Campus Resources
Beating the System
EOP
Class Material
Class Material
100

provides students with one free professional business attire outfit per semester

Mattys Closet 

100

this woman had big dreams of teaching in low socioeconomic conditions, even though she'd never personally experienced them. Starry-eyed .. and filled with optimism she was very upbeat, but for some reason something about her initially rubbed me the wrong way

Who is Kate 

100

EOP director and young activist 

Who is Jose Luis Vargas?


100

the quality of forming a unified whole.

What is coherency?


100

describes feelings of severe inadequacy and self-doubt that can leave people fearing that they will be exposed as a “fraud”, usually in their work lives. It can affect anyone, regardless of their success

What is imposter syndrome


200

Provides resume critiques, major and career exploration, appointments with career counselors 

What does the Career center provide?

200

they'd stripped my sense of security. Like a stray I'd been thrown into the back of a dogcatcher's truck and taken to a shelter. I'd been placed inside a cage occasionally through the bars someone Would pet me, but no one really wanted to take me

What does Marquis compare himself to?

200

1969

What year was EOP founded?

200

20 second window to grab readers attention

What is the hook

200

sentences and paragraphs should maintain coherency in length, structure, and content

What is the Law of Proportionality 

300

provides free tutoring in math, chemistry, biology, writing, physics, accounting, UDWE, & MOREEEE

What is the LRC? (learning resource center)

300

However, in the foster care system foster, parents who take in a child with special needs, or mental or physical disabilities in the state of California typically receive additional monthly benefits for taking in the child.

Why did Marquis question his ADHD?

300

community

What does EOP emphasize?

300

branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs

What is ethics

300

The most important statement of the ESSAY. This is where you offer your claim, and provide your reader with what will be discussed or offered throughout the essay. You do this by stating three topics of importance. The three are an expansion of the topic mentioned in the introduction.

What is the Thesis sentence 

400

-Writer's Block for Graduate Students -Winning at Emotions: Skills for Coping with Your Feelings -We're First (First Generation Student Support) -Understanding Self & Others

What are some workshops at the University Counseling Services (UCS)

400

a man of few words and came across a little weird, but not in a bad way· He didn't talk about himself very much. He only said that he wanted to find someone to adopt.

Who is Bill

400

historically low-income, historically educationally disadvantaged, first-generation college students; a population that not only reflects the diversity of CSUN’s feeder communities but also the diversity of the University itself.

Who does EOP provide resources to

400

this is a proactive engaging wiring that makes your audience aware that what they have read is not merely brain candy, but a serious call from the writer for them to act upon what has been put on the table 

What is a call to action closing gambit 

400

statement will always support the topic statement. The Preliminary statement follows the topic sentence by offering primary support. This is the topic sentence support system.

What is the Primary Support Statement 

500

Counseling records are kept separate from all academic, administrative, disciplinary, and medical records.  No information about a client’s contact with UCS is released without the knowledge and written consent of the client, except in situations where disclosure is mandated by law.

What is confidentiality

500

I was still selling candy and I'd saved up a little bit of money.

How was Marquis able to attend the Kobe Bryant Camp

500

disruption occurred and police mobbed the student demonstrators, which led to the arrest of 200 students 

What occurred in January 1969?


500

audiences love good stories, those that have a core, a sensibility. The writer who can close a composition with a brief story is certainly going to leave an impressionable memory on the reader

what is a closing anecdote gambit?


500

you do this by presenting statistical data, facts, figures that underscore the issues about to be discussed. The data must be pertinent, validated, and presented in an objective manner freely of any editorializing- the facts speak for themselves 

the gambit "state the importance of topic" means

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