I never cease to be baffled by the grim seriousness with which President McDavis and administrators are taking Ohio University's party school ranking in the Princeton Review. If they are worried about the party school image's effect on the university's academic integrity, then perhaps they should aim directly at academic improvement. Taking the roundabout puritanical route will only provoke more students to voluntarily complete Princeton Review's online survey.Nobody seems to doubt the academic integrity of OU's company on the list, such as the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University. Why should the lighthearted party school label be so damaging to OU?Those who take the party school business seriously should recline on the therapist's couch to discover what fears and insecurities are at the root of this misplaced fanaticism.' Ashby Crowder is a graduate student studying history at Ohio University.
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