Re: Re: Re: Top Party Schools Named (One basis being popularity of fraternities and sororities)
 

When I was in school, I heard that about O.U.

Ummmm, that's Ohio University, my alma mater. While you may, in fact, be correct, I'd sure like to see the hard statistics.

I think this might be yet another urban legend that we hear about numerous campuses.

By the way, did I tell you about the time I left my badge on the moon?

Compared to some of the well-known party schools of the day, OU (that is the University of Oklahoma) is pretty tame, though the students still power down beer and liquour like it's going outta style.

Back in my days as an undergrad... (cue up dream sequence music... ooo-wee-ooo! :)) it was not unusual to measure the popularity of parties at the Greek houses by how many kegs were at the party. The small houses (like us) could get by with one or two; most of the other houses had three, four or five-keg parties almost every Friday night. And functions (sorority/fraternity mixers) almost always included a keg or two, especially when the fraternities hosted.

Major parties like the Sigma Chi Derby Days and the Fiji Islander were open to the public back then, and it was not unusual for everybody to line up at the beer truck and tap straight from the truck. (3.2 beer, folks.) Beer distributors used to give away beer cups with Greek letters printed on them.

I remember back when I was a freshman at the dorms the last night 3.2 beer could be purchased by 18-year olds before it was jacked up to 21... most of the dorm floors were in a state of total drunken abandon until well past midnight when visitation hours were over. The hangover of the century followed! :D

AlphaSigOU,

Great stories. I'm kinda glad it's a little laid back in Norman since our son goes there.

Another Delt Alumnus here in the Denver area was what we call a DTAA (prouounded Dee-Taw, meaning Delts Talk About Alcohol) intern one year and tells me that he got to Athens, Ohio (home of the "orginal" O.U.) the day after an open party for 400. He always tells me he should have had the chapter shut down. I always tell him he's jealous. I also tell him it would have taken a real tough guy to shut down the oldest continuously active chapter in the Fraternity (1862 to present)

But seriously, that kind of party has to be a thing of the past.

Re: Re: Re: Top Party Schools Named (One basis being popularity of fraternities and sororities)
 

Ah very true but that was back like 5-10 years ago before campus became totally dry including the Greek houses and before Stillwater cops became such jerk offs.

sorry alphasigOU, but 3-5 kegs was considered a big party??
lol. way up here in canada, lol, most frats have at least 10 kegs if not upwards to 15.
now THAT'S a party.
;)

thats huge, how? what and why am i not in canada?

Yea, it looks paltry compared to the massive quantities of suds consumed in Canada, but ya gotta remember the liquor stores and wholesalers in Oklahoma charged a high price for kegs deposit-wise (there was a time when some fraternities never bothered returning them or damaged them such so they couldn't be reused). Generally for private parties, it was a 5 kegger; open parties was at least a minimum 10 kegger (unless you're a small house way out in North Greek Siberia like us, where we could get away with about 6.)

Back in the days I was in the biggest fight in Oklahoma politics at the time was liquour by the drink (Before 1984, Oklahoma had a 'liquour by the wink' law or BYOB clubs much like Utah is today.) It was the Southern 'Babtists' and other fundamentalist Bible-thumping churches versus the restaurant lobby campaigning heavily over it. And the measure won.

(buying plane tickets to Canada... have beer will travel! :) )

Spending a semester in Canada is beginning to sound like a better idea by the minute!http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/beerchug.gif

Yeah, I think the crackdown on gigantic parties is a nationwide trend these days. The biggest party we have ever thrown was in the winter of my freshman year, we would traditionally have a "Freezer Party", and at the last one there were 600 people through the door, and 12 kegs were polished off by midnight.

Still, this doesn't compare to a story that an alumni told once: Back in the day (80s), they would hold a party called D.A.M.M. (Drunks Against Mad Mothers, I know, very un politically correct!) It would be a weekend long rager with upwards of 30 or 40 kegs!


Sometimes I think it would be fun to hold an insane party like that, but then I realize that the organization headache just wouldn't be worth it at all. :)

Re: Re: Top Party Schools Named (One basis being popularity of fraternities and sororities)
 

But wait! Ohio State and Ohio University were both on the list last year!

Oh, you didn't mean that OSU?

Guess I'll have to go back on my campaign to get us to stop using letters since they mean different things to those of us in different parts of the country.