Dr. Matthew Fike's Homepage
Spring 2013
Note: If you join a class after the first day, you will need to go to http://www.winthrop.edu/technology/default.aspx?id=7081&ekmensel=bfef63b6_489_491_7081_1 to get on the listserv. Similarly, if you drop the course, it is your responsibility to go there and remove your name from the listserv.
Final exam schedule: http://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/recandreg/Calendars/Exams.pdf
Important Dates for Spring 2013
Add/drop: Jan. 7-11
MLK Day: Jan. 21
Withdrawal deadline: Mar. 6
Spring Break: Mar. 11-15
Early registration: Apr. 3
Last day of class: Apr. 22
Study day: Apr. 23
Final exams: Apr. 24-30
Serious Links
MLA format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/; http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/
"English Major's Handbook": http://www.winthrop.edu/english/handbook/index.htm
Office of Nationally Competitive Awards: http://www.winthrop.edu/onca
Fun Links
How to write a terrible sentence: http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/toys/randomsentence/write-sentence.htm
Urban Dictionary: http://add.urbandictionary.com/
Rap Star Nickname Generator: http://rapstarname.com/
Archive of Old Courses
" . . . in my life, writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are . . . the process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions." --Barack Obama responding to the question, "What's the purpose of a diary?" (TIME, Dec. 31, 2012 / January 7, 2013, page 90).