What is more ironic than being asked for a retraction by a website founded on the spreading of malicious, unsubstantiated gossip in the name of free speech?

Nothing.

In this issue’s commentary section, I discussed the recent theory that, in an effort to bolster the website’s fading popularity at Georgetown, JuicyCampus administrators have posted on the website disguised as Georgetown students.

Though this was mere speculation and all in good fun, JuicyCampus was apparently not too pleased. The Independent soon received an email from BWR, the public relations firm that handles JuicyCampus, asking us to issue a retraction. Read Full Post

This evening’s Past the Page is brought to you straight from the Indy office, where we’re working hard to bring you our November issue. As all of you probably already know, Matt Ivester (Duke 05), founder of JuicyCampus, is on the Georgetown campus tonight to answer questions about his website. Tierney Sneed wrote a commentary about JuicyCampus last month, so this is the obvious tie-in.

I was lucky enough to have Ivester visit my Celebrity and Spectacle class this afternoon, so we were able to have more of a genuine conversation than what’s going down in the ICC tonight. The highlights, below the cut:

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