Party On, Abe: Illinois Named Top Party School in the US

[Tugg Speedman]

Bucky loses to the Illini on partying!

This might be harder to take than losing to Duke in the finals.

Also see the last (highlighted) paragraph.  Only 4 schools listed when it said it was the top 5.  If you spent weeks partying with these kids, you too would have a tough time counting up to 5!

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Party On, Abe: Illinois Named Top Party School in the US
By DAVID MERCER


Champaign, Ill. (AP) -- The University of Illinois stakes claim to 23 Nobel Prize winners and tech prowess that contributed to the creation of YouTube, Netscape, Java and Yelp.

But students at the central Illinois campus don't just bury their heads in books, they also party — so much so that they've earned the top spot on The Princeton Review's annual list of top party schools in the U.S., the college guide said Monday.

"Drinking culture is huge here," according to an unnamed student in the Princeton Review's 2016 edition of the "The Best 380 Colleges." The university has about 31,000 undergraduate students.

University spokeswoman Robin Kaler was bothered by the No. 1 ranking — a first for the campus, which has been among the list's top five for years — and said it painted students in a false light.

"They are serious, they are hard-working, and to try to present them as being somehow irresponsible is insulting," she said Monday.

The largest of the parties is an annual day of drinking called Unofficial, a St. Patrick's Day celebration that was started by a local bar. The event included fatal accidents in 2001 and 2006. The university tries every year to keep the event under control, often beefing up police presence and, two years ago, even asking parents to help them tone down the partying.

The Princeton Review's publisher says the collection of lists is meant to paint a picture of life on campus at the schools it reviews, using students' answers to a long series of questions about student life to create profiles, as well as lists for things such as partying, dorm life, sports, political persuasions and more.

"We have such a high regard for each of the 380 schools," said publisher Robert Franek, whose review is not affiliated with Princeton University. "The University of Illinois, it is an exceptional school."

For those who don't imbibe, the top stone-cold sober school is Brigham Young University, the private Utah school affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tops for most religious students? That's BYU, too.

Looking for the best campus food? Try the small, exclusive Bowdoin College in Maine.
Most satisfied students? Claremont McKenna University, under what one student told the review was "the constantly beaming California sun."

Want a job? Go to Clemson University in South Carolina, where students say they're instantly part of a worldwide network.

The party rankings, like most parties themselves, change over time. The University of Iowa is a former No. 1, but came in at No. 2 this year.

Freshmen due in Iowa City this month will find dozens of bars downtown and many house parties awaiting them. But the city has also made it harder for those under 21 to get into bars, and police officers will be patrolling neighborhoods to break up rowdy parties.

Rounding out the top five party schools are, in order: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and last year's No. 1, Syracuse University in New York.

[The Lens]

Bucky loses to the Illini on partying!

Also see the last (highlighted) paragraph.  Only 4 schools listed when it said it was the top 5. If you spent weeks partying with these kids, you too would have a tough time counting up to 5!

The party rankings, like most parties themselves, change over time. The University of Iowa is a former No. 1, but came in at No. 2 this year.

Reading the article can be as important as the headlines.

[Galway Eagle]

Bucky loses to the Illini on partying!

This might be harder to take than losing to Duke in the finals.

Also see the last (highlighted) paragraph.  Only 4 schools listed when it said it was the top 5.  If you spent weeks partying with these kids, you too would have a tough time counting up to 5!

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Party On, Abe: Illinois Named Top Party School in the US
By DAVID MERCER


Champaign, Ill. (AP) -- The University of Illinois stakes claim to 23 Nobel Prize winners and tech prowess that contributed to the creation of YouTube, Netscape, Java and Yelp.

But students at the central Illinois campus don't just bury their heads in books, they also party — so much so that they've earned the top spot on The Princeton Review's annual list of top party schools in the U.S., the college guide said Monday.

"Drinking culture is huge here," according to an unnamed student in the Princeton Review's 2016 edition of the "The Best 380 Colleges." The university has about 31,000 undergraduate students.

University spokeswoman Robin Kaler was bothered by the No. 1 ranking — a first for the campus, which has been among the list's top five for years — and said it painted students in a false light.

"They are serious, they are hard-working, and to try to present them as being somehow irresponsible is insulting," she said Monday.

The largest of the parties is an annual day of drinking called Unofficial, a St. Patrick's Day celebration that was started by a local bar. The event included fatal accidents in 2001 and 2006. The university tries every year to keep the event under control, often beefing up police presence and, two years ago, even asking parents to help them tone down the partying.

The Princeton Review's publisher says the collection of lists is meant to paint a picture of life on campus at the schools it reviews, using students' answers to a long series of questions about student life to create profiles, as well as lists for things such as partying, dorm life, sports, political persuasions and more.

"We have such a high regard for each of the 380 schools," said publisher Robert Franek, whose review is not affiliated with Princeton University. "The University of Illinois, it is an exceptional school."

For those who don't imbibe, the top stone-cold sober school is Brigham Young University, the private Utah school affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tops for most religious students? That's BYU, too.

Looking for the best campus food? Try the small, exclusive Bowdoin College in Maine.
Most satisfied students? Claremont McKenna University, under what one student told the review was "the constantly beaming California sun."

Want a job? Go to Clemson University in South Carolina, where students say they're instantly part of a worldwide network.

The party rankings, like most parties themselves, change over time. The University of Iowa is a former No. 1, but came in at No. 2 this year.

Freshmen due in Iowa City this month will find dozens of bars downtown and many house parties awaiting them. But the city has also made it harder for those under 21 to get into bars, and police officers will be patrolling neighborhoods to break up rowdy parties.

Rounding out the top five party schools are, in order: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and last year's No. 1, Syracuse University in New York.

Oh unofficial... I played the bagpipes there for booze boobs and bucks and pee'd on a passed out guy in a frat house, stole a trash can and jumped on someone car with it, and passed out in a grocery store. They can party pretty hard down there.

Still not as crazy as Halloween or mifflin at Madison though

[real chili 83]

Amateurs.

[mu-rara]

Oh unofficial... I played the bagpipes there for booze boobs and bucks and pee'd on a passed out guy in a frat house, stole a trash can and jumped on someone car with it, and passed out in a grocery store. They can party pretty hard down there.

Still not as crazy as Halloween or mifflin at Madison though

You are one class act dude.    Now I understand your passion for frats.

You belonged in Madison.

[Galway Eagle]

You are one class act dude.    Now I understand your passion for frats.

You belonged in Madison.

Challenge accepted please find one post where I have said I enjoy frats.  I don't know why everyone keeps confusing me with Chitown on this issue.  But put your money where your mouth is, you find a post that I show enthusiasm for frats I'll send you a six pack of any Chicago craft beer.

Next you're so full of crap, you bragged in a post on old time MU bars about being older than me (at the time) and smashing a bottle in a bar, something I find extremely disrespectful because I've worked in bars. Maybe you're "one class act" too?

Anyways don't act like you know me... I partied hard and you're going to act like you somehow know that I would've fit in better at Madison? I would very much like to hear your story of why you feel you should get to decide who should go to MU and Madison... because you don't offer the welcoming feeling that attracted me to MU in the first place you jag.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/07/oak-park-native-fighting-tourettes-through-boxing/

[mu-rara]

Challenge accepted please find one post where I have said I enjoy frats.  I don't know why everyone keeps confusing me with Chitown on this issue.  But put your money where your mouth is, you find a post that I show enthusiasm for frats I'll send you a six pack of any Chicago craft beer.

Next you're so full of crap, you bragged in a post on old time MU bars about being older than me (at the time) and smashing a bottle in a bar, something I find extremely disrespectful because I've worked in bars. Maybe you're "one class act" too?

Anyways don't act like you know me... I partied hard and you're going to act like you somehow know that I would've fit in better at Madison? I would very much like to hear your story of why you feel you should get to decide who should go to MU and Madison... because you don't offer the welcoming feeling that attracted me to MU in the first place you jag.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/07/oak-park-native-fighting-tourettes-through-boxing/

I apologize for mixing you up with Chitown.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Next you're so full of crap, you bragged in a post on old time MU bars about being older than me (at the time) and smashing a bottle in a bar, something I find extremely disrespectful because I've worked in bars. Maybe you're "one class act" too?
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/07/oak-park-native-fighting-tourettes-through-boxing/

I've worked in bars, as well, (I tended bar at Conway's for years).  It's hard to explain, but smashing a bottle at the 'Lanche wasn't disrespectful.  I know that sounds strange.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

... and unnatural carnal knowledge U of I and their lame parties.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

You are one class act dude.    Now I understand your passion for frats.

You belonged in Madison.

Funny how he hates fears so much but last time I checked nobody in my fraternity ever pissed on some passed out dude.

Anyways, U of I is a ton of fun. Red Lion is a blast, so is brothers. Never had a bad time there.

[Galway Eagle]

Funny how he hates fears so much but last time I checked nobody in my fraternity ever pissed on some passed out dude.

Anyways, U of I is a ton of fun. Red Lion is a blast, so is brothers. Never had a bad time there.

I hate frats for the paying for friends and the rape culture that has developed in plenty of them (don't get your panties bunched I know it's not ALL of them) has nothing to do with how they party or what they do when partying.

That being said its standard rule someone passes out with their shoes on they get messed with.

[keefe]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/03/07/oak-park-native-fighting-tourettes-through-boxing/

The Sweet Science

[rocket surgeon]

never understood this top 5 or 10 thing. these change every year-must be sponsored by jagermeister or coors or whatever fill-in-the-blank booze that's trying to get in the door.  great marketing ploy i guess, but how do ya keep score?  the amount of vomitus per weekend, visits to the detox...just wondering how they come up with such juvenile statistics and just remember-"felz houston ate his hands"

[drewm88]

I hate frats for the paying for friends and the rape culture that has developed in plenty of them (don't get your panties bunched I know it's not ALL of them) has nothing to do with how they party or what they do when partying.

That being said its standard rule someone passes out with their shoes on they get messed with.

Between this and your comments about Fischer/partying, I think you could use some help locating middle ground in life.

[Galway Eagle]

Between this and your comments about Fischer/partying, I think you could use some help locating middle ground in life.

It's s story from 2011, not like I'm still doing these things... But yes at that time I needed a middle ground. Also I think that stretch of gifs is hysterical.

Back toward the point. What was everybody's reactions when we were playboys top catholic party school in 2010 and 2011?

[real chili 83]

Back toward the point. What was everybody's reactions when we were playboys top catholic party school in 2010 and 2011?

We've fallen. We used to not even be associated with amateurs.