{"id":4786,"date":"2009-12-23T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/12\/this-american-life-at-the-1-party-school-penn-state.html"},"modified":"2009-12-23T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:55:00","slug":"this-american-life-at-the-1-party-school-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/12\/this-american-life-at-the-1-party-school-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"This American Life at the #1 Party School &#8211; Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public radio show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/\"><i>This American Life<\/i><\/a> visited Penn State over the final football weekend of 2009 (vs. Indiana) and examined the drinking culture. They picked Penn State because the Princeton Review said it is the #1 party school in the country. The program&#8217;s portrayal of the students is harsh. <\/p>\n<p>The program is 100% accurate too.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like little has changed since my time there, other than the preference for candy liquor over beer.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=396\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">stream of the episod<\/span><\/a>e is 1 hour, 10 minutes long.<\/p>\n<p>I loved Penn State despite that culture. Let&#8217;s put it this way, an overwhelming majority of my drinks came out of glasses and bottles and not plastic cups. The frat thing never had any appeal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ThisAmericanLife\" rel=\"tag\">This American Life<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PennState\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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