Missouri School of Journalism: Prestigious J-School, or “Douchefactory”?

You know the best way to piss off the entire Missouri School of Journalism? Write a post for a gossip website that basically says Mizzou’s J-School has more douchebags than a sale at Walgreens.

And boy, did Campus Basement really step in it when it published “20 Reasons Why the J-School is a Douchefactory,” by a semi-literate Biochemistry major at the University of Missouri. For the second time in just days, Campus Basement has been forced to remove an offensive post from its website because of the public’s overwhelmingly negative response.

Good news for you, though: We have the original post in its entirety, republished below!

The last time we heard from Campus Basement was a few days ago when it published a blog post titled, “10 Ways to Fool a Sorority Girl Into Bed.” It gave all sorts of helpful pointers on how your average date rapist could go about seducing and forcing himself onto some hapless Mizzou sorority girl. It was satirical though, because it was written by a lady! Get it?

That post’s author requested it be removed though, probably the smartest decision she made in the whole affair.

That brings us to “20 Reasons Why the J-School is a Douchefactory.” A Biochemistry major “named” Blake Frost (more on that “name” later) seems to have a problem with the University of Missouri’s journalism school, and articulated it for the world to see in this most helpful and well thought out charticle.

Here is the full original post, thanks to Google Cache!

 Let’s break this down, shall we?

“Blake,” we can understand why you’re angry at MU’s journalism school, because apparently you are an expert in both “typeface” and shoving Chipotle into your mouth. Those are admirable traits in a person, though a longer wait to wrap your lips around an eight inch burrito hardly seems like it’s worth the energy you put into this diatribe.

Ooh, J-School Buzz got a shout-out! We are a “fucking joke,” it seems. Well, good to see we can make someone laugh. We thought that was supposed to be your job, since you’re writing on a humor site. We doubt that many J-School higher-ups would want you thinking JSB was actually part of the journalism school, when we are actually independent.

I particularly enjoy #11, that you will get punched in the face if you study in RJI. That sounds like the time a student attacked a professor and I in RJI’s Futures Lab. HAHAHAHAHA, physical assault is very funny!! Goodness, “Blake Frost,” I can not for the life of me figure out why more people don’t talk about Biochem majors’ senses of humor!

And finally, “Blake Frost,” who we can only assume is the single biggest asshole in Mizzou’s Biochemistry department, tops it all off with number 18: The J-School’s retention rate is lower than the suicide rate. Get it? Some people go from being a journalism major to education or business or something else. Other people kill themselves, leaving behind devastated family members and friends. HAHAHA, oh “Blake Frost,” you are clearly this generation’s Mark Twain.

So, there you have it. Looking for tips on how to trick a vulnerable young woman into having sex with you, or learning why physical assault and teen suicide is LOL FUNNY? Campus Basement is your one-stop shop for everything you need to know!

We are trying to learn the identity of the mysterious “Blake Frost” person who wrote this blog post for Campus Basement. A search through Mizzou’s email records show there is no one at the University of Missouri with that name, and the Twitter account linked to his Campus Basement is clearly a useless spam/fake account.

Someone named “Blake Frost” also posted this comment on Vox’s website, but the website linked with that posted comment was also a dead-end.

Alas, we are turning to the JSB audience to find this fellow. Do you know a Biochemistry major who is an incredibly self-absorbed asshole with a penchant for publishing dumb things on the Internet? Let us know: Tips@JSchoolBuzz.com.

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9 comments

  1. Katie Currid

    This whole blog post by JSB only proves Mizzou Basement’s point. Most of it is true. Who wouldn’t hate being bombarded by J2100 kids on Ninth Street and hearing us whine all the damn time? Have a sense of humor — JSchool students are annoying. I’m one of them. Aren’t we supposed to be able to laugh at ourselves? 

    • David Teeghman

      Some of it’s true, sure, but whatever truths might have been in the post are overshadowed by the sheer quantity of incredibly dumb things he wrote. 

  2. ryan cornell

    For fear of worse repercussions I’ll turn myself in here. I am incredibly sorry for what I wrote. I know this doesn’t give me any excuse, but it was 4 am and I was hammered off several Gin+Tonics. (I rarely ever use profanity while sober)

    I understand that almost all of it is offensive and insensitive. None of the “jokes” I made are funny and I anticipate the full hatred of the J-School to rain down on me soon. I am glad that the site pulled down the article, but I regret not having the discretion to keep my drunken nonsense to myself.

    Also, JSB isn’t a joke as I had claimed. If it was, I wouldn’t be reading it every week.

    I apologize in all sincerity and hope you guys can spare me a stoning.
    -Ryan

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