No. 1 party school ... Syracuse! (Mad town 8)

[Tugg Speedman]

http://news.yahoo.com/list-top-20-party-sober-schools-us-185443579.html


The Princeton Review's 2015 "The Best 379 Colleges," released Monday, contains a list of the Top 20 party schools and the Top 20 sober schools.

TOP 20 PARTY SCHOOLS

1.Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

2.University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

3.University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California

4.West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

5.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

6.Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

7.Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

8.University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

9.Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

10.University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

11.Miami University (Ohio), Oxford, Ohio

12.Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

13.Ohio University-Athens, Athens, Ohio

14.DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana

15.University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

16.University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi

17.Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

18.University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

19.University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

20.University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

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TOP 20 SOBER SCHOOLS

1.Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

2.Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

3.U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York

4.Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

5.Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California

6.College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri

7.Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts

8.Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania

9.U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut

10.City University of New York-Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York

11.City University of New York-City College, New York, New York

12.Wesleyan College (Georgia), Macon, Georgia

13.U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

14.Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts

15.City University of New York-Queens College, Flushing, New York

16.Mills College, Oakland, California

17.St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

18.University of Houston, Houston, Texas

19.Nazareth College, Rochester, New York

20.University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

[warriorchick]

How did BYU get ahead of Wheaton?

[rocket surgeon]

how do they measure this?  by the size of the AA groups around town?  party or sober, not on my top 5 for choosing schools though

[chapman]

How is heck is Lehigh the #6 party school in the country?

And what's up with all the CUNY schools making the sober list?  Is it because there's nowhere and no need to party on the campus because it would be a waste when you're in freakin' New York?

[tower912]

My wife went to Calvin College.  (#4 on the sober list)   When she was there (87-91), if anyone in their administration or any RA caught wind that there was going to be a party with alcohol involved, they called the cops and told them about it in advance and requested the cops shut it down early for them and hand out citations. 

[keefe]

a party with alcohol involved, they called the cops and told them about it in advance

sounds like a great place...what's Dean Himmler's first name?

[Tums Festival]

My wife went to Calvin College.  (#4 on the sober list)   When she was there (87-91), if anyone in their administration or any RA caught wind that there was going to be a party with alcohol involved, they called the cops and told them about it in advance and requested the cops shut it down early for them and hand out citations. 

That's the west side of Michigan for you. Many, many years ago the McDonald's in Holland was the only one in the country closed on Sundays.

How does the University of Houston end up on the sober list?

[tower912]

That's the west side of Michigan for you. Many, many years ago the McDonald's in Holland was the only one in the country closed on Sundays.

How does the University of Houston end up on the sober list?

West Michigan has loosened up some, witness all of the microbreweries that have sprung up in the last 15 years.   The Dutch mafia still has a very strong influence, but it has waned somewhat.   I believe that Ottawa county is the last to have the no alcohol sales on Sunday statutes.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

How does the University of Houston end up on the sober list?

I was just thinking the same thing.

[swoopem]

West Michigan has loosened up some, witness all of the microbreweries that have sprung up in the last 15 years.   The Dutch mafia still has a very strong influence, but it has waned somewhat.   I believe that Ottawa county is the last to have the no alcohol sales on Sunday statutes.

My first job out of college was working for Herman Miller in Holland, MI. I went into it thinking it would be okay because my apartment was close to Hope's campus. Turns out a 22 year old fresh out of Milwaukee doesn't quite fit in in Holland. I became very comfortable at the New Holland Brewery, the Irish bar across the street, and the B Dubs for MU games. Also spent many, many hours in the car traveling to Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit.

Holland is beautiful, but it's not the place for a young person to live.

[tower912]

My first job out of college was working for Herman Miller in Holland, MI. I went into it thinking it would be okay because my apartment was close to Hope's campus. Turns out a 22 year old fresh out of Milwaukee doesn't quite fit in in Holland. I became very comfortable at the New Holland Brewery, the Irish bar across the street, and the B Dubs for MU games. Also spent many, many hours in the car traveling to Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit.

Holland is beautiful, but it's not the place for a young person to live.

Completely agree.   When I moved here, it was complete and utter culture shock from growing up in a city with a large public university and then going to college in Milwaukee.     Anecdotal accounts of people walking into a neighbor's yard and pouring their beer out on the ground because "we don't allow that on Sunday's" no longer seemed absurd the longer you spent here.    It is better than it was 25 years ago, but it still an incredibly insular community in many ways.  
BTW, New Holland does a really nice job, particularly with their Dragon's Milk. 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

West Michigan has loosened up some, witness all of the microbreweries that have sprung up in the last 15 years.   The Dutch mafia still has a very strong influence, but it has waned somewhat.   I believe that Ottawa county is the last to have the no alcohol sales on Sunday statutes.

Connecticut just ended the Sunday alcohol sales ban 2 years ago.  Interestingly, the ban was just some law that went back to when the Puritans settled Connecticut.

[CTWarrior]

Connecticut just ended the Sunday alcohol sales ban 2 years ago.  Interestingly, the ban was just some law that went back to when the Puritans settled Connecticut.

That was a big problem back in high school for Sunday keg parties.  Having to find a way to keep the kegs cold for a day without our parents finding out was always a bit of intrigue.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

That was a big problem back in high school for Sunday keg parties.  Having to find a way to keep the kegs cold for a day without our parents finding out was always a bit of intrigue.

LOL!

[GooooMarquette]

They still ban alcohol sales on Sundays here in Minnesota.  Gotta plan ahead....

[Spotcheck Billy]

They still ban alcohol sales on Sundays here in Minnesota.  Gotta plan ahead....

I remember having to drive to the Wisconsin border on Sunday mornings and trying to get back for the noon kickoff after we drank all of our beer on a Saturday night. I also thought it crazy that grocery stores etc. only sold 3.2 beer

[Stronghold]

I remember having to drive to the Wisconsin border on Sunday mornings and trying to get back for the noon kickoff after we drank all of our beer on a Saturday night. I also thought it crazy that grocery stores etc. only sold 3.2 beer

Growing up in a border town in WI, the liquor stores in WI definitely made a killing on Sundays from the MN people.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Growing up in a border town in WI, the liquor stores in WI definitely made a killing on Sundays from the MN people.

That was one of the rationales for changing the law in Connecticut.  "Why should sales tax dollars go to New York or Massachusetts or Rhode Island on Sunday when people could just buy here."

[MU82]

During and after my time at MU, I always wondered why Marquette rarely if ever appeared on these lists. I'm not really sure what the criteria was, but I couldn't imagine a school at which alcohol was more prevalent. When I was there and drinking age was 18, the school openly encouraged keggers and floor parties, for cripe's sake. Plus, there had to be two dozen bars within easy walking distance of the center of campus.

Of course, I don't really know what the scene has been like since drinking age went up. Way past my time there.

[tower912]

During and after my time at MU, I always wondered why Marquette rarely if ever appeared on these lists. I'm not really sure what the criteria was, but I couldn't imagine a school at which alcohol was more prevalent. When I was there and drinking age was 18, the school openly encouraged keggers and floor parties, for cripe's sake. Plus, there had to be two dozen bars within easy walking distance of the center of campus.

Of course, I don't really know what the scene has been like since drinking age went up. Way past my time there.

Friends who would visit from other schools were simply astounded at the amount of alcohol consumed, the casual attitude toward it, etc.   Of course, they were visiting from states with a 21 drinking age.   

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

During and after my time at MU, I always wondered why Marquette rarely if ever appeared on these lists. I'm not really sure what the criteria was, but I couldn't imagine a school at which alcohol was more prevalent. When I was there and drinking age was 18, the school openly encouraged keggers and floor parties, for cripe's sake. Plus, there had to be two dozen bars within easy walking distance of the center of campus.

Of course, I don't really know what the scene has been like since drinking age went up. Way past my time there.

Visiting me for a typical Marquette weekend is what got my brother to attend Marquette.  He was 2 years behind me. His senior year I flew out to see him dragging one if our friends from UConn & another from Bryant College on their spring break.  They had a blast and could not believe it was a typical Marquette weekend and it was above & beyond their universities.  We still talk about "spring break" in Milwaukee.

[tower912]

I had a similar experience.   My younger brother and my best friend from HS both went to Michigan State.   They came over for a weekend and were blown away by an average weekend at MU. 

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Exact opposite now. Party scene at Marquette isn't even close to these schools. I hate Madison but they know how to party. Illinois and even SIU's average weekend blow Marquette out of the water.

[wildbill sb]

Exact opposite now. Party scene at Marquette isn't even close to these schools. I hate Madison but they know how to party. Illinois and even SIU's average weekend blow Marquette out of the water.

To all the above posters, you can thank Sheila (nee Haggerty) Turner for being a major contributer to the current campus dryness. (And she didn't even attend MU!)

[real chili 83]

All it took to have a keg in your room in Schroeder (10s) was to put a call into Chopper, the Pabst rep.  Friday afternoon, a keg would mysterically show up at your dorm room.