Jessamyn Blau
jessamyn.blau@yale.edu
JESSAMYN BLAU
The end of my era, but skip the Kleenex

A lot of columnists less egotistical than I have found it appropriate to leave their columns at the height of their game, or to at […]

December 3, 2004

JESSAMYN BLAU
Financial aid woes point out system’s flaws

At home in Paris three years ago, I went with my best friend to pay her tuition bill for law school. After stating her name […]

November 12, 2004

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A new set of rules for the admissions game

There is no way to start a column about the college admissions process in a new, scintillating way. I could tell you about Student X […]

October 29, 2004

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Gay studies shouldn’t just mean talking sex

In just a cursory look at the pages of the Blue Book, one thing jumps out at me: Yale’s History Department is having a love […]

October 16, 2004

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Search for answers starts in Yale bathroom

It’s worse than senioritis or the hypochondriacal sophomore slump. It’s not every senior’s worse nightmare the real world. It’s the ambitious early applicant’s worst nightmare, […]

October 1, 2004

JESSAMYN BLAU
For Sept. 11, 2 vigils highlight divisions

What did the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks mean to you? As far as I can tell, this is a question that every American is theoretically […]

September 17, 2004

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Now hiring: Koffee Too, but not grad school

After almost four years, I didn’t think President George Bush would ever do something I approved of. As it happens, however, someone — and I […]

September 3, 2004

JESSAMYN BLAU
Liberals must take new approach

Sign my petition. It’s really important, it’s a cause supported by at least several dozen — uh, several people, and please, join me tomorrow when […]

April 23, 2004

JESSAMYN BLAU
The only society I’d join: Screen and Bed

As an ambitious freshman at Yale, I awaited April with glee, hoping that I, too, would one day get initiated into Skull and Bones, Scroll […]

April 9, 2004

JESSAMYN BLAU
University should address transgender issues

Let’s say you walk into Yale University Health Services tomorrow to, say, complain of a tummy ache. The cheerful receptionist, before making you wait for […]

March 26, 2004

JESSAMYN BLAU
Campus needs open, tolerant forum

Something strange is happening at the Yale Law School. Previously undiscovered conservatives are voicing their opinions. And, even in the exceptionally liberal atmosphere that characterizes […]

February 27, 2004