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When CU was ranked the nation's top party school in the 2003 Princeton Review, school administration hit the panic button. CU officials immediately questioned the Review's survey methodology, quickly pointed out that the Princeton Review had no affiliation with the Ivy League Princeton-well, duh!-and launched a PR machine to illuminate the scholarly achievements by the Buffaloes-ones not related to record-setting keg stands or the horticulture of tetrahydrocannabinols.

And to the chagrin of more than one CU alumnus on staff here at the B-dub (and incoming freshmen with Animal House aspirations), the spin doctoring seems to be working. One year after the administration began pimping its faculty's Nobel Prizes and other academic accolades, CU dropped to 9th in the prestigious party school rankings, and last year fell completely out of the sacred top 10. Well, this year's results are in, and the Buffs are out-again.

What happened to the great party school we once loved? Are we all so old and decrepit that we've forgotten what it feels like to hold a keg stand for a 30-count, sink a game-winning beer pong shot or discuss the intricacies of Chevy Chase's filmography directly following a heroic series of bong hits? These are things we all must experience and savor; it's part of the coming-of-age process.

And don't think we'll soon forget about campus police's Nazi-esque tactics last April 20, when they shut down Farrand Field and incited the most violent pot-related rebellion in history (a few sprinkler heads were kicked in disgust).

Something needs to change. Students need a little leeway to have fun-good, dirty, experimental, free-lovin', riotous, drug-induced fun. So we say, party on, party people. Let's put CU back on top in the party rankings.



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Source: 420Times.com
Pubdate: Thu, 24 Aug 2006
Copyright: 2006 Boulder Weekly
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