I cant quite decide what to make of NYU Local? A few friends of mine used to write for it. Another few actually still do. But still, I dont know if I can quite appreciate it. My first visit to the site I stumbled across a wildly superficial and demeaning pathetic excuse of a post bashing Elisabeth Moss of the show Mad Men simply for not being some stunning beauty. I immediately wrote a comment simply expressing my disgust at such a post and not only did they leave the post up, but they deleted my comment. Maybe I just dont see the newsworthiness of being rude and vile in the face of an actress who is really doing something with talent rather than being trashy, but I cant help but hold this incident against the site in its entirety.

NYU Local is self-defined as:

In the hopes of covering all of the discussion-worthy news that happens at and around NYU, we bring you NYU Local, a 24 hour website about the school and the city that we call home. The site is conversational, the setup straightforward and the information useful. Read us often to learn about free food, the most recent J-Sex fumbles and the best dorm parties, twittered in as they’re occurring. We’ll help you feel pretty damn connected at a school with no campus.

But it is also run by rather young students who, in my humble opinion, may not have the best judgment as to what is newsworthy or even remotely related to NYU. Anyhow, I am curious as to what everyone else might think. Love? Loathe? Any interesting stories to give me insight into the usefulness of this blog site?