Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I’m happy that Lenore and John Munger, the William and Mary 1953 alumni who took issue with my Aug. 29 letter to the Gazette, stand firm with their alma mater. But they do need to look at the school’s website and talk with the faculty—those who actually assign and grade papers—and learn about the college’s "Writing Resource Center [WRC]" and why it exists.

As the college’s website informs us: "The WRC was established in 1987. In 1994, an Oral Communication Studio was added. In 2009, the WRC moved to Swem Library. Today, the staff includes a faculty director, undergraduate administrators, and undergraduate consultants.

... Consultants can assist people at all stages of the writing or oral communication process—from the idea stage to the revision process." It would appear to me that this hints at students’ increasing need for help in writing and speaking at the college level.

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