#1 Catholic Party School? Marquette, says Playboy

[dearest friend]

Here's a link to the Trib article about the award.  

http://marquettetribune.org/2010/04/20/news/playboy-tdz1-ml2-mn3-university-cited-as-best-catholic-party-school-by-playboy/

[Lighthouse 84]

Sorry to nitpick, but what part of the title and original post did westwarrior and Fanatic miss?

[drewm88]

TMJ covered it last night. They took comments off MUScoop for it. The link: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/91582574.html?video=pop&t=a&bctid=CLIP_ID_215610

The quotes used:

Should we be proud or worried?

and

Awesome.  I am updating my resume.

[State Street Warrior]

+1 and I wasn't even alive then.

There is nothing more ridiculous than when MU students today argue that we go as hard, or have the same identity that alums did back in the day.  Back then, MU had a much more slaberknocker, beer guzzling, keg in the dorm urinals feel to it.  Being uptown people was such a great classification because of the self aware irony of it all.  I'm not even necessarily criticizing, because that punch you in the mouth mentality just sort of has to begin to fade away with some of the academic concessions MU has made, but contemporary students need to acknowledge things just aren't like they were.

Can't say I was there in the time you guys were talking about, but a few years ago we were trying all we were good for to bring it back.  State street block parties were thrown.  I believe we topped out at 23 kegs for 1 party.

[bs4173]

Sorry to nitpick, but what part of the title and original post did westwarrior and Fanatic miss?

I'm guessing that a few threads were merged. I was wondering the same thing.

[mu_hilltopper]

TMJ covered it last night. They took comments off MUScoop for it. The link: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/91582574.html?video=pop&t=a&bctid=CLIP_ID_215610

The quotes used:
and

Holy crap, I'm famous!

[wyzgy]

ya know, i hate to be the party pooper, but when you're out of school and look back at your years at MU, of course you want them to be fond.  but the party school rank thing really degrades the school more than it lifts it.  it's best to fly under the radar.  party schools tend to have more casualties, reckless behavior, the appearance of sluttiness, etc...  see how it worked out for chris farley and others.  don't get me wrong.  i had my,  wait, more than my fair share of fun at MU.  i tended bar a number of area drinking establishments, including summerfest and you don't have to be ranked in some publication to tell everyone whether it is a fun place or not.  hey, i walked down wisco ave the night we won the big one in '77 and sat in my apartment studying for mids the night the brewers won the pennant.  so, congrats, i think, but have fun, be safe, and be smart-don't end up in detox or wheelchair over some magazine ratings

[jsglow]

More like 2,000.

This year, it was 19,000 (a record) for 1800 target (the standard Frosh class).  To get to 1800, they accept something like 10,000.  MU is way tougher to get into now than when I went 30 years ago.  Pleased to say my daughter starts this fall.

[mu_hilltopper]

Here's part of the reason:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703832204575210244203411342.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

Grads Head to College In Record Numbers

By SARA MURRAY

The share of new high-school graduates enrolled in college reached a record high last year, likely reflecting the weak job market they faced.

Some 70.1% of the 2.9 million new graduates between the ages of 16 and 24 headed to colleges and universities, the Labor Department said Tuesday, based on data from January through October 2009. That percentage was a historical high for the data series, which began in 1959.

College-enrollment rates have been rising gradually: In 2008, 68.6% of high-school graduates headed to college, up from 62.9% in 1999. But the poor economy, which has created a particularly tough labor market for young and uneducated workers, is amplifying the trend.

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66% of last year's male high-school graduates to continue on to college; 73.8% of young women went on to college as well.

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