Compocon is a composition conference for English 1302 students to have an opportunity to have an informal conversation with professionals and experts from the university.This year, Compocon-The SPARK took place at the University of Texas-Pan American Ballroom on February 18th and 19th.The purpose of Compocon was to help students Develop the Big Question.The Big question is basically just what their question will be like for their research. In order to get help from a professi

by Sylvia Perez Sylvia Perez won last years Distinguished Speakers Essay Contest. In the essay below Perez describers her process for writing the essay that won her the oppurtunity to have dinner with the award-winning journalist & author Laura Ling. On the night of September 19, 2014 I sat down at my dining room table and stared at a prompt for an essay contest. The winner would personally meet and have dinner with journalist and author Laura Ling. This was the prompt: