Moo, Moo for B.Y.U.

Grade inflation, greater dropout rates and lost opportunities upon graduation are all ominous facets of college life these days. The lockstep of going to college, getting a job, getting married and having children while living in suburbia and contributing to the overall social fabric of our great country seems to have gone the way of Leave It To Beaver. Mind you, I'm not espousing that as the only path to achieving the American Dream, but it seems to have worked out for a generation or more of Americans. There is, however, a constant throughout the university setting: party time.
Today's students are no different from their predecessors in that a major focus on campus deals with the social life. For some, perhaps it's the ONLY focus...which leads, perhaps, to the falling graduation rates! Anyway, when seeking out an institution of higher learning, prospective students often check out the school's party quotient.
It's gotten so pervasive that the Princeton Review annually publishes a list of the top party schools based on the following criteria:
alcohol consumption
drug use
average number of hours spent studying
popularity of fraternities and sororities

While I'm sure the formula for "success" is complicated, each of those factors plays a part. One school may score high (so to speak) on drug use but low on frat popularity. You see how this works? OK, so here is a taste of this year's crop of "top" colleges in reverse order from 10-1:
10. DePauw University
9. U of Iowa
8. California
7. U of Florida
6. U of Texas
5. U of Mississippi
4. West Virginia U
3. Penn State U
2. Ohio State U
1. U of Georgia

What's missing? Our Badgers, of course. In spite of State Street and the 5th quarter, the Badgers failed to make the top 10! DePauw? Are you kidding me? I'm red with shame.
However, if you want to be a serious student, I would suggest Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
It finished as the #3 school with the most conservative students.
It was also the top school for having the most religious students as well as the NUMBER ONE university in the nation in per capita consumption of...milk.
Take that, Bulldogs!