Dissatisfied with the web sites of their school and with lame
attempts on the part of companies to create sites for the college market,
two students from Amherst College decided to create their own page.
Brown was the first school to acquire the Jolt and 40 others quickly hopped on board.
The success of the sites can be
attributed to the fact that each Daily Jolt site is run by students at that
school. Its members work together to innovate the design of the site as
well as to tailor the content to each college. The fact that the members
are students also means they are flexible and open to feedback. Because
each Daily Jolt site is created and run by actual college students, the
site is actually useful, interesting, and easy-to-use.
The Brown Daily Jolt, which was one of the two original schools in the
Daily Jolt Network, was started in 1999 as a useful, but not widely-used web page at Brown. Over the years, the Jolt has added new features, such as the professor quote archive, new forums, online coupons, and more, attracting a large percentage of the Brown community every day.
If you would like to help
out, contact the Brown Daily Jolt team.
P.S. Interested in getting The Daily Jolt started at your school? Drop us a line!
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