  3. Conclusions
  4. Punctuation
  5. Spelling
  6. Wordiness
  7. Word Usage
  8. Grammar
  9. Documentation


Other Advice:

There's lots of advice out there. Here's some useful stuff:


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