Party On Longhorns

The University of Texas at Austin is the country's best party school. The Princeton Review surveyed 115,000 students at campuses around the country and bestowed the honor(?) on the school. This is what our tax dollars support?

It's the first time U.T.-Austin topped the overall list. The Princeton Review ranked the school 2nd in the use of hard liquor, 3rd in beer drinking, and 13th in marijuana smoking. U.T. spokesman Don Hale told the Associated Press that campus leaders don't take such rankings very seriously. Maybe they should? Not surprisingly, the university finds itself way back in 47th place in U.S. News and World Report's ranking of "America's Best Colleges".

In December, Phanta "Jack" Phoummarath died of died of acute alcohol poisoning, as a result of fraternity hazing. Mr. Phoummarath's blood alcohol level was 0.50 percent, more than six times the legal limit.