Lore is a journal for adjunct and graduate student teachers of writing published three times a year and edited by TAs, adjuncts, and assistant professors.   welcome to a new forum for discussing pedagogy and professional matters. informal discussions of everyday teaching issues In this issue: "Teaching the Traditional Research Paper - or Not." This past spring The National Commission on Writing’s "The Neglected ‘R’: The Need for a Writing Revolution" reported that "the extended research paper, once a rite of passage in the senior year, is rarely required any more because teachers do not have time to deal with it" (20). For this issue of the Stairwell, we asked respondents to answer the following questions: Is the first-year college research paper similarly obsolete? If so, what other genres or activities have been more successful for your first-year writers and how so? If you do still assign a traditional research paper, what are you doing in your writing classroom to engage students in the research and writing process? an archived listserv on professional issues In this issue: What specifically are the best ways to protect adjunct instructors? Do we create opportunities for professional development (for instance, workshops and symposia) that keep adjuncts abreast of the most recent pedagogical trends, or does that impede too much on their precious time? Do we offer them every possible section to teach so that they can make the most money, or do we hold back so as not to overtax them? Do we offer more sections to a smaller pool of adjuncts or spread the teaching opportunities? Do we invite (or require) adjuncts to join committees and have a voice, or is that another way to infringe on their time? brief essays on various aspects of teaching and composition In this issue: The Call to Grammar stories and practical advice on job seeking and balancing work and life In this issue: What if, after years of study, you find yourself wondering about whether you are actually cut out for the life of the academic? Desperately Seeking Employment: How to Secure a Full–time Tenure–track English Position at the Community College Level