Faculty Forum Papers
November 1975 - Improve the Writing
By
Bill Brandt
Botany
September 26, 1975
If the notice in the Staff Newsletter represents the sort of help given at the Communication Skills Center,
students and faculty who wish to improve their writing had best look elsewhere. Does the Center offer as
its example of directness and precision "Continually ongoing minicourses will be offered weekly throughout
the year."? Do members of the center really prefer weak, passive verbs? We stoically accept writing of
this kind in professional journals; in OSU's catalogue, academic regulations and procedures, official
letters, textbooks, and handouts; and in Faculty Senate resolutions. But we have a right to expect a
Communication Skills Center to set a better example.
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