Have you ever been told your writing sounds "too much like a robot"? Masters student and Writing Center tutor, Caroline Collins, explains why students are intentionally stripping away her favorite punctuation—the beloved em dash—just to keep the "AI Police" at bay. And get this—student are actually dumbing down their writing so it doesn't produce a red flag. What is going on in this bizarre world of higher education right now? Furthermore, Caroline shatters the salacious headlines and tells us that, in fact, not all students are cheating their way through college with AI.

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