2008 Woodie Awards
JuicyCampus.com discusses topics freely, anonymously
By: Lalita Chemello
Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: Lifeline
Greeks, Gays and Sluts. Who is the biggest and who is the best? Whom should you avoid and who is sought after?
Read the headlines and see students take "C'mon. Give us the juice." in a different way.
JuicyCampus.com was launched in October 2007 for college campuses to discuss topics freely and anonymously. The site supported seven campuses in its original stage, Duke University taking off instantly and leading to 50 more campuses, including the introduction of Michigan State University, on the site.
Any campus from a small, generally unknown college to the most prestigious universities in the nation have their own forum-like site accessible to anyone who wants to "give us the juice."
"So far from what I saw it's just fluff," said Midland senior Jon Christens. "If people took it seriously, it could be a great way to get campus issues out there."
That was not necessarily the original idea, said CEO and founder of JuicyCampus.com, Matt Ivester.
Ivester's idea stemmed from his own personal college experience and wanting to give college students a chance to share their funny, stupid and crazy stories.
In a generation where Facebook, MySpace and LiveJournal rule and reveal our daily and personal lives to the world, it is no surprise his idea took off in the six months following the site's launch.
Our generation's feeling of safety and security on the web just took another giant step in a very different direction.
"Everyone has an equal voice," Ivester said.
Ivester said anyone who posts on the site agrees to the terms and conditions which state they will not post anything defamatory in nature.
But the site does not judge, read or monitor the site for possible slanderous content. The site's support and foundation on freedom of speech limits what they can do with the posts.
MSU's section of the site is the only Michigan campus supported on the site.
A gay fraternity member asks if he should come out of the closet. He is encouraged in some replies and told to kill himself in others.
Shepherd senior Rachel Cook shook her head while viewing the site.
"It makes me think if they post anything illegal, can they do anything about it?" she said
lifeline@cm-life.com
Read the headlines and see students take "C'mon. Give us the juice." in a different way.
JuicyCampus.com was launched in October 2007 for college campuses to discuss topics freely and anonymously. The site supported seven campuses in its original stage, Duke University taking off instantly and leading to 50 more campuses, including the introduction of Michigan State University, on the site.
Any campus from a small, generally unknown college to the most prestigious universities in the nation have their own forum-like site accessible to anyone who wants to "give us the juice."
"So far from what I saw it's just fluff," said Midland senior Jon Christens. "If people took it seriously, it could be a great way to get campus issues out there."
That was not necessarily the original idea, said CEO and founder of JuicyCampus.com, Matt Ivester.
Ivester's idea stemmed from his own personal college experience and wanting to give college students a chance to share their funny, stupid and crazy stories.
In a generation where Facebook, MySpace and LiveJournal rule and reveal our daily and personal lives to the world, it is no surprise his idea took off in the six months following the site's launch.
Our generation's feeling of safety and security on the web just took another giant step in a very different direction.
"Everyone has an equal voice," Ivester said.
Ivester said anyone who posts on the site agrees to the terms and conditions which state they will not post anything defamatory in nature.
But the site does not judge, read or monitor the site for possible slanderous content. The site's support and foundation on freedom of speech limits what they can do with the posts.
MSU's section of the site is the only Michigan campus supported on the site.
A gay fraternity member asks if he should come out of the closet. He is encouraged in some replies and told to kill himself in others.
Shepherd senior Rachel Cook shook her head while viewing the site.
"It makes me think if they post anything illegal, can they do anything about it?" she said
lifeline@cm-life.com
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