Top 5 College Parties

College parties are the land of….I don’t know the appropriate adjective here. I’ve never been to a college party, for me they’re a mythical abstract. I’ve heard a few, but I’ve never actually been inside. That being said we all still love crazy party stories. Despite my track record I do have a few stories to share, and some of the ones I have heard don’t top what I’ve seen. (If you’re confused, I’ve been to parties just not during college.) That being said, let’s collect a comprehensive list of crazy college parties.

Note: These are annual occurences with a record of being insane. Sorry, I don’t care if you’re D&D club throws a party every November unless you’re actually a +7 Paladin fighting off a Black Dragon I don’t care about your party.

WE’RE IRISH’…No you’re not shut up and drink your green beer already (Photo from College Boy Column)

5) St. Patrick’s Day, University of Dayton

Reading about this story makes you feel drunk and Irish. UD is a small school of a couple thousand students, but that all changes when Saint Paddy’s rolls around. On my campus the size doesn’t change, but apparently out in Ohio the population triples. This party is an annual romp and from the sounds of it, it’s always a fun time. This is one of the tamer parties being mostly like your average Saint Patrick’s Day party, just on steroids. The UD administration did once buy accidental death insurance one year due to their fear of children consuming enough green beer to cause themselves harm, but they should have already had that….no?

Ma’am kiddie pools are not flotation devices (from NBC San Diego)

4) Floatopia — University of California, Santa Barbara

Floatopiais a huge college beach party.  Students bring flotation devices to lounge on in the ocean as the party rages on,  hence the name. Floatopia has attracted around 10,000 students in recent years. While many have criticized the environmental damage that this event causes, no one can deny that a day on the beach with thousands of people in a not-quite-perfect state of mind would be an event to remember.3) W.I.L.D. — Washington UniversityWalk In Lay Down, or W.I.L.D., is a concert event held twice a year. The name comes from the fact that students used to bring couches onto the quad and lie down on them during the show. Since the start in 1973, the emphasis has been less music on the music, more on the party. But let’s face it, every party is more music and less party. Also…who seriously has the time to drag their couch out and just lay on it? I have a hard enough time moving my chair away from my desk to stand up.

2) Mardi Gras — Tulane

This is the only appropriate photo I could find (From Listverse)

Parades, beads, floats, masks and flashers. The city of New Orleans pretty much does the work for this party. Students of Tulane just have to show up in purple, green and gold and go nuts. This one seems like kind of a cheat to put # 2 it’s not really a “college” party as much as it is a holiday for a city. So what? Maybe it’s not on campus, but ifa party is big enough to encompass an entire city then it counts. Shut up and take your beads haters.1) Mifflin Street Block Party — University of Wisconsin, Madison

The totally unbiased #1 pick has to be Mifflin. Badgers gather to celebrate the end of spring semester and they do what any other person

This needs no clever caption (From Bloximages)

would: gather over 20,000 students and bring them to Mifflin Street. This celebration actually began in 1969 as a peace protest against the Vietnam War, but nowadays, students are more focused on the fact that open containers are allowed. Sure ‘Nam is over and it’s no longer a protest, but in Wisconsin we don’t need a reason to drink, but it sure helps. And let’s face it when one year it flips from thousands

of college drunks to thousands of college drunks starting a riot that #1 spot has been earned.

Sorry if your college didn’t make it, it’s not my fault you guys suck at partying. I mean seriously put some effort into it, for real. The parties were picked on impact and longevity. If your college had a one time bash, you were considered…for the list of cool things that happened once. An annual party that people are always excited for? Now, that’s a list maker. So try harder next time people and until then? Party on Wayne, Party on Garth…..Oh god I just said that.