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To: calgal who wrote (50151)	8/23/2005 9:19:59 AM
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UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley dismissed the report as "junk science that results in a day of national media coverage." But the chairman of the campus student government said many students would take pride in the ranking considering its other reputation as a top academic institution. U.S. News and World Report ranked UW-Madison No. 34 among national universities in its annual survey last week. "It just shows that we work hard but we play hard also," said Eric Varney, chair of the Associated Students of Madison. The list _ which is not affiliated with Princeton University _ is based on on-line surveys of more than 110,000 college students and included in the Princeton Review's "Best 361 Colleges." The top party schools rankings are based on survey responses regarding alcohol and drug use, hours of study each day, and the number of students in fraternities and sororities. Schools often put down the list, while the American Medical Association has urged Princeton Review to cease putting it out, saying it legitimizes students' drinking. But Robert Franek, who authored the report "The Best 361 Colleges," said students are looking for more than just a classroom experience when they pick a college. "The mission is very simple _ to provide information to make the college search palatable for a student and all of them to find a school that's the best fit for them," he said. UW-Madison has long had a reputation for heavy drinking, ranking No. 3 this year for the amount of beer and hard liquor consumed. Still, the school touts its nine-year program to cut down on binge drinking they it says had led to a drop in students who drink to excess, fewer admissions to local detoxification centers and more freshman who say they don't drink at all. "We're not trying to tell students that they can't drink at all, but they really do need to learn how to drink responsibly," said Susan Crawley, who heads the effort. Still, the school's reputation has been hard to shake. Its annual spring party drew 20,000 revelers this year, while Halloween weekend has been marred by riots the last two years as thousands have descended upon the city. Senior Liz Drilias lunched Monday at the student union, where the school has a bar and had the beer taps open by noon. She said the ranking was no surprise but no source of pride, either. "People get a bad image of Madison, that we just drink all the time," Drilias said. "There are people who are like that, but there are just as many people who aren't." The other top party schools are: Ohio University in Athens; Lehigh University in Pennsylvania; University of California-Santa Barbara; State University of New York at Albany; Indiana University-Bloomington; University of Mississippi; University of Iowa; University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Loyola University New Orleans; Tulane University in New Orleans; University of Georgia; Penn State University; West Virginia University; The University of Texas-Austin; University of Tennessee-Knoxville; University of New Hampshire; University of Florida; Louisiana State University; University of Maryland-College Park.