Penn State Party School

I think the podcast about Penn State as a party school was a very accurate portrayal of what Penn State's party life is like. On any given night monday or tuesday night you can hear an ambulance rushing a student to the hospital for their stomach to be pumped because of how much alcohol they consumed. College is a crazy place. Our parents are paying for us to receive a degree from one of the most well respected universities throughout the entire United States. We are ranked #1 when it comes to corporate recruitment (Wall Street Journal). However, we are also #1 in drinking our faces off. Two things that are on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. I thought, is this a bad thing? Should I be proud of this? What should I say to other adults about this? To be quite honest, I don't really care what people think about the partying situation at our school is. Kids are still going to drink, smoke, and do drugs. That's life, it is inevitable. Whether laws or regulations are put into place, kids are still going to find a way to get around it and break the law. We're lucky to be young, and part of being young is making stupid decisions and learning from them, but hopefully the stupid decisions we make will not be too stupid to the point where our life is altered forever. I think the most memorable image from the podcast was when the 50 year old was drinking with the 21 year old. That is a perfect image of what the culture here is like. People like to pre-game, get buzzed, and get weird with one another because it helps people come out of their shell and interact with one another. A few beers is not going to kill anyone. I think the party scene here at Penn State is nothing short of spectacular. My older sister attended Penn State and graduation in 2010. I saw her in her natural habitat. I saw her smile, laugh, and cry. Crying because her four years at this university were over. I had never seen her cry so much, and I know she partied hard, trust me she partied wicked hard, but to see the tears roll down her face because she was no longer going to spend her days with her best friends in the world sealed the deal for me to come here. Relationships like hers last a lifetime, and drinking certainly contributed to that one way or another. We might be the #1 party school, but we also have the #1 student run philanthropy in the entire world, THON. We can be described as drunk stupid idiot, but that would just be a complete lie. We are caring, hard working, and fun. What else could you want in a college? We don't have the #1 alumni association for a college for nothing. This place is magical, and I would never want anything to change because of a statistic that shows we party hard. That is not what we are ALL about, and anyone who thinks that is an ignorant, internet reading loser. They should come here and see what it's all about, and I guarantee their opinion would be changed forever.