Ohio University Named Top Party School

11/19/12 3:55 PM

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Ohio University Named Top Party School

Submitted by Doug Lederman on August 2, 2011 - 3:00am Ohio University has moved from No. 2 to No. 1 in the Princeton Review's most talked-about annual ranking: top party school. Ohio displaced the University of Georgia for the top spot. Students at Ohio reported high rates of beer-drinking (it was tops in this category), liquor consumption (second place), and participation in fraternities and sororities (# 11). OU officials released a statement saying they were "disappointed" in the ranking and felt it did not reflect the experience of most students. To back up this claim, the statement cited the university's biennial alcohol and drug use survey, which was released in June and showed a 2 percent decrease in "high-risk" or "binge" drinking since 2009, and an 8 percent decrease since 2007. Of the 1,101 respondents, all undergraduates, about 70 percent reported consuming five or more drinks on one occasion within the past two weeks in this year's survey, compared to about 73 percent in 2009 and 78 percent in 2011. Kent Smith, vice president of student affairs, attributed the decline to the university efforts to curb drinking, including a mandatory online alcohol education course and a public relations campaign called "Stop at the Buzz." Drinking is still a problem, he said, but the university is "moving in the right direction."
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