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=TOP 40 PARTY COLLEGES=
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a ranking by those who know best-the students themselves-
of the nation's most dedicated good-time campuses
compiled by Wayne Duvall [Playboy Jan. `87, pgs. 173-177]
typed in by Jason Scott 12/3/86-12/5/86
Yes, it's cleanup time. Drinking-age limits have been raised, AIDS is
scaring the bejesus out of casual sex and recreational is, thankfully, being
cracked down on. All to the good, we say. But, we wondered, how are college
students reacting? Are campuses really turning into monastaries? Or is there
a parallel universe out there where kids are doing what kids have always done?
We decided to poll the undergraduates themselves. Not the freshmen who've
already decided which investment bank they're going to interview for-this was
SOCIAL research, folks. Over a six-month period, we interviewed campus club
leaders, dorm rush chairmen, fraternity presidents and other campus social
lights at more then 250 colleges nationwide and asked them if the partying was
really over. The answer, from California to Rhode Island, was "Hell, no!" We
were innundated with candidates for leading party schools and then compiled
this list of the top contenders.
So here, as a reminder that life goes on even in solemn times, is the
definitive ranking of fun schools as selected by the students.
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1. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Chico: Normal people have moved out of the
area because of the partying. "It's so hot here that it'll make your skin
bubble."
2. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Coral Gables: Campus location a plus; students have
access to (and can afford) most party refreshments. "We have sex in hot tubs.
Preferably in groups."
3. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, San Diego: The most beautiful women in
Californiaand the place that made the beach part legendary. "School is a nice
thing to do between parties."
4. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, Burlington: Students drive Saabs with ski racks;
the school boasts the most beautiful women in the east. "We'll make any excuse
for a party."
5. SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY, Pennsylvania: Move over, Penn State; this
little school has an Infamous party rep. "People here like to get naked and
run around."
6. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs: New Englands's most uncontrollable
partiers.
7. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown: Once dubbed a "quintessential
party school" in Lisa Birnbach's book; students claim, "Anything goes here.
People think we're drunken hill-billies. They're probably right."
8. PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE, Plymouth, New Hampshire: Chock-full of phys-ed
majors and future nail pounders. "Instead of doing something constructive, we
party."
9. MERCER UNIVERSITY, Macon, Georgia: Small, private Southern Baptist
school with a genteel party rep. "We get`em from all over-Sunny Florida, Lusty
Georgia, You name it."
10. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville: Home of the Tilkas-the
exclusive and honorable society (circa 1800s) made up of the best drinkers on
campus. "If you come here, you're expected to party."
11. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Cortland: A haven for partying jocks and
God`s-gift-to-the-world-body-builders. "We're so hot, you have to take your
shirt off. And most girls do."
12. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, Fort Collins: Agricultural majors put in
more time on the ski slopes than in the field. Students from other campuses
trek here to party. "We've got women coming out of the woodwork."
13. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe: A consistent winner in party-school
polls. Students' goal: to be thin, tan, and popular. "Most of the guys here
are in pernament heat."
14. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Las vegas: The 24-hour party school in the
24-hour town. "Most of the women here don't wear bras and like good times."
15. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston: Birnbach rated this one as the most
promiscuous school. The Word from a Harvard student: "BU? Yeah, they're into
wild parties and rampant sex."
16. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Mount Pleasant: To calm this crew down,
the once had to hire a crew of extra cops. It didn't help. They're proud that
their parties "usually make page one."
17. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale: All other Illinois schools
bow to this one; most college handbooks pick it as well. Why? "We'd put our
sexual temperature at 105 degrees."
18. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Muncie, Indiana: It may be small, but it boasts
a girl-to-guy ratio that men love. Students also have party-till-you-can't see
bashes. "If you need a place to fall into the gutter, this is it."
19. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Stillwater: Despite its location, the waters
aren't still on this Okie campus. "Good ol' boys doin' the two-step and
"partyin'"
20. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, New Britan: Coeducation here
means that hitting the books coexists with hitting the party circuit."We like
to call ourselves the round-the-clock party connection."
21. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park: This school IS the town, and this
town rocks. "We don't know where we're goin' after we graduate, 'cause we
don't know when we're graduatin'."
22. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, University: Rich kids who have
mint-julep-on-the-veranda parties. "They call us the country club of the
South."
23. WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, Carrollton: Students' long term goal:" To get the
minimumm grade-point average so Mom and Dad will let us stay in school."
Short-term goal: "To scrape together enough money to buy a case."
24. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at Austin: You gotta shell out the bucks, but the
parties are "lavish and wild." Rumor has it there's not a single unattractive
girl on campus.
25. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge: The big suprise is
that these mild-mannered nerds by day are explosive, high-tech partiers by
night. "We're frenzied and sweating and absoulutely insane."
26. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence: Sometimes called Snob Hill, this campus
is loaded with "Frisbee throwers with that pseudo-California look who go all
out during Waste Yourself Week at the beginning of school."
27. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Manhattan: The agricultural party school that
projects a good ol' hell-raising party image. "We're wild Western-Campus kids
in a half-inch of cowshit."
28. GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE, Glassboro, New Jersey: Small, suburban but
jumping. "We're animalistic. It's the law of the jungle here."
29. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville: It's annual football game with
Georgia has been dubbed the wold's largest cocktail party. "Face it, the
closer you are to the equator, the crazier you get."
30. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Richmond: The surrounding town is usually
kept awake by the students' explosive bashes. "Hell, we're a bitch in heat."
31. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City: Forget the farm-boy image: "We're the
rockin'est, most decadent party fools in the Midwest. We're radioactive and
burnin' down our core every day."
32. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman: National center for future oil tycoons
who party in jet-set fashion. Their rationaile: "We're not concerned with the
rest of our lives, so we may as well fuck up now."
33. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island: Students have PREparties to
gear up for the actual bashes. "We may be Ivy leauge, but we dance
constantly."
34. OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens: Famous for its Halloween blowout, the school
has a trick-or-treat image: The frats do the tricking and everyone does the
treating. "We have uncontained eruptions."
35. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS at Amherst: There are so many parties at "Zoo
Mass", students say can imbibe for free from Friday to Sunday. "We're out in
the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do but party."
36. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens: These farm boys supposedly come from
"partying families" who've passed the tradition on to the kids. "No matter what
you're looking for, it's here if you want it."
37. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge: Known for "don't-give-a-shit
additudes," LSU extends a special invitation: "Just bring a bathing suit and
Baby Oil."
38. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI/Rolla: Known for it's Saint Patty's Day explosion,
which is more than your average brawl. " We HAVE to party. The women are prick
teasers who take engineering courses and cuss with the guys."
39. REED COLLEGE, Portland, Oregon: The suprise part school of the usually
quiet great Northwest. "There's high sexual energy here. You can even get
sensuously involved with your studies."
40. FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE, Bellingham, Washington: A return to the psychedelic
Sixties: "We're into sharing lovers here- in different combinations."
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HONOURABLE MENTIONS
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Alabama CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, South Carolina
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, New Hampshire
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Ohio MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, E.Lansing
PENSYLVANNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, U. Park PERDUE UNIVERSITY, Indiana
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Jersey TRINITY COLLEGE, Connecticut
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, Kingston UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE
=TOP 40 PARTY COLLEGES=
=======================
a ranking by those who know best-the students themselves-
of the nation's most dedicated good-time campuses
compiled by Wayne Duvall [Playboy Jan. `87, pgs. 173-177]
typed in by Jason Scott 12/3/86-12/5/86
Yes, it's cleanup time. Drinking-age limits have been raised, AIDS is
scaring the bejesus out of casual sex and recreational is, thankfully, being
cracked down on. All to the good, we say. But, we wondered, how are college
students reacting? Are campuses really turning into monastaries? Or is there
a parallel universe out there where kids are doing what kids have always done?
We decided to poll the undergraduates themselves. Not the freshmen who've
already decided which investment bank they're going to interview for-this was
SOCIAL research, folks. Over a six-month period, we interviewed campus club
leaders, dorm rush chairmen, fraternity presidents and other campus social
lights at more then 250 colleges nationwide and asked them if the partying was
really over. The answer, from California to Rhode Island, was "Hell, no!" We
were innundated with candidates for leading party schools and then compiled
this list of the top contenders.
So here, as a reminder that life goes on even in solemn times, is the
definitive ranking of fun schools as selected by the students.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Chico: Normal people have moved out of the
area because of the partying. "It's so hot here that it'll make your skin
bubble."
2. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Coral Gables: Campus location a plus; students have
access to (and can afford) most party refreshments. "We have sex in hot tubs.
Preferably in groups."
3. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, San Diego: The most beautiful women in
Californiaand the place that made the beach part legendary. "School is a nice
thing to do between parties."
4. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, Burlington: Students drive Saabs with ski racks;
the school boasts the most beautiful women in the east. "We'll make any excuse
for a party."
5. SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY, Pennsylvania: Move over, Penn State; this
little school has an Infamous party rep. "People here like to get naked and
run around."
6. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs: New Englands's most uncontrollable
partiers.
7. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown: Once dubbed a "quintessential
party school" in Lisa Birnbach's book; students claim, "Anything goes here.
People think we're drunken hill-billies. They're probably right."
8. PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE, Plymouth, New Hampshire: Chock-full of phys-ed
majors and future nail pounders. "Instead of doing something constructive, we
party."
9. MERCER UNIVERSITY, Macon, Georgia: Small, private Southern Baptist
school with a genteel party rep. "We get`em from all over-Sunny Florida, Lusty
Georgia, You name it."
10. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville: Home of the Tilkas-the
exclusive and honorable society (circa 1800s) made up of the best drinkers on
campus. "If you come here, you're expected to party."
11. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Cortland: A haven for partying jocks and
God`s-gift-to-the-world-body-builders. "We're so hot, you have to take your
shirt off. And most girls do."
12. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, Fort Collins: Agricultural majors put in
more time on the ski slopes than in the field. Students from other campuses
trek here to party. "We've got women coming out of the woodwork."
13. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe: A consistent winner in party-school
polls. Students' goal: to be thin, tan, and popular. "Most of the guys here
are in pernament heat."
14. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Las vegas: The 24-hour party school in the
24-hour town. "Most of the women here don't wear bras and like good times."
15. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston: Birnbach rated this one as the most
promiscuous school. The Word from a Harvard student: "BU? Yeah, they're into
wild parties and rampant sex."
16. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Mount Pleasant: To calm this crew down,
the once had to hire a crew of extra cops. It didn't help. They're proud that
their parties "usually make page one."
17. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale: All other Illinois schools
bow to this one; most college handbooks pick it as well. Why? "We'd put our
sexual temperature at 105 degrees."
18. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Muncie, Indiana: It may be small, but it boasts
a girl-to-guy ratio that men love. Students also have party-till-you-can't see
bashes. "If you need a place to fall into the gutter, this is it."
19. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Stillwater: Despite its location, the waters
aren't still on this Okie campus. "Good ol' boys doin' the two-step and
"partyin'"
20. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, New Britan: Coeducation here
means that hitting the books coexists with hitting the party circuit."We like
to call ourselves the round-the-clock party connection."
21. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park: This school IS the town, and this
town rocks. "We don't know where we're goin' after we graduate, 'cause we
don't know when we're graduatin'."
22. UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, University: Rich kids who have
mint-julep-on-the-veranda parties. "They call us the country club of the
South."
23. WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE, Carrollton: Students' long term goal:" To get the
minimumm grade-point average so Mom and Dad will let us stay in school."
Short-term goal: "To scrape together enough money to buy a case."
24. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at Austin: You gotta shell out the bucks, but the
parties are "lavish and wild." Rumor has it there's not a single unattractive
girl on campus.
25. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge: The big suprise is
that these mild-mannered nerds by day are explosive, high-tech partiers by
night. "We're frenzied and sweating and absoulutely insane."
26. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence: Sometimes called Snob Hill, this campus
is loaded with "Frisbee throwers with that pseudo-California look who go all
out during Waste Yourself Week at the beginning of school."
27. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Manhattan: The agricultural party school that
projects a good ol' hell-raising party image. "We're wild Western-Campus kids
in a half-inch of cowshit."
28. GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE, Glassboro, New Jersey: Small, suburban but
jumping. "We're animalistic. It's the law of the jungle here."
29. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville: It's annual football game with
Georgia has been dubbed the wold's largest cocktail party. "Face it, the
closer you are to the equator, the crazier you get."
30. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Richmond: The surrounding town is usually
kept awake by the students' explosive bashes. "Hell, we're a bitch in heat."
31. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City: Forget the farm-boy image: "We're the
rockin'est, most decadent party fools in the Midwest. We're radioactive and
burnin' down our core every day."
32. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Norman: National center for future oil tycoons
who party in jet-set fashion. Their rationaile: "We're not concerned with the
rest of our lives, so we may as well fuck up now."
33. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island: Students have PREparties to
gear up for the actual bashes. "We may be Ivy leauge, but we dance
constantly."
34. OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens: Famous for its Halloween blowout, the school
has a trick-or-treat image: The frats do the tricking and everyone does the
treating. "We have uncontained eruptions."
35. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS at Amherst: There are so many parties at "Zoo
Mass", students say can imbibe for free from Friday to Sunday. "We're out in
the middle of nowhere, with nothing to do but party."
36. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens: These farm boys supposedly come from
"partying families" who've passed the tradition on to the kids. "No matter what
you're looking for, it's here if you want it."
37. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge: Known for "don't-give-a-shit
additudes," LSU extends a special invitation: "Just bring a bathing suit and
Baby Oil."
38. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI/Rolla: Known for it's Saint Patty's Day explosion,
which is more than your average brawl. " We HAVE to party. The women are prick
teasers who take engineering courses and cuss with the guys."
39. REED COLLEGE, Portland, Oregon: The suprise part school of the usually
quiet great Northwest. "There's high sexual energy here. You can even get
sensuously involved with your studies."
40. FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE, Bellingham, Washington: A return to the psychedelic
Sixties: "We're into sharing lovers here- in different combinations."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Alabama CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, South Carolina
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, New Hampshire
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Ohio MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, E.Lansing
PENSYLVANNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, U. Park PERDUE UNIVERSITY, Indiana
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, New Jersey TRINITY COLLEGE, Connecticut
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, Kingston UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE
