Dethroned!!!

As much as I constantly jibed and slandered fellow Penn State students— I almost shed a tear today when I saw that PSU lost its #1 Party School status. Not only has PSU lost its #1 spot; it has slid to #3. Currently The University of Georgia and Ohio State hold the #1 & 2 spots, respectively. Many of us remember that the Beaver Ave. riot in the wake of a won football game against Ohio State largely led to the school's acquisition of the title. To lose-out to Ohio State, for many, is a slap in the face. Perhaps the onset of the downfall came about due to the grizzly accidental death of Joseph Dado, Freshman. Also, a stunning bare-all report by Ira Glass and This American Life, may have led to the dethroning.

As I said before; I almost shed a tear. Living in Penn State can, at times, feel like a warzone. Witnessing drunken green-hair-dyed scantily clad women being hit by cars on College Ave. midday on the psuedo-holiday, State Patty's Day, felt like descriptions my grandfather gave of France during World War II. Their blonde-green locks slammed heavily on the hood of a blue-green Nissan, that had been driven carelessly by a man foaming at the mouth with white-green bubbling liquid. These are the things I can tell my grandchildren. My grandfather lost his teeth in World War II— but he gained a knowledge-of-self through the rampant debauchery. Likewise, a Penn State student's worth only amounts to his ability to survive and retain the very essence of his character through the mire.