Editor's note: "Juicy Campus," an online gossip Web site that allowed anyone to post messages anonymously, shut down in February, citing lack of revenue. Here is how the site affected people at Florida Atlantic University.

This story was reported by Ivan Berliant, Courtney Crawford, Angela Smith and Michael Yacobellis

If you’ve been walking around campus lately, hoping to catch up on the latest gossip about your fellow classmates, you might be behind the times. The relatively new and controversial Web site, JuicyCampus.com, has taken over the traditional hallway gossip and turned it into 21st century bashing.

JuicyCampus.com has created a "public forum" in which students can go to page dedicated to their school and gossip about anyone or anything – all while remaining anonymous. The site added a page for Florida Atlantic University this fall and had more than 120 posts just days after its debut.

Although this site is supposed to have postings about campus events and possibly harmless gossip about who did what and why, much like Facebook, it has become a site for cyber-bullying.

“I think this site is really immature and obnoxious,” senior Amanda Clare said. “If people really have something to say, they should say it to your face instead of hiding behind a computer screen and posting anonymously.”

Some of these anonymous posts have even tampered with romantic relationships at FAU.

Sophomore Taylor Vogelsong was a victim of multiple postings on the site accusing her of infidelities within her relationship.

“I don’t think more hurtful things could have been said about me on this Web site,” Vogelsong said. “I won’t ever find out who wrote it, and I can’t even begin to imagine who it may be.”

The relationship between Vogelsong and her boyfriend suffered after they discovered the posts, but they did reconcile.

“The Web site affected my life pretty badly, but after realizing that there is nothing I can do about it, I came to my senses and decided to never go on it again,” said Vogelsong’s boyfriend, sophomore Steven Lopez. “It caused problems with me and my girlfriend, but like any strong couple, we put it behind us and moved on.”

The postings on FAU’s page focus on a number of cliques and subjects; however, most of the postings have pointed toward the Greek Life chapters. The messages vary from “All sororities are retarded and paying for ‘sisterhood’ is bull----" to “The Sigma Phi Epsilon’s are all f------- gay to more vulgar language and even calling some of the chapter members ugly, sluts and whores.

“I am quite disappointed in the fact that a number of Greek chapters are mentioned on this site,” said Clare who is the president of the Panhellenic Association, an organization that oversees all of Greek Life at FAU.

“Sororities were created to stand for something good, like sisterhood, service, scholarship and rituals – not rumors on Web sites and gossip about others. One can only hope that these postings don’t affect Greek Life here at FAU.”

Although this site is full of gossip and anonymous people leaving posts that sometimes are sinister, to some it is a good lesson in leadership and community roles.

“Even though this site is a place for gossip and cowards, I look forward to our fraternity and sorority students taking leadership on this issue, and any other issues like this” Greek Life Coordinator Ryan O’Rourke said.

Because of the site's popularity, some students believe the postings will reflect poorly on FAU.

“I 100 percent believe it will hinder the efforts of FAU and bring down student moral,” said freshman David Pearson, a Sigma Phi Epsilon member.

Others think it won’t affect FAU at all.

Sam Goldberg, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, believes that JuicyCampus.com will have no impact.

“I do not think this will discredit the university. Every college has people who talk badly about others. If New York University is on Juicy Campus and they’re still an accredited institution, why would it affect FAU any differently?” Goldberg asked.

Not only are the postings on JuicyCampus.com relate to students. Some talk about professors at FAU, as well.

A reply to the original post of “Professors You Want to F---” responded, “A lot of people have major ‘hots’ for Quentin Youngberg.”

The assistant professor of English said he wouldn’t pay attention to the comments, even if he were keeping up with campus gossip.

“If you have to be something, I guess it’s nice to be pretty,” Youngberg said. “But I tend to ignore any type of fascination, even though it has been quite obvious at times.”

Youngberg isn’t new to having students write flattering things about him because of his looks. When he taught at Black Hills State University in South Dakota, his student evaluations had comments like “You look nice in jeans” and “I really like his watch.”

Students haven’t left postings to only Youngberg. Other postings include English professor Kevin Garland’s attributes and fantasies about Anthropology teaching assistant James Wheeler and literature professor Sika Dagbovie.

Despite all the gossip about Dr. Youngberg and his co-workers, he said that he doesn’t want to know about subsequent postings.

“I doubt I’ll be browsing JuciyCampus.com,” Youngberg said. “In fact, I probably won’t even remember that I commented on the site.”

After all is said and done, Clare hopes that the fascination of JuicyCampus.com dwindles and people move on to other things.

“If the site continues to gain popularity among college students here at FAU, it will only tarnish the image and reputation of many people and organizations, not just the Greeks,” Clare said.

“There are athletes, freshmen and even administration mentioned on this site, as well. And by responding to the negative posts, even if they are in defense of someone or something, you’re just continuing the ‘juicy’ circle.”