If you read PerezHilton.com, then you have probably heard of the band Gossip, formerly known as “The” Gossip. The band, fronted by singer Beth Ditto, is a favorite of the site’s creator and is therefore frequently featured on the Web site. The band’s new album, “Music for Men,” with its awesome ’80s-tinged music, shows why the band is one of his favorites, though it still has room for improvement.

After months of on-and-off interaction with College ACB—an anonymous internet gossip board—I still can’t understand one thing: Why does anyone still use it? In the beginning, ACB (like its predecessor, Juicy Campus) used to be mildly interesting, with regular posts of humorous anecdotes and morning-after confessions. But now it has completely degraded into insulting various fraternities and sororities.

Although Juicy Campus, the Web site that has become synonymous with college gossip, may have created a buzz around Washington University, students here do not think its closure Thursday will have an effect on the campus social scene. Senior Elyse Sadow said that though many students visited the site, gossip will not stop because it [...]

You don’t have to watch “Gossip Girl” in order to know the damaging social prospects of gossip Web sites and the lengths people will go to avoid having negative information posted about them on the Internet. The discussion of other peoples’ flaws, secrets and personality traits offers nothing valuable or positive to the community. At [...]