| Emory’s Burn Book, Online
It's Craiglist on crack, Facebook gone wild.
It features headlines that read “ATO = Gay?", “Dating an Emory Girl VS. Sticking Your Head in a Toilet" and even “The Jews Ruin This School."
Its supporters call it harmless. Its detractors, many of whom have been the subject of defamatory posts, call it slanderous.
It's JuicyCampus.com, and it's the latest — and most controversial — online craze to hit campuses, including Emory's.
The site's premise is simple: Bring middle school-level gossip to the Internet. Juicy Campus is unregulated and anonymous. The site, created by Duke alum Matt Ivester, includes a disclaimer that serves as its guiding principle: “Facts can be untrue. Opinions can be stupid, or ignorant, or mean-spirited, but they can't be untrue.
Gay matchmaking sites find a growing market
Growing up, Bethtina Woodridge heard all kinds of advice about dating, finding a husband and getting married. "You don't have those tips about meeting women," said Woodridge, 31. "How do I approach her, how do I know she is gay?" For Woodridge, finding that special someone turned out to be easier online. Several months after signing up for dating service Chemistry.com, Woodridge was matched with her partner, who was "incredibly honest and sincere, and she stole my heart." After online giant eHarmony made headlines last year by saying its psychological research is based exclusively on heterosexual relationships, a growing number of rival online matchmakers are using their algorithms to find same-sex love as well. "There are just not enough services for creating healthy relationships, and (it is) a major gap in the gay community," said matchmaker Patrick Perrine, founder of San Francisco-based Mypartner.com, which caters to "sophisticated, cultured and relationship-oriented gay men" and has more than 50,000 clients across the nation.
eHarmony.com sued for excluding homosexuals
LOS ANGELES, Calif. A Los Angeles woman has sued the popular online dating site eHarmony.com, claiming she was discriminated against based on her sexual orientation when the Web site refused to pair her with another woman. eHarmony was founded in 2000 by Neil Clark Warren, an evangelical with ties to Focus on the Family, and it has grown to more than 12 million registered users, according to Reuters. The lawyer for the woman, Linda Carlson, said the lawsuit was "about changing the landscape and making a statement out there that gay people, just like heterosexuals, have the right and desire to meet other people with whom they can fall in love." Carlson is urging fellow homosexuals to join the class action lawsuit geared toward forcing eHarmony to change its policy.
The Empire State Building and Brides.com Announce Couples for 'The ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- This Valentine's Day, love prevails as The Empire State Building and Brides.com marry 14 couples on the most romantic day of the year in the most romantic setting -- atop the Empire State Building. The day will begin at 7:00 am and go until mid-afternoon as each couple is wed in a half-hour ceremony. Following their sky-high nuptials, brides and grooms will enjoy a champagne toast and receive a Brides.com gift bag valued at $500. Weddings on Valentine's Day have been a tradition at the Empire State Building since 1994. Since the first couples got hitched, there have been over 200 weddings in what is considered to be one of the most romantic buildings ever. Featured in over 90 movies, such as Sleepless in Seattle, An Affair to Remember and King Kong, the Empire State Building epitomizes the love story.
Something to Take to Heart
Tonight, after practice, I saw this little blonde headed boy that I see around town constantly. You wanna know where I see him everytime? On the basketball court. The kid, being about as mature as you can be at his age. He is probably a 2nd grader, and he walks around town as if he was 15. Something is noticable though everytime I see him. First of all, I have yet to ever see his parents. Secondly, he doesen't seem to be the most lucky kid when it comes to who has the money and who doesen't. Living in a poor family as a kid, I know how that can be. But, everytime I see him around the court, he doesen't normally say a word to me but he will give me a little head nod. Of course, I will give one back and he will continue to watch me on the court. However, he once told me that I am his favorite basketball player and that really felt great to me.
Kylie Minogue makes comeback
One would think the pressure of making a rebound album is daunting for most performers – especially those who have undergone major health setbacks –but for Minogue, its business as usual. Admitting her whole career has been a "series of major and minor comebacks," she gives off an incredible confidence when talking about the ups and downs of her life in pop via phone from her Londonhome. "I used to say that being a diva, you had to have tragedy in your life and all I've ever had was tragic hairdos and outfits. Obviously, I have to modify that statement now. A diva really needs to learn how to cope, too. To make it through some of the attacks and problems that I have had over the years ..." She trails off before continuing, listing particular moments during her post-"Locomotion," pre-"Can't Get You Out of my Head" time in hitsville.
Back to the turn of the century
Memories of being best friends forever and promises of love flooded their minds as they waited to open the can.“Good memories," said Jasper Jackson, now a senior at Salem High School.While catching up, the group waited anxiously for their former fourth-grade teacher, Ashley Duffey , to open the tin and discover what they placed inside.Duffey didn't remember everything the students placed inside but she recalls telling the students to write their future dreams and wishes along with drawing a picture of how they thought they would look.“I think I put something stupid in there," said Tyler Brown, a senior at Patrick Henry High School. “I just want to see."Tyler brought along his mother, Bonnie Brown, to the event. Brown, who often volunteered with Tyler's class while he was at Raleigh Court Elementary, said she wanted to see if Tyler placed one of her belongings in the tin eight years ago.“I want to see what he put in there, and plus I want to see if he put something he wasn't supposed to in there," she said.
Michigan Supreme Court hears domestic partner benefits case
An Ingham County Circuit Court judge ruled the benefits did not violate the state constitution, but the Michigan Appeals Court ruled they did. In February 2007, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled to overturn the trial courts decision that public employers may offer these benefits without violating the "marriage amendment." The ruling was appealed by Attorney General Mike Cox, who intervened as a defendant. The Supreme Court will weigh in by June of 2008 on which court was correct. "It is potentially hugely important," said Marc Spindelman, an associate professor of law at Ohio State University and a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. "It is important nationally and if they (the Michigan Supreme Court) breaks from the Ohio court and nullifies domestic partner benefits it could set a standard." The Ohio Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the Ohio marriage amendment only impacted actual relationships that contained the bundle of rights attributed to marriage.
Wizards rally from 18 down at halftime to beat Chicago 97-91
Notes: Butler missed his 11th game with a small labral tear of the left hip joint. ... Nocioni said the NBA did the right thing by giving Indiana F Danny Granger a one-game suspension for hitting him in the face during Wednesday's 113-107 win. "For me, it's right because he tried to hurt me," Nocioni said. "He punched me with the elbow. I wasn't doing (anything), just playing defense. That's it. I don't know why he hit me in the face. We didn't have any problems before (that) game." ... The Bulls will autograph the Northern Illinois T-shirts they wore during two games last week and donate them to the NIU Foundation's scholarship fund honoring the victims of the campus shootings on Feb. 14. .
Met plan moves police to out of town megabases
London is poised to move on to the next iteration of virtualising its policing, following the publication of the first of a series of consultations on police basing requirements in the capital. The plans effectively place community support officers, aka 'Blunkett's Bobbies' as the primary 'customer interface' for policing in London, while the 'real' police take a further step back, away from the public. Small "safer neighbourhood" teams consisting of community support officers (a category of police that didn't exist until relatively recently) will operate from high street bases, largely during daylight hours. Existing conventional police stations will tend to be deemed unfit for modern policing and closed, while most police will move into new warehouse-style "patrol bases" which will be closed to the public.
Saviour of kids bashes his own
The doctor's shocking secret life was revealed in the Children's Court where one son, aged 14, said he was belted for a poor school report. Another, aged 12, said their father usually hit them where bruises could not be seen. "He usually hits our bums, he doesn't want to bruise us. Dad hates it, he doesn't want us to show it to the world," was his sad evidence. "He doesn't go for the head because he knows it can be fatal or between here (indicating his chest) and here (indicating his hips)." But five months after being alerted to the physical punishment dished out at home by the doctor, NSW Health said yesterday it was still investigating. A spokeswoman refused to say whether the man continued to work as a child specialist in a hospital.
Men’s tennis bashes in Hope
In their opening dual competitions, men's tennis faced off against two potent opponents in D-I Northwestern and Chicago State. These contests in higher divisions prepared the team well, evidenced by its lopsided, 8–1 defeat of Hope College Saturday at Homewood-Flossmoor Tennis Courts to start Chicago's 2007–2008 campaign versus D-III opponents. “I think the reason we were so successful this weekend is because we were better than the other team," second-year Garrett Brinker said. “To make an analogy, we were Obama, and they were Mike Gravel. Also, our assistant coach Jeff White really pulled us through. He's probably the best assistant coach in the country." Dominating the singles matches, the Maroons were triumphant in five of the six bouts. First-year Tim Walsh was exceptional at fourth singles, losing only one game to his competitor, 6–0, 6–1.
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