College OTR sucks my balls.

My freshmen year roommate would sit on our futon all day every Saturday and browse Facebook. He had one of two standard responses to everyone on Facebook.

1) This chick is hot. I'm going to facebook her.
or 2) He's in that frat? They're so gay.

Every time I read the blog College OTR I am reminded of his level of commentary.

If you've never heard of it, and I pray most of you haven't, College OTR (On The Record) is a college blog with contributors from schools around the nation. And it sucks. My issue isn't that there is a really crappy blog out in the internet. It's that people think that this blog is awesome, and give it awards (US News and World Report).

My first real complaint is the content. Along with what is noted above, the entire site screams look at me and look at these really cool people I'm hanging out with. Look how much fun I had. No one could have this much fun! it's like the Eleanor Roosevelt quote, "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." This site discusses people. Here are a few of the categories: Wacky Faculity; Campus Characters; and of course Hot People.

The most notable content on the site has been:
A) Coolest Frats + Sororities on Campus
B) Hottest Girls on Campus
C) Definition of a "Hook Up"
D) College Sex Diary

The entire site is fluff. Links to McLovin Videos?

Even the occasional post that would be considered news is lacking. Still no mention of Michigan Baseball post-season play. And the news they do get is usually late. I broke the Taco Bell story almost a month before it was posted on OTR. But I'm not trying to compare my blog with theirs. Their blog "is the country's premiere college blog, capturing the best of everything that happens at college." My blog is simply a shrine to my own awesomeness.

The idea is that a few contributors are selected to blog about events. The job description is this:

CollegeOTR Seeks the Next Generation of Campus Celebrities:

For the upcoming school year CollegeOTR is looking for a group of incredibly hooked-up scenesters to show the world what's happening at their school.

Submit your photos, gossip, breaking news – and anything salacious you can tell us about your campus.

We’ll select one Chief Contributor per campus and pay them $500 a semester for great work. CCs will be required to post 15-20 photos per week (with captions).

So these people get selected to be the voice of their school and write about gossip and shit. But why would anyone want to read what they have to say? Furthermore, who would want to become a Chief Contributor? That's like 100 hours of work for 500$ of pay. It's clear though that the people who do contribute are obviously the type of people that would think that is a good gig.

College OTR is like the trash TV of the internet. You read it not because it's informative or interesting. You read it because it's there and you have nothing better to do. Just blindly eat up whatever is given to you, and just convince yourself how great it is. It's the exact same reasons why I try to convince my grandmother to stop listing to Dr. Laura. I swear if that bitch wasn't given a platform everyone would realize how dumb she really is. But somewhere, someone decided that she is relevant, just like someone did for College OTR.