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Post by BumpCityWV on Aug 21, 2007 1:40:37 GMT -5
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Post by red518irish on Aug 21, 2007 6:09:24 GMT -5
Playboy always does a list of the top party schools in the country. I don't remember the year, but WVU was not listed, but there was a sidebar that read
"We cannot put proffesionals (WVU) amoung amatures."
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Post by wvumaryjane on Aug 21, 2007 6:09:29 GMT -5
hahaha
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Post by wvumaryjane on Aug 21, 2007 8:27:22 GMT -5
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Post by smurph on Aug 21, 2007 11:18:09 GMT -5
Party on, Dudes. ;D
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Post by cviller on Aug 22, 2007 13:19:45 GMT -5
Opinion
Charleston Daily Mail
Wednesday August 22, 2007
‘Party school' is a sad label
IT is difficult not to smile at some of the Princeton Review's observations about campus life in America. The New York-based company produces test preparation courses, books and educational services. But since 1992, it has ranked the nation's 366 "best" colleges in 62 categories.
This is based on surveys of 120,000 students, and is anything but scientific.
For example, this year's list cited Hampshire College in Massachusetts as the best "Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarian" school.
Brigham Young University was the No. 1 "Stone Cold Sober" institution for the 10th straight year.
And once again, West Virginia University was listed as the No. 1 party school.
Well, it's not a serious ranking, but after nearly a decade of work to change the perception of the state's flagship university, it's irritating.
President David Hardesty has worked hard to cleanse the image of perpetual bacchanalia along the Monongahela. He cracked down on couch burning and underage drinking.
Fairly or unfairly, incoming president Mike Garrison will have to keep after that work, which he seems fully capable of doing.
"I'm focused on the way this university changes people's lives, the research that we do, and the service we provide to the state of West Virginia," Garrison told Vicki Smith of the Associated Press. "This is a special place, and the whole state is proud of it."
WVU also ranked No. 4 in Students Packing the Stadiums, No. 5 for Best College Library, and No. 8 for Best College Newspaper.
But the party school image makes the headlines, and that undercuts the respect that WVU alumni, faculty and staff should enjoy. It also reflects poorly on the state that supports this institution.
No one expects WVU to be as stone cold sober as a Mormon institution. But taxpayers do expect students to behave themselves, act grown up, and not waste their college years drunk and disorderly.
"Animal House" was a comedy movie 30 years ago, not a guideline to college life.
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Post by wvumaryjane on Aug 22, 2007 16:10:06 GMT -5
Good GRAVY.. some people need to just lighten up a bit.
Though I don't recall knitting circles when I attended WVU, I'm sure there probably were some. The cultural diversity at the University was someething that I always treasured. I attended when we were a party school. and I was also in attendance of the LAST Grant Street Block party. This was when the University started to change its image.
Just because some of the student population likes to go out and have some fun, does NOT discredit the EXCELLENT undergrad, and post graduate programs WVU offers in a plethora of disciplines..
I also think that most of those alumni also used to party down when they were in school..
This shouldn't be a 'do as I say, and not as I do (did)' situation.
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