Party Time, Excellent

The Princeton Review agrees, city schools are not known for their party atmosphere:

Three colleges of the City University of New York received high rankings for the least alcohol and drug use in the country. Hunter College ranked fifth for the more conventional “Diverse Student Population” category, but also sixth for “Scotch & Soda, Hold the Scotch (Hard Liquor Usage Reported Low),” and 11th for “Got Milk? (Beer Usage Reported Low).” Queens College ranked third in the “Got Milk?” category, fourth in “Scotch & Soda,” eighth in “Stone Cold Sober Schools,” and ninth in “Don’t Inhale (Marijuana Usage Reported Low).”

“Our students are very hardworking, and a very large percentage of them work and go to school as well,” a spokeswoman for the City University of New York, Rita Rodin, said. “They are really serious about their education. I’m not surprised to see this kind of a ranking.”

On the other hand, the Violets of NYU are smoking more than ever:

New York University regained a few places in the marijuana use category. The school ranked eighth in the country for “Reefer Madness (Marijuana Usage Reported High),” seven places higher than last year. A small school in Asheville, N.C., Warren Wilson College, was no. 1 in the category this year.

See also: That’s Too Bad Because Latin American Student Organization Functions Are Quite Exciting Blog Entry (March 29, 2006)