Applicant editor Jesse Reklaw
from KUCI: Justice or Just Us?
One night while rooting through the recycling bin for magazines, Jesse Reklaw found all the confidential Ph.D. applicant files for the biology department at an Ivy League university from the years 1965-1975. Stapled to many of the yellowed documents were photographs of the prospective students, along with recommendation forms commenting on each candidates relative strengths and weaknesses. For example, one female applicant is penalized for being "not as physically attractive as some" other applicants, while a male applicant was criticized for questioning authority. Now, Jesse Reklaw has edited these files and compiled them in his new book Applicant. Tune in to KUCI's "Justice, or Just Us?" for a hilarious conversation with Jesse Reklaw, editor of Applicant and creator of the highly successful Slow Wave comic strip.
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