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Today, New York Magazine's blog the Daily Intelligencer linked to a Dartmouth student blog that calculated the number of drinking infractions per Ivy League college. Fratty and backwoods-y, Dartmouth was naturally crowned champion. Our fair Alma Mater, came in second to last, just narrowly beating out Penn. New York theorizes that this number is exceedingly low given Columbia's environs and population. The theory is demonstrated using the extremely mathematical formula:

Hundreds of Freshman + Dozens of Places to get IDs x Thousands of Delis Where Owners Don't Care If You Are Underage / Limited Entrances And Exits To Dorms That Are Monitored For Safety = Easily Detectable Drunkenness

Given the formula, New York attributes our low frequency of drinking infractions to our lameness.

Bar fight!


Posted by so... : #1 · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 4:57 PM (from campus)
Columbia's RA's come in second to Penn's for most lax about drinking?
Posted by hah! : #2 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 5:09 PM (from campus)
Or they came in first for most draconian. WE WILL WIN THIS WAR ON FUN!
Posted by Anonymous : #3 (in reply to #2) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 6:01 PM (from campus)
Just because you can't be bothered to go a couple blocks into the city to get drunk doesn't mean the administration has a war on fun.

I walked into a freshman dorm with a keg and a bloody nose. The security people never said a word.
Posted by Paul : #4 (in reply to #1) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 6:43 PM (from campus)
Ha, couldn't have said it better myself.

I still can't believe that my freshman floor reeked so badly of illegal substances for so many months and no one ever bothered to say anything.
Posted by look : #5 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 6:52 PM
narc. smoking weed is barely a crime in new york state. first offense for possession of an amount for personal use will only get you a 250 dollar fine.
Posted by what? : #6 · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 6:55 PM (from campus)
Whats lame about not getting caught/in trouble for drinking? Dartmouth is cool because they get busted? How does that make sense?
Posted by semen hunter : #7 (in reply to #6) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 6:59 PM (from campus)
ostensibly, getting caught is a proxy for amount of alcohol consumed. actually, its a good measure for how retarted kids are once they get drunk.
Posted by Paul : #8 (in reply to #5) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 7:21 PM (from campus)
I've got nothing against the lax ways of Columbia.

I was surprised because many friends went to places where freshman dorms were actively policed, and any suspicious smell would get you trouble.

And of course the CU RAs give the "don't do drugs. if we smell something, you're in trouble" speech. I didn't then expect that I would be living a weed/Axe marinade for the next nine months.
Posted by juan jay : #9 · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 7:44 PM (from campus)
my floor always smells like weed and cigarettes and I love it. also, no one in new york gives a fuck if you're walking around smoking or drunk off your ass. hence, less reported infractions.
Posted by weed/axe : #10 · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 7:45 PM (from campus)
marinade for nine months? What the hell was your pregnant mother doing?
Posted by this is absurd : #11 · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Columbia students don't get written up because 90% of the drinking happens off campus, and unless you go up to a security guard, tell them you're 18 and drunk and then throw up on their shoes, they won't do anything. And even then, they'd probably just glare.

That said, security did once confiscate a bag containing three bottles of alcohol from me because the cap was missing from one of them(it was not going into a dry dorm and I was over 21). I didn't get written up, but seriously, that's theft dammit.
Posted by hmm : #12 · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 8:53 PM (from campus)
it should be "hundreds of freshmEn"

also, that equation would look prettier in latex:

\text{Hundreds of Freshmen} + \text{Dozens of Places to get IDs} \times \frac{\text{Thousands of Delis Where Owners Don't Care If You Are Underage}}{\text{Limited Entrances And Exits To Dorms That Are Monitored For Safety}} = \text{Easily Detectable Drunkenness}
Posted by jpm : #13 (in reply to #7) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 9:12 PM (from campus)
"retarted" is my favorite word
Posted by wow : #14 (in reply to #11) · reply · track
February 19, 2008 at 9:20 PM
you are stupid. security totally drank your booze. you should have given them the one just for the hell of it. but all three. man you are a sucker.
Posted by Furnald : #15 (in reply to #9) · reply · track
February 20, 2008 at 4:23 AM (from campus)
My floor always smells like silence and awkwardness.
Posted by carman kids : #16 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
February 21, 2008 at 2:21 PM (from campus)
my floor smells like teen spirit.
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