ENGL 40233

Writing for Publication
Fall 2008


Profiles

Samaritan House: The House of Hope by Bibek Bhandari
Cynthia Smith held two pictures in her hands, and the differences were apparent. .

Not Your Average Instructor by Nyla Lanford
In the front of the classroom, Jennifer Lockett leans against the table that supports her Macbook. Her thin frame is clad casually in blue jeans, a green sweater, and tennis shoes; the screen on the wall shows a slide titled “Orphism—cosmology to explain human nature.”

The King of Lindsay by Tom Pedreira
There he stood, with his snow-white beard and grey spiked hair.  He wore Bermuda shorts, a striped polo, and clip-on sunglasses over his prescription ones.  Gene Russ was standing in the middle of a construction site. 

When Achievement Reigns Supreme by Rebecca Trefny
Beep beep beep! screams the alarm clock. You sleepily open one eye and stare at the time: 5:20 a.m. You don’t want to get out of bed, but you have to make yourself; so instead of smacking the “sleep” button, you turn the alarm off, and, with a stretch and a yawn, roll out of bed and head to the bathroom for your morning routine.