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Alex Rosenthal
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Alex Rosenthal

I'm Campus Basement's Director of Community Management. I enjoy long walks on the dinner and candlelit beaches. Send me feedback, ideas, suggestions, or cute puppy pictures at rosenthal@campusbasement.com.
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February 9, 2012

Top 15 SU Memes

Never have I ever seen a trend blow up so quickly and so awesomely as the new “SU Memes” page on Facebook. I originally imagined memes as being more of an inside joke between reddit users and other internet communities, but now that they’ve become [Hipster Mermaid voice] “sooo mainstream,” college students are using everything from... MORE »
February 8, 2012

Betches Debut Super Sexy Music Video

This captures sorority nightlife pretty damn well. It’s like a Ke$ha video but without the glitter or the unbearable sing-talking. Probably the same amount of drugs though. MORE »
February 6, 2012

UMass Amherst Students Riot After Patriots Loss

Look out, #OccupyWallStreet. The New England Patriots lost the Superbowl last night, and these UMass Amherst students are PISSED. Well, at least until the cops on horses come in – then everyone just books it. Don’t mess with horses. MORE »
February 5, 2012

The Puppy Bowl: Staff Predictions

Last year, 111 million people tuned into the Super Bowl. This begs the question: “What were the other 6.8 billion people in the world watching?” Obviously, they were watching puppies prance around on a miniature football field for three hours. Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl” is just like the regular Super Bowl except fluffier and with... MORE »
January 31, 2012

CAMPUS BASEMENT ENDORSES NEWT

CAMPUS BASEMENT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE IT ENDORSES NEWT. NEWTS MAKE GREAT PETS FOR YOUNG TODDLERS WHO ARE LEARNING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. NEWTS EAT EARTHWORMS AND CRICKETS, AND ARE HEALTHIEST IN ROOM-TEMPERATURE FRESHWATER AQUARIUMS. BUY YOUR CHILD A NEWT TODAY! MORE »
January 28, 2012

Best College Athletics Commercial Ever

Does your school’s golf team have a girl who hits a golf ball so hard the Eiffel Tower falls over? What about a guy who hits a baseball so far the moon shits itself in terror? No? How about a soccer player who kicks a ball hard enough to explode, then reappear in Italy to... MORE »
January 27, 2012

Petition for Matthew Broderick to Lip-Sync as Ferris Bueller at the Super Bowl

  Today, one of our writers at Syracuse, Samii Ruddy, asked her Twitter followers: If I started a petition to have Matthew Broderick lip-sync Twist and Shout as Ferris Bueller at the Superbowl halftime show, would you sign it? To nobody’s surprise, like a bazillion people said yes. So now we know you can TALK... MORE »
January 23, 2012 1 Comment

Win $200 Cash With College Book Renter!

Do you like free money? Do you like not working very hard for it at all? [Cue cheesy music] Hi, I’m Alex Rosenthal. And if you answered “no” to either of these then I can’t really help you. Also you’re a weirdo. But if you answered “yes” to both, then College Book Renter‘s blog and... MORE »
January 20, 2012

SOPA Fails Due To 8th Grader Changing His Profile Picture

The Stop Online Piracy Act, a piece of internet legislation that has potentially dangerous consequences to the free flow of information online, was shelved Wednesday after a massive web-wide protest. Sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit went black, while Google, Craigslist, and countless other highly trafficked destinations posted notices informing their users of the bill. Amidst... MORE »