OT: UConn 447th best party school in US; 7th in CT

[Robertelamin]

I have to say, the Patch, Niche and this thread that resulted from them have outperformed all reasonable expectations. I got the e-mail, read the article and posted it within maybe three minutes total time, thinking it was something that might garner some comment. Neither Niche nor the Patch are known for journalistic or statistical integrity, so I didn't put much stock in it.

I certainly had no idea it would trigger some of our most fiery denizens in so many ways.

This is the Boneyard summer thread of 2018 front runner.

 

[MadDogRevival]

Peak Oil!!!

Has to happen, only question is when. Shale, tight oil, was a minor miracle that bought us just about 10 years, or we'd already be in deep ---t.

 

[whaler11]

This must be baffling to the casual boneyard fan.

 

[MadDogRevival]

This must be baffling to the casual boneyard fan.

And a plain, non-boneyard casual fan would be apoplectic.
Too funny.

 

[MattMang23]

Perhaps it was the women protesting.
After the protest failed, they went to Shipee.

Not according to the articles. It was the men protesting they weren't going to be able to be as rowdy because women would be around.

 

[Mr. French]

Holy lolz, forgot about that psycho.




I'm on my way to Manhattan to see them this afternoon .

Scott is my dude - I’ve gone to a few Mike Gordon shows but I’m not a die hard, I just know him personally he’s a great guy.

 

[ktuck911]

We were top 20 back in the late 80s/early 90s

 

[Mokum]

Any way we could arrange a steel cage wrestling match between all the pissed off people on this thread? That would be fun.

 

[AreBee1969]

Sad!

Here Are The Top Party Schools In Connecticut: Report

And somewhere Carol Wiggins is smiling.

And thanks to husky8273 for posting the link to the DC archives! I was just telling my daughter (incoming freshman) about the horrors of Stick Boy comics.

 

[BlueandOG]

We were elite when I was there in 83-88. Top notch. I think it stayed that way into the early 90's.

I remember one of the fraternities hosted MTV in the early 1990s. I was at a party. Blast!

 

[CL82]

Holy lolz, forgot about that psycho.




I'm on my way to Manhattan to see them this afternoon .

Didn't you play with them for a while?

 

[BlueandOG]

Do they still put big black stars and dates on doors of people who puked after "partying" in UConn dorms?

Nothing more embarrassing than being an RA in the Jungle with your residents putting puke stars on your door. Not that it happened to me...a friend of mine.

 

[CL82]

Which rights?

Right to party, man.

 

[8893]

Right to party, man.

This was the exact answer I had in mind when I posed the question.

 

[MattMang23]

This was the exact answer I had in mind when I posed the question.

@JMick might be too young for the reference. It isn't Avicii or Calvin Harris or somebody only people under 30 have heard of.

 

[August_West]

Didn't you play with them for a while?

Ive sat in with them dozens of times from the Early 90's - current day.

But no I wasnt "in the band"

 

[Travelman6]

Why do a bunch of adults care about rankings related to drinking for 18 to 22 year olds? This stopped mattering, oh, around 22...23 tops. No?

 

[Fishy]

There are 5,300 colleges of all sorts in the United States.

Statistically, we are an elite party school.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Sad!

Here Are The Top Party Schools In Connecticut: Report

Wow. Much has changed since Playboy rated UConn #6 in the country my freshman year.

 

[JMick]

Why do a bunch of adults care about rankings related to drinking for 18 to 22 year olds? This stopped mattering, oh, around 22...23 tops. No?

I just feel bad for current students. I'm a firm believer that the college experience is just as important as the educational component. For many, the party scene is an integral component of the college experience.

 

[Kenny11]

It isn't necessary to be a top 10 party school but sneaking into the top 100 as a 4star party school should be the goal.

 

[Guapo]

I believe in UConn students' ability to be generally not-sober.

Something tells me that rumors of UConn turning into BYU have been exaggerated slightly.

 

[HuskyHawk]

We were elite when I was there in 83-88. Top notch. I think it stayed that way into the early 90's.

I was 84-89. Great parties, including MTV filming Spring Weekend live two years in a row. Great lineup of concerts as well. Southside Johnny freshman year on the quad was an absolute blast. We even had keg night freshman year in the Towers common area.

Learned every bit as much about life and people through all of that, as I did sitting in class. Kids today are dramatically less self sufficient than I was back then. I have to believe that they need college every bit as much for life skills as for whatever they get in the classroom. They need to drop the drinking age to 18 for people with college IDs if they are on campus residents and drink on or walking distance (Ted's, Huskies etc.) from campus. Learning to deal with that in a relatively safe environment is important.
Edit: fixed a typo

 

[8893]

I was 84-99. Great parties, including MTV filming Spring Weekend live two years in a row. Great lineup of concerts as well. Southside Johnny freshman year on the quad was an absolute blast. We even had keg night freshman year in the Towers common area.

Learned every bit as much about life and people through all of that, as I did sitting in class. Kids today are dramatically less self sufficient than I was back then. I have to believe that they need college every bit as much for life skills as for whatever they get in the classroom. They need to drop the drinking age to 18 for people with college IDs if they are on campus residents and drink on or walking distance (Ted's, Huskies etc.) from campus. Learning to deal with that in a relatively safe environment is important.

15 years of college down the drain.

 

[Guapo]

I was 84-99. Great parties, including MTV filming Spring Weekend live two years in a row. Great lineup of concerts as well. Southside Johnny freshman year on the quad was an absolute blast. We even had keg night freshman year in the Towers common area.

Learned every bit as much about life and people through all of that, as I did sitting in class. Kids today are dramatically less self sufficient than I was back then. I have to believe that they need college every bit as much for life skills as for whatever they get in the classroom. They need to drop the drinking age to 18 for people with college IDs if they are on campus residents and drink on or walking distance (Ted's, Huskies etc.) from campus. Learning to deal with that in a relatively safe environment is important.

15 years of college down the drain.

"I won't leave till we win a national championship!"