2009 Biggest Party Schools

[WoVeU]

WVU is hanging in 4th. They've dropped a bit over the last few years.

The Top Ten...

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Departments/College/?article=Top10PartySchools09


And the similarly related, Top Ten Schools Where Students Barley Study...

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Departments/College/?article=Top10StudyLeast09


I wonder if these 2 are related?

[donovan]

All on the East Coast........and you wonder if their is a correlation?

[WoVeU]

I'd like to know more about West Coast Culture. But from a distance I think West Coasters are better at taking it easy and keeping things in perspective. Not as laid back as Europe in some manners, but not bouncing off the walls and go, go, go all the time like the East Coast and it's more quasi-Asian styling (Northeast down to Charlotte.) And the east would likely have harder partying (that is read stupid and asinine) than some of the turned down low, mellow, cool, and smooth types that seem to be a little more abundant on the West Coast. *In Florida you can find a whole bunch of both.

I like a grill, lounge chairs, a cool body of water, and good music (read understandable vocals with melody and harmony) in conjunction with my cold spirits, good friends, and recreation. The kind where it is ok to drink from a glass, and only a few drinks is cool, and the spirits are of a good quality where taste is more important than high alcohol content.

- You know, I don't think we teach our kids enough about real partying....relaxing in comfort!

[Spence]

OU in Athens was number one for years. The Halloween party was legendary until the police and the school decided to crack down some years ago. When I was in school I never missed it. They would block off several city blocks and the police just kept the kids inside the lines. Kids from all over the US used to come in for the halloween party. The school has worked for years to try and cool down the party school image. The fact that they are still in the top ten must mean they still aren't making much headway. I had a great time every time I went to the Halloween party. If one of my kids wanted to go, I would lock them in the closet.

[WoVeU]

OU in Athens was number one for years. The Halloween party was legendary until the police and the school decided to crack down some years ago. When I was in school I never missed it. They would block off several city blocks and the police just kept the kids inside the lines. Kids from all over the US used to come in for the halloween party. The school has worked for years to try and cool down the party school image. The fact that they are still in the top ten must mean they still aren't making much headway. I had a great time every time I went to the Halloween party. If one of my kids wanted to go, I would lock them in the closet.

I would not have wanted to be on the clean up team. The place must have been a wreck!

It sounds like they would have had to crack down to keep that party from growing into a town wide party.

[Spence]

It was pretty well contained. Stay inside the road blocks and you're safe, go out of them and go to jail. No one really tested trying to push the boundries. They usually had around sixty thousand people inside the boundries for the halloween party. It was kind of nuts, but there wasn't much trouble. No more then you have anytime you get that many people in one place.

[WoVeU]

I've been to Athens...that is a lot of people! Athens is a nice town...I hope they had a good clean-up committee!

[Spence]

I've been to Athens...that is a lot of people! Athens is a nice town...I hope they had a good clean-up committee!

The mess was pretty extensive. They always cleaned it up pretty quickly. Athens is a small town minus the school. They have been trying to limit the halloween party for almost twenty years. They no longer allow public drinking. The party is limited basically to Court street now. I don't know much about whether the party school ranking is really accurate anymore or just noted on reputation. My Dad played basketball for OU back in the early 50's. He said the school had a party rep back then too. I guess that is what happens when you stick a pretty large school in the middle of nowhere. Kids entertain themselves.

[WoVeU]

That is how we did it...some of the best times of my life. At least us kids who lived kind of in the middle of nowhere. And usually entailing less problems than bar and club scenes!

[Derek]

#7??

I'm gonna have to tell some kids I know to pick up their "game"....there's no reason you can't be #1.

I just don't seee Florida as the #1 party school....wait......I use to live in FL for a few years.......nevermind...I can see it.

[WoVeU]

#7??

I'm gonna have to tell some kids I know to pick up their "game"....there's no reason you can't be #1.

I just don't seee Florida as the #1 party school....wait......I use to live in FL for a few years.......nevermind...I can see it.

We all slum once in a while! I did some time in Virginia! Well I just passed through a bunch, but that was enough!

[billybud]

I see FSU is still in Top Ten...down from when it was #1.

Most don't know...but the "streak" was invented at FSU and the whole fad of streaking...

"One of the more notorious fads of the 1970s began on the campus of Florida State.

Streaking, which swept the nation in the 1970s, was started in 1974 when about 200 FSU students decided to run naked across the campus one mild March evening.

Despite efforts of Leon County sheriff's deputies to disband the streakers - some were arrested - widespread publicity drew hordes of onlookers and participants.

While some turn-ed the pranks into a family event, bringing their children, others were offended and responded with harrassment and even assaults."

[billybud]

We all slum once in a while! I did some time in Virginia! Well I just passed through a bunch, but that was enough!

Speaking of slumming...

I have long lost distant relatives somewhere up there, I'm sure...My mother's side has a "Preston" (married into the Stillings) who migrated from a place now called Beckley, WV (it was known as Beckleyville, Virginia when the Prestons moved in the late 1840's to the frontier of Alabama. One of my GG grandmothers was Alice Alabama Preston Stillings (named in honor of her family's new state).

I might go check out Beckley someday....

I have a list of places that I want to visit to see old family graves and get a feel of where we come from...

[WoVeU]

We all slum once in a while! I did some time in Virginia! Well I just passed through a bunch, but that was enough!

Speaking of slumming...

I have long lost distant relatives somewhere up there, I'm sure...My mother's side has a "Preston" (married into the Stillings) who migrated from a place now called Beckley, WV (it was known as Beckleyville, Virginia when the Prestons moved in the late 1840's to the frontier of Alabama. One of my GG grandmothers was Alice Alabama Preston Stillings (named in honor of her family's new state).

I might go check out Beckley someday....

I have a list of places that I want to visit to see old family graves and get a feel of where we come from...

Beckley is about the trashiest city in WV! East bound...from there to Virginia is quite nice!