In order to fit in, you have to drink. How CSU students stormed the concessions after beer sales were cut off, grabbed some kegs and rolled them back to their seats. And, finally, how CSU students threw whiskey bottles at the police, how the police fired tear gas, and how much of a bummer the daylong drinking binge suddenly became. Officials at both schools are serious about trying to change the century-old drinking culture that spills over from campus onto the streets of Boulder and Fort Collins. They've never spent more money, nor enlisted so many sympathetic students.
Girls see it as an easy way to talk to people and get free drinks.
CU officials were thrilled this fall when CU fell from the list of top party schools. The Princeton Review had listed CU fourth in 1997, fifth last year. But this year, CU fell all the way to 25th. The director of CU's alcohol reduction program hopes to get more professors to schedule classes on Friday mornings and Monday mornings. That could put a dent in the long weekends of partying, that at CU start on Thursday and end early Monday.