IU - Number one in parties too.

hoosier · #1 08-20-2002, 01:22 PM

We've known this for years, of course, but now the Princeton Review has confirmed it:

PS: I've been to Clemson, and except for about six football weekends a year, it's a suitcase college. Tuscaloosa? If Birmingham was your nearest town, I'd stay home.

THE NATION'S TOP PARTY SCHOOLS

1 Indiana University - Bloomington
2 Clemson University
3 University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
4 Penn State University Park
5 University of Florida
6 University at Buffalo
7 University of New Hampshire
8 University of Colorado, Boulder
9 Florida State University
10 University of Wisconsin-Madison
11 The University of Texas at Austin
12 Michigan State University
13 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
14 Louisiana State University
15 University of California-Santa Cruz
16 University of Tennessee
17 New York University
18 Ohio State University-Columbus
19 Virginia Tech
20 Tulane University

KappaTarzan · #2 08-20-2002, 01:29 PM

someday umass will make it back up there.. relive the days of zoo-mass

PSUSigKap · #3 08-20-2002, 01:29 PM

nice to know that penn state is yet again in the top 5! yea lions!

bubblevicious · #4 08-20-2002, 01:31 PM

hell yeah, that's my shool

go hoosiers

DeltAlum · #5 08-20-2002, 01:51 PM

Here we go again...

There was a huge thread about this time last year, to wit:

Princeton Review has nothing whatsoever to do with Princeton University.

The methodology of their surveys is shakey at very best and non-existent at worst.

What this whole thing really is, is a ploy to sell books at $20 apiece once a year.

You're all educated people, but you can believe it if you want. And then I'll sell you some swamp land in Arizona.

bubblevicious · #6 08-20-2002, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Here we go again...

There was a huge thread about this time last year, to wit:

Princeton Review has nothing whatsoever to do with Princeton University.

The methodology of their surveys is shakey at very best and non-existent at worst.

What this whole thing really is, is a ploy to sell books at $20 apiece once a year.

You're all educated people, but you can believe it if you want. And then I'll sell you some swamp land in Arizona.

I just wanted to remind you that we are very aware of this and this is all only for fun and entertainment

Also, thanks for reminding us that we are all educated people... but I will pass on the swamp land

Maybe a palm tree in Alaska.

hoosier · #7 08-20-2002, 06:10 PM

I thinks the DeltAlum has fits of jealousy, since no dust bowl school is close to the top 25. And I think he lives in the heart of the dust bowl.

DeltAlum · #8 08-20-2002, 07:09 PM

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Originally posted by hoosier
I thinks the DeltAlum has fits of jealousy, since no dust bowl school is close to the top 25. And I think he lives in the heart of the dust bowl.

Nice try Hoosier, but let's try to get the facts straight. DeltAlum went to Ohio University which was in the top ten party schools list annually until two years ago. But our friends at Ohio State -- just up the road where DeltAlum grew up -- are still on the list.

Both are a long way from the dust bowl. (Maybe the Geography courses at IU are confusing) In fact, we're pretty close to Indiana -- as in right next door. Don't confuse the OU's. Ohio University was a well established school before the dust bowl territories became states. (Chartered in 1787 and founded in 1804) Last I heard, Colorado wasn't in the dust bowl either.

Last year, Ohio University was listed in the top ten Greek Schools, also.

I don't know whether any of them were deserved, but it helps sell books, I suppose.

DeltAlum · #9 08-20-2002, 07:17 PM

Just ran across this:

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Aug. 19) - Indiana University was crowned the nation's No. 1 ``party school'' Monday in an annual Princeton Review survey that school leaders and medical experts derided as irresponsible and unscientific.

Following IU in the rankings were Clemson University, the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Florida.

IU officials questioned the No. 1 ranking. The school, which didn't appear on the list last year, has toughened its stance on student drinking since the 1998 alcohol-related death of a student.

In the past year, five IU fraternities have been suspended or expelled for violations of alcohol policies, said Bill Stephan, the university's vice president for public affairs.

``I think there are some serious questions about the methodology of the study and it really calls into question the credibility of the ranking,'' Stephan said.

IU freshman Anya Simonova said her school may be perceived as a party school, but noted that ``it's getting quieter because they're cracking down more.'' Junior Erin Pritchard agreed.

``I'd be surprised to hear we're number one,'' she said. ``Even though most people party three or four times a week, this past year they've been a lot more strict.''

The survey, conducted since 1992, ranks schools in 63 categories based on in-person or computer interviews with 100,000 students. The party school designation is based on student reports on alcohol and marijuana use, the amount of time spent studying outside of class and the popularity of fraternities and sororities on campus.

Princeton Review, a test-preparation and college admissions company with no connection to Princeton University, defended its survey.

``We simply are reporting on the conditions that exist on those particular campuses, and if social life continues to be an aspect that students comment on, then I will continue to include that list in the book,'' said Robert Franek, the company's editorial director.

Franek noted that the survey also lists the top-20 ``Stone-Cold Sober Schools,'' where students say there is little drinking. Brigham Young University topped that list for the third straight year.

The American Medical Association has repeatedly criticized the ``party school'' rankings, saying they irresponsibly legitimize high-risk drinking and portray alcohol as central to college life.

On Monday, Richard Yoast of the AMA's Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse called the survey ``a marketing gimmick'' and said it does a disservice to quality universities.

Following Florida, the rest of the top 10 party schools were the State University of New York-Buffalo; the University of New Hampshire; the University of Colorado-Boulder; Florida State University; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

valkyrie · #10 08-20-2002, 07:55 PM

I think the title of this thread is misleading. Saying that Indiana is number one in parties "too" implies that it is also number one in something else, which I would dispute.

Sorry, but I couldn't resist. We Big 10 folk like to make fun of each other.

Munchkin03 · #11 08-20-2002, 10:04 PM

I think these rankings are pretty funny, myself. I imagine that if I were a parent at one of these schools, or an administrator, I'd be concerned. But, now that I'm almost finished with college (not at one of the listed schools)? It's just for laughs--which is what most people probably understand.

The name "Princeton Review" isn't supposed to reference Princeton U., but Princeton NJ, home of ETS--the creator of the SAT, GRE and some other standardized tests. This was explained to me during a Princeton Review course for the GRE--they were created to "review what Princeton does" in terms of the standardized tests.

Optimist Prime · #12 08-20-2002, 10:12 PM

The one about Virginia Tech is wrong. They're parties are good, but not as good as ours. We're just too hung over to fill out surveys. We account for over half the beer on the east coast!!! (our 7-11 compared to other 7-11's) Beat that!

OUlioness01 · #13 08-20-2002, 10:27 PM

this year according to liquor stores (i read this in a newspaper last winter), OU (ohio) was supposed to have bought more alcohol than Ohio State and Miami of Ohio....so i guess that makes us a pretty big party school although we're not on the list....after all we're much smaller than Ohio State.......

DeltAlum · #14 08-20-2002, 10:40 PM

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Originally posted by OUlioness01
this year according to liquor stores (i read this in a newspaper last winter), OU (ohio) was supposed to have bought more alcohol than Ohio State and Miami of Ohio....so i guess that makes us a pretty big party school although we're not on the list....after all we're much smaller than Ohio State.......

Two years ago, Ohio University was in the "top ten" and Ohio State in the "top twenty," according to the highly accurate Princeton Review survey. (Trying not to snicker)

When I was at Ohio, the "fact" going around was that Athens had/has more bars per capita than any other place in America -- mainly because of the university and the "party school" reputation it has had for years. Of course we believed every word!

I'll bet others have heard that about their schools, too.

Of such stuff are urban legends made.

Being from Columbus, I partied a lot at Ohio State as well as Athens. OSU's party scene was somewhat diluted because a reasonably large percentage of the student body lives in Columbus. Truth is, though, I had a great time at both! There was a lot of social interaction between the two schools with students heading both ways on Route 33 on the weekends.

My girlfriend (now wife) and I did go to a football "Migration" at Oxford once and got really bored that Saturday evening and ended up driving to Columbus to party.

bubblevicious · #15 08-21-2002, 11:15 AM

K guys, this post is really making me laugh. I really didn't expect people to take the whole survey so seriously. *Ahem*. So coming from a sophomore at IU. I just wanted to tell you what I see happening on campus.

Cool?? Aight first, I take my education VERY seriously, but I admit that I like to have a good time, just like anyone else! So on that note I would like to say:

I was actually very shocked myself to see us at the top of the list. We won't turn down our great "honors and throne" of course, but everything stated in DeltAlum's article is TOTALLY true. Thank you for posting that article! It is not uncommon to party 4 or more times a week at IU. Sometimes the partying includes drugs other than alcohol. :rolleye: and we can find the laimest excuses to riot. However, the campus is getting quieter due to much needed strickness. Pres. Brand is cracking down. Last year alone we had 3 fraternities that sadly received the boot from campus and several other greek orgs. received other punishments of some sort

My last thoughts on this whole thing: I like to party. Enough said. Partying is a college tradition. Everyone knows this and that's probably why we get an ear-full of competition hearing people boasting "My campus is way kooler, and parties way more!

" We feel that we NEED to party after studying so hard

Hell, fellow Hoosiers lets live up to our reputation this year! Other schools: also live it up!