Friday night is GIGANTIC

[BrewCity83]

...and, by the way, I'll be starting my fish fry and my first High Life at around 6:00 at Turner Hall (if I can squeeze in there) before the game.  I plan to be peaking by the middle of the 1st half (just in time for the Converse break).

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

For decade upon decades one of the rites of graduation has been the ability to claim you partied harder than the kids now in school.  We all knew it was just a joke, playful banter etc.  I'll even concede that since the fabled block party was gone when I enrolled in '93 and since the 'Lanche closed my senior year, that older alums did "see more action".  This group enrolled now though has reshaped the race; they seem to pride themselves on how academic it has gotten.  2002mualum, I was talking with 2006 alum last night that felt crowds (student section) were different now as the typical MU student has changed (and this kid has been out for 18 months).  I guess after 125 years of adolescence, our little school is all grown up.

Hahaha... completely agree that the whole "we partied harder" argument is really cliche and always happens.

I have heard that MPD has been more strict about underage drinking since I graduated, but obviously I'm not on campus nor do I have a scientific study to support it.

My gut tell me that some years there is more drinking/partying some years there are less... but on the whole the "average consumption" probably remains somewhat similar. 19 year olds are 19 year olds.

Murphs and Caff's might not be packed every night... but maybe more people are hitting Jim's Timeout or something.


MY ALUMNI BRAGGING:
I remember when the Bradley would serve you 12 beers for 1 ID. We would come back with trays of beers to the student section (most of us were only 19 or 20)... but I'm sure the modern day students have figured out ways to consume a ton of beer at games.


EDIT: Also, the girls were uglier when I was in school... they look way better now. I drank more and the girls were ugly. That's the typical argument, isn't it? :-)

Don't disagree with you at all about the partying.  However, I have a theory about the girls and their appearances.  I don't think that they have really gotten better looking....I just think the things they are wearing has changed.  I went to high school during the grunge era so it was big floppy flannel shirts, then by my freshmen year of college the attire started changing and by senior year girls who didn't look good 4 years ago, started looking pretty good.  Thats my theory anyway.  80's and 90's doesn't seem like a good era for attractive chicks.

Very true. Sometimes the clothing can dictate what "looks good".

I just think that all alumni think they drank more and now the girls are better looking... when in reality the kids probably drink about the same and the girls look better because we (alumni) are old (er).

Ah well... I hope all of the students are having enough fun and still getting a good education. There are some good book lessons, social lessons and even life lessons in those 4 years.

EDIT: That is a well written article. Great job to the guys who wrote it. 

[bma725]

This group enrolled now though has reshaped the race; they seem to pride themselves on how academic it has gotten.  2002mualum, I was talking with 2006 alum last night that felt crowds (student section) were different now as the typical MU student has changed (and this kid has been out for 18 months).  I guess after 125 years of adolescence, our little school is all grown up.

I don't know that it is just academics.  The generation of kids is just different in a lot of ways compared to the older ones.  The old crappy houses that people lived in at MU for years aren't good enough anymore.  People want modern, clean, sterile places, with cable and internet...forget the cost.  They don't care about having a good place to party or cheap rent for more beer money.  I've even heard of people living downtown in new apartments there because they didn't like the options on campus...that never would have happened years ago.

Plus, look at the changes to campus.  How many bars were there in the seventies and eighties...even up to the mid nineties?  It was double digits for sure up until the end.  Now there's what 4, maybe 5?  And that's if you count the Annex. How many of the old houses and apartments that gave the place character are gone?  How many of the restaurants have been raplced by chains?  It will never be the same place when you change all of those things.  

[HarveysWallbangers]

This group enrolled now though has reshaped the race; they seem to pride themselves on how academic it has gotten.  2002mualum, I was talking with 2006 alum last night that felt crowds (student section) were different now as the typical MU student has changed (and this kid has been out for 18 months).  I guess after 125 years of adolescence, our little school is all grown up.

I don't know that it is just academics.  The generation of kids is just different in a lot of ways compared to the older ones.  The old crappy houses that people lived in at MU for years aren't good enough anymore.  People want modern, clean, sterile places, with cable and internet...forget the cost.  They don't care about having a good place to party or cheap rent for more beer money.  I've even heard of people living downtown in new apartments there because they didn't like the options on campus...that never would have happened years ago.

Plus, look at the changes to campus.  How many bars were there in the seventies and eighties...even up to the mid nineties?  It was double digits for sure up until the end.  Now there's what 4, maybe 5?  And that's if you count the Annex. How many of the old houses and apartments that gave the place character are gone?  How many of the restaurants have been raplced by chains?  It will never be the same place when you change all of those things.  

What you're saying is that the current kids -- at least the ones you described -- are spoiled, pampered and enabled by their parents.

[chapman]

This group enrolled now though has reshaped the race; they seem to pride themselves on how academic it has gotten.  2002mualum, I was talking with 2006 alum last night that felt crowds (student section) were different now as the typical MU student has changed (and this kid has been out for 18 months).  I guess after 125 years of adolescence, our little school is all grown up.

I don't know that it is just academics.  The generation of kids is just different in a lot of ways compared to the older ones.  The old crappy houses that people lived in at MU for years aren't good enough anymore.  People want modern, clean, sterile places, with cable and internet...forget the cost.  They don't care about having a good place to party or cheap rent for more beer money.  I've even heard of people living downtown in new apartments there because they didn't like the options on campus...that never would have happened years ago.

Plus, look at the changes to campus.  How many bars were there in the seventies and eighties...even up to the mid nineties?  It was double digits for sure up until the end.  Now there's what 4, maybe 5?  And that's if you count the Annex. How many of the old houses and apartments that gave the place character are gone?  How many of the restaurants have been raplced by chains?  It will never be the same place when you change all of those things.  

What you're saying is that the current kids -- at least the ones you described -- are spoiled, pampered and enabled by their parents.

Maybe the alumni can refute this; I've heard a couple of professors say that they're surprised at how busy students are these days, specifically with working as much as they do.  I would guess about 80% have some kind of job, with around half of upperclassmen working in a "career-oriented" job such as an internship, co-op, etc.  Most students probably work in the range of 15-20 hours a week, and many of their jobs are a decent drive away.  Was it like this back in the day?