Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Campus Gossip
Just to add to the post about the "Lance Lohan" blogger, this website CampusGossip.com is a blog about everything that goes on at schools all around the country. USC's particular blog covers everything from greek life to events at the 9-0 to things happening on campus. This website is highly publicized on Facebook and by the 9-0. I'm sure most of you have either seen or at least heard of the show Gossip Girl on The CW, and it seems like ever since this show aired a number of these gossip websites have emerged. A few months ago there was one called USCene.com which posted stories about several "well-known" people around campus, and usually these stories were written with malice and generally exaggerated or untrue. The PHC, IFC and university both worked hard to find the person or people responsible for it, and it was eventually dissolved. However, for the few weeks it was up some terrible things were written and people were hurt by it. These gossip columns are extending beyond the lives of movie stars and celebrities to our very own communities of our colleges. Could this be a new form of celebrity? Popular people within the greek systems of universities... A lot of people are getting a taste of celebrity with these new blog postings, and I'm interested to see where it goes.
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I have looked at the USC gossip blog sites and was enraged and horrified. I found several posts that referred to individuals as "niggers" and "fags." I find it unacceptable and repulsive that students at USC would be so ignorant as to use these terms. I think that posting such malicious terms should be grounds for immediate expulsion. There should be no tolerance for such hatred, especially at a university.
On a more "class related" note, I'm pretty fascinated in general by the amount of malicious anger seen on celebrity blogs. Sure, Perez Hilton may jab at celebrities in unkind ways, but what is really shocking are the the responses (hundreds for each post) made by the people who go on the blog. People write nasty things ranging from harsh physical critiques of celebrities to criticism of celebrities as parents. Why is there so much anger? I believe that a lot of the people who post hateful things would never verbalize them. This sensation reminds me a bit of the hoods of the KKK. People are willing to exhibit such anger and hatred as long as it is anonymous. There is no accountability. This tendency frightens me.
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