# College Nightlife (looking for an alternative to parties, if any exist) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051 "2003-11-08T06:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051/21 "2003-11-08T20:58:47Z")
I have met only a handful of students who won’t drink given the opportunity or a nudge of peer pressure. I’m not saying everyone’s fridge is packed with beer, but if they go to two parties they’ll drink at at least one. This is what I’ve learned from my experience alone, I’m sure yours differs. Despite all that, I don’t see your logic or what problem you refer to. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051/22 "2003-11-08T21:13:24Z")
When I went to university just about everybody drank (infact the only people who I can think of who didn’t was a deeply religous Catholic girl from Ireland and most of the Muslim students). That said I went to university in the UK, where the legal drinking age is 18 and there were several bars on campus and one at each of the halls of residence. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051/23 "2003-11-08T22:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soapbox Monkey \* > \*\*Well…we have cops just patrolling campus, and every person on EARTH knows what goes on at college parties, cops included. Maybe if they’d bust in on a few from time to time, and get some kids expelled, that would put the fear into them and they would stop that kind of behavior. \*\* Eh, they tried that in my college. The house parties took a hit, but then everyone just hit the bars. There were still house parties, but they didn’t advertise them nearly as conspicuously as they used to. They used to have people walking around passing out flyers and selling tickets ($5 bucks for a cup and you got as much as you could drink). Now, it’s just word of mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051/24 "2003-11-08T22:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Bad Voodoo Lou \* > \*\*Meet women online! Seriously, I’ve done it before, and I’ve gotten better dates from online contacts than from any kegger I’ve ever been to. \*\* Umm…yeah, I found a woman online about 2 years ago on the Foo Fighters postboard. We became really great friends and although she was a few years older than me, I fell for her. The hardest part about it was her terminal cancer. She died before we ever got the chance to meet. Definitely don’t think I’ll find a girl like her online again. Or in my life for that matter. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051/25 "2003-11-09T01:40:29Z")
OK, well, better not try then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-nightlife-looking-for-an-alternative-to-parties-if-any-exist/212051.md?page=1)