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Columbia Council <em>DIDN'T</EM> Vote to Block Juicy Campus
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Dave Hogarty
Published Mar 23, 2008
Modified Mar 24, 2008
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Dave Hogarty
Published Mar 23, 2008
Modified Mar 24, 2008
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UPDATE: It appears I may have been punk'd. Bwog is reporting that there was no vote to ban JuicyCampus by Columbia's student council. The university magazine talked to a student council VP of Policy who "claims that a mischievous tipster must have sent in a fake tip to Gothamist and the [New York] Post." No tip was received at Gothamist, but the Post was the source of this afternoon's item, along with background from The Spectator.
PREVIOUSLY: The student council at Columbia University wants its Morningside Heights campus gossip a little less juicy. The council voted 25-15 in favor of blocking the site JuicyCampus.com on the school's servers. JuicyCampus.com is a multi-school message board site that allows anonymous posting of on-campus gossip. The anonymity that the site allows sometimes engenders posts that are crude and cruel. The Columbia Spectator reported that at the forum, a majority of student attendees and council members preferred that the site be blocked. Others argued that blocking it would limit free speech.
Students quoted in the New York Post seemed concerned about the effect the rumormongering could have once they left campus. JuicyCampus is not searchable by Google, but it wouldn't take much effort for recruiters or employers to comb the site when evaluating job-seekers. "At this age, when we're ready to apply for jobs, it's definitely an issue," said a senior described as the biggest slut at Columbia.
In NJ, the state attorney general is trying to take the decision of whether or not schools should block JuicyCampus across the state by opening a consumer fraud probe.
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