the Sam Jackson College Experience

Though we have seen college blog networks come and go over the last few years, there is one especially promising network on my radar that I thought I would share with everyone today. The College Blog Network is a recent entry to the scene but more blogs join daily. It's intended to facilitate communication between [...]

This is what one of my professor's did today--not with any ill intent, but with potentially catastrophic results! Step 1: Assign a 20 page long research paper, worth 70% of the course grade. Have it be due May 5th. Step 2: On April 22nd, send out this e-mail (names changed): Dear [course] students, In response [...]

Bulldog Days 2008 are upon us here at Yale, and the campus is teeming with excited admits and their families. I did not attend Bulldog Days as a prefrosh last year, and I found myself conflicted about it: I had applied the Yale early, been accepted, and not applied to anywhere else. Taking time away [...]

If you are a current Yale student, I would greatly appreciate it if you would take 2-5 minutes to complete a short survey I am running for my sociology class. I am hoping to find out which residential college has the best understanding of online privacy and answer some other questions about conceptions of online [...]

Yale actually has blogs that it hosts on its own, at blogs.yale.edu. They're open to faculty, students, etc to be set up. If I knew about this, I forgot. Not the best consolidated resource for student blogs, as it doesn't appear to be especially well utilized, but worth a look all the same. This site [...]