Go get some reliable help on those research papers

By the time we get to college, we've learned all we can about the basics of writing, science, history and math. Then we are taught a little more in our freshman and sophomore years until we actually get into the specifics in our last two years of undergrad.

No matter how much we have been bombarded by the common rules of the four main subjects, it slips out of our minds as soon as we start moving on to newer things. It's just like studying for a test and knowing all that information, and then the next week, if you took the same test, you wouldn't get half those answers right again.

It seems our brains can only hold so much. That is why the Drinko Library and the Writing Center are working together to bring writing workshops to help students with research papers. Sometimes, in all the assignments and plans we have during the semester, basic rules about papers can fly out the window.

Or, especially when students aren't in a major where writing is emphasized, it can be extra hard to remember how to write well.

In these workshops, writing center tutors and librarians will be of assistance. These people aren't just amateurs. They know their stuff, and even if you don't need help with the writing exactly, they can probably point you in the right direction for the resources you need.

Who would pass up the extra help? This is probably one of the worst times of the semester, where professors seem to work together to make everything due at the same time before Spring Break. Plus, our thoughts are probably already on Spring Break so that makes it even harder for us to concentrate. Add the warm weather that has been occurring lately, and it's all we can do to just sit down in front of a computer screen and start typing.

We live in a world where we're used to being able to get resources and the help and information we need from all kinds of different places. The library  and the Writing Center are often forgotten, but they offer reliable and personal help for our needs. As students we automatically pay for these services with our tuition every semester so why not use what you're already paying for?

The workshops will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Thursday and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.