Students will come into this year at Ohio University with a heap of national attention on their backs. Long gone are the days when The Princeton Review's party school ranking was among the top concerns of the university's administration. Yet, the continuing negative press on the plagiarized graduate theses and security breaches makes any hint of good press good news for university officials.That's why a big deal is being made that OU dropped four spots on The Princeton Review's party school list. Now, rather than being recognized as the No. 2 party school, OU has the image of being No. 6 in its Best 361 Colleges guidebook. At No. 6, OU is hardly off the charts. When the No. 2 ranking was held over the heads of the university administration, it was written off. Yet, now that it has dropped, the administration seems to be lauding undue praise for cracking down on student partying. Although The Princeton Review's ranking does add to OU's party school image, it is important to remember that these rankings are hardly scientific and should not, whether high or low, be heavily weighted. Of the rankings in the book G
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