Emory and CollegeACB

originally written for Mohka Life Magazine (www.mohkalifemag.com)

In the age of People Magazine and E! News, gossip culture is everywhere, and Emory is no exception. Like most large college campuses, we have a campus gossip site on CollegeACB.com. For all you confused upperclassmen out there (like me) that's the “new” Juicy Campus after the original was forced to shut down.

Since December 2009, our school has stocked up 35 pages of posts. That's right, there's 35 pages of slut jokes, homophobia, and down right douchebagary out there on the internet under Emory's name.

When asked why she visited the site, freshmen Mallika Haldar says, “I wanted to check if my friends or me were one it”. This seems to be the reason for most Emory students; curiosity and self-preservation rather than genuine interest. Still, if everyone's only CollegeACB-ing themselves (It's like Google-ing yourself but 20% more pathetic), where are all of these riveting revelations coming from? “A bunch of assholes hating on each other,” says Jake Krakovsky, “And it's those same assholes who post glorious things about themselves”.

Response to the site seems pretty similar between upperclassmen. “It's funny. I mean, it's sad, but it's funny,” says sophomore Vitaly Kats. Like most Emory students, he seems to consider CollegeACB something to be laughed at, rather than something you laugh with. Fellow sophomore Gabriel Nahimas agrees, calling the site, “stupid mindless gossip and ranting”. Junior Luka Anic says simply, “I find it despicable”.

While upperclassmen openly mock the site, most freshmen reluctantly admit to having visited it multiple times. Most posts on the site are Freshmen focused with topics like “Hottest Freshmen Ass” and “Biggest Freshmen Slut” being popular post titles, forcing freshmen to constantly check if they're mentioned. Like Natty Light and blacking out at Maggie's, College ACB seems to be another one of those things Emory students outgrow after their first year.