Monday, April 19, 2010

Top 10 Party Schools

*Playboy's 2010 Top 10 Party Schools:*
1. University of Texas at Austin
2. West Virginia University
3. University of Wisconsin-Madison
4. University of Miami
5. East Carolina University
6. Arizona State University
7. Rollins College
8. University of California-Santa Barbara
9. Plymouth State University
10. University of Iowa 
I would be interested to hear about categories they use in attempting to quantify this.  Most people passed out in the street?  Most people urinating in undesignated areas?  Beer sales? I am excited to be planting a church in the #3 city on the list. 

When I was a kid we lived four blocks from the University of Northern Iowa with college housing all around us.  I can quite vividly remember the numerous times my Dad would go outside at 2am to scold some poor college kid for using our yard as a urinal. 

I few years ago my Dad started wearing a mouthpiece at night to protect his teeth from grinding.  One night be awoke to the sound of drunk college kids screaming at each other next door.  He sprung out of bed, marched outside in his robe, and began his usual scolding of the poor inebriated undergrad.  He was halfway into he lecture when the college kid said, "Uh Lynn, I am having a hard time understanding you."  My Dad quickly took note of the fact that he failed to remove the geriatric appliance from his mouth before commencing with the tongue lashing.  Classic moment. 

I'm probably destined to be that guy. 

4 comments:

D.J. Williams said...

I'm heading to #2 myself, making a trip up there this weekend, in fact. We've heard for a while that WVU has that reputation. An exciting opportunity indeed.

JT said...

Funny. Do you have any other mouthpiece stories?

mike_mn said...

The Princeton Review does a party school rating, "Based on a combination of survey questions concerning the use of alcohol and drugs, hours of study each day, and the popularity of the Greek system"

I would imagine Playboys data set is a little less academic than that, but they have most of the same schools on their list.

Jake said...

"i like it for the articles"

suuuuuuuuuuure you do