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almost everyone in Texas already knew that
http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories....2064eadc.html
UT-Austin tops party school list
05:08 PM CDT on Monday, August 21, 2006
By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON / Associated Press Writer
The Texas Longhorns earned another national le Monday, not for football but as the country's best party school.
The University of Texas at Austin beat Penn State University, West Virginia University and last year's winner, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the Princeton Review survey of 115,000 students at campuses around the country.
It topped the overall list - its first time atop the Princeton Review chart - by ranking second in the use of hard liquor, third in beer drinking and 13th in marijuana smoking.
For the ninth straight year, Brigham Young University was voted the most "stone cold sober" school.
UT spokesman Don Hale said campus leaders don't take such rankings very seriously.
"I know there were a lot of good parties here after we won the national football championship, and I'm going to guess that a lot of the kids who filled out the survey remembered those parties," he said.
Student body president Danielle Rugoff said the school had a vibrant social scene even before the top ranking. With about 1,000 student groups, including more than 50 social sororities and fraternities, it's easy to find a way to unwind after a long day of studying, she said.
"It's such a unique environment," said Rugoff, a senior government major. "It allows for students to just live life to the fullest and have such a rich academic environment and rigorous academic program and still have an amazing time and enjoy being in college."
The party school list is included in the Princeton Review's "Best 361 Colleges" guide, which goes on sale Tuesday. The company is not affiliated with Princeton University.
It contrasts with U.S. News and World Report's annual guide to "America's Best Colleges," where UT-Austin tied with four other schools in 47th place.
Rugoff said administrators and student leaders work hard to help students make good decisions about alcohol and drugs.
Despite those efforts, a freshman died of acute alcohol poisoning in December as a result of fraternity hazing.
Tests showed Phanta "Jack" Phoummarath's blood alcohol level was 0.50 percent, more than six times the legal limit. University officials canceled Lambda Phi Epsilon's status as a registered student organization until 2011 after an investigation found new members were expected to drink large amounts of liquor.
The author of the Princeton report, Robert Franek, said the lists are simply meant to provide more information for high school students.
"It's simply finding that community both inside and outside of the classroom that I think is the challenge for many students," he said.
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what I want to know is how do they go from #15 to #1 in a year?
almost everyone in Texas already knew that
Pffffft. I have plenty of fun in San Marcos. Texas State for the win. Though I am probably going to law school at UT.
My little brothers headed out there for the Texas/Ohio St game.
Wow - UT finally beat out Wisconsin? I'll drink to that!
Austin > San Marcos (in every aspect)
No doubt.
TSU under its former name was the #1 party school - whole main reason for the name change, atleast that's the conspiracy told to me by a few former students.
It's funny though, every school that hits #1 on this list ends up not being there the next year - obviously not good coverage for the schools.
I heard earlier today y'all stop partying at like 2:30. We're just getting started in Seguin. But a whole TLU is the size of one UT class.
most of the texas state student body comes to austin on the weekend, it's been like that for years.
I think most student bodies, within a reasonable distance, go to Austin on the weekends.
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