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Posted: 10/2/2023 11:16 AM
UNIVERSITY PARTY-SCHOOL RANK
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus 1
Texas Christian University 2
Birmingham-Southern College 3
James Madison University 4
Tarleton State University 5
Savannah State University 6
Tulane University 7
Washington & Lee University 8
University of Dayton 9
Alcorn State University 10
University of California - Santa Barbara 11
North Carolina A & T State University 12
Colgate University 13
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 14
Prairie View A & M University 15
University of Georgia 16
Augustana College 17
The Ohio State University - Main Campus 18
Jackson State University 19
The University of Kansas 20
Source: WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking

At the top of the list, IUP received an average score of 1.7 for its party scene. In comparison, the University of Alaska Anchorage, the lowest-ranked school by party scene, received a score of 4.2.
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Posted: 10/2/2023 12:52 PM
These rankings are meaningless. In fact, the only thing I get from scanning this list is how pretentious that school in Columbus is.

And I need no list to tell me that.
Last Edited: 10/2/2023 12:53:57 PM by bobcatsquared
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Posted: 10/3/2023 8:10 AM
Back in the day we used to be on this list. What is currently in the old Swanky’s spot?
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Posted: 10/3/2023 8:31 AM
That list in the original post is bullcrap. Christian colleges ranked #2 and #3?

This is more realistic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhT81ipoA3k
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Posted: 10/3/2023 1:11 PM
Christians don't drink and dance and have fun? It's from the Wall Street Journal.
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Posted: 10/3/2023 3:50 PM
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Christians don't drink and dance and have fun? It's from the Wall Street Journal.
Do you know why Church of the Nazarene members don't make love standing up?

They're afraid somebody might think they're dancing. (rimshot here)
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Posted: 10/3/2023 4:35 PM
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Christians don't drink and dance and have fun? It's from the Wall Street Journal.
Do you know why Church of the Nazarene members don't make love standing up?

They're afraid somebody might think they're dancing. (rimshot here)
Thank you Mr. Cultural Perspectives.

Go put on your baseball cap now.
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Posted: 10/3/2023 7:27 PM
That’s pretty funny!
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Posted: 10/4/2023 11:54 AM
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What is currently in the old Swanky’s spot?
Is it still a Wendy's there?

Did you ever know John and Jeff that lived above Swanky's?

Jeff worked at the Waterbed store on the other side of the street.
Last Edited: 10/4/2023 11:55:24 AM by greencat
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Posted: 10/5/2023 1:04 PM
Wendy's is gone and it is Oryza Asian Grill there.
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Posted: 10/5/2023 4:16 PM
Nobody else knew John and Jeff that lived upstairs? They were not exactly a good influence on the student body members who hung out with them. I always wondered if they partied so much because they survived their time in Viet Nam and figured they were due to have some (too much) fun.
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Posted: 10/5/2023 10:09 PM
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Wendy's is gone and it is Oryza Asian Grill there.
https://oryzagrill.com /
Just curious about other's opinions. I ate lunch a few months go at Oryza Asian Grill. I was not impressed, and I usually like Asian cooking -- particularly Chinese and Thai. However, in the case of Oryza Grill, Wendy's would have been an upgrade. Perhaps I just didn't order the right thing, but the guy I was with didn't like his order all that much either. He was 50ish history professor.
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Posted: 10/18/2023 8:34 PM
What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
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Posted: 10/18/2023 11:25 PM
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What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
Didn't buy a stereo at Vere Smith, but my father bought me a Sony cassette recorder/player from there. It was a state-of-the-art portable cassette machine at that time. It had a big plastic carrying case and contained two big external speakers.

Also, when I was in high school, a friend and I used to scavenge the junk piles of old radio and TV chassis in behind the store (that was before it moved to the Union Street location) to take components to build various electronic projects.

I knew Paul Cunningham and bought electronic gear there from TVs to radios. He was a very nice man. He died of a massive heart attack at a fairly young age. His wife was a Russian immigrant.
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Posted: 10/22/2023 10:56 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
Didn't buy a stereo at Vere Smith, but my father bought me a Sony cassette recorder/player from there. It was a state-of-the-art portable cassette machine at that time. It had a big plastic carrying case and contained two big external speakers.

Also, when I was in high school, a friend and I used to scavenge the junk piles of old radio and TV chassis in behind the store (that was before it moved to the Union Street location) to take components to build various electronic projects.

I knew Paul Cunningham and bought electronic gear there from TVs to radios. He was a very nice man. He died of a massive heart attack at a fairly young age. His wife was a Russian immigrant.
I remember Vere Smith but for some strange reason I don’t recall ever having been there. Especially with my long time interest in music, stereo systems, etc.

Speaking of 1969, my father bought a used Fender Telecaster at Cunningham’s for me. This was at their old location on the west side of Richland. I remember the exact date because it was the day Bo upset Woody, November 22. The game was playing on the radio in the background and I remember late in the game thinking Ohio State would still win because they were so good (yes, I was on the dark side at one time). I still have that guitar. George Gruhn in Nashville said to me back in 2018 it’s worth keeping. :)

I will also mention that there is a story about Joe Walsh acquiring two Gibson Les Pauls in 1969, one he ended up giving (Selling) to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The story is that Joe said that one of the guitars came from “a family owned music store in Athens Ohio”. I’m thinking this may have been Cunningham’s and, if so, my guitar may have shared some air space with one of the instruments. I can vouch, however, that when I pick up my guitar there isn’t any advantage to me that I can notice. ;)
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Posted: 10/22/2023 12:57 PM
CatsUp wrote:expand_more
What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
Didn't buy a stereo at Vere Smith, but my father bought me a Sony cassette recorder/player from there. It was a state-of-the-art portable cassette machine at that time. It had a big plastic carrying case and contained two big external speakers.

Also, when I was in high school, a friend and I used to scavenge the junk piles of old radio and TV chassis in behind the store (that was before it moved to the Union Street location) to take components to build various electronic projects.

I knew Paul Cunningham and bought electronic gear there from TVs to radios. He was a very nice man. He died of a massive heart attack at a fairly young age. His wife was a Russian immigrant.
I remember Vere Smith but for some strange reason I don’t recall ever having been there. Especially with my long time interest in music, stereo systems, etc.

Speaking of 1969, my father bought a used Fender Telecaster at Cunningham’s for me. This was at their old location on the west side of Richland. I remember the exact date because it was the day Bo upset Woody, November 22. The game was playing on the radio in the background and I remember late in the game thinking Ohio State would still win because they were so good (yes, I was on the dark side at one time). I still have that guitar. George Gruhn in Nashville said to me back in 2018 it’s worth keeping. :)

I will also mention that there is a story about Joe Walsh acquiring two Gibson Les Pauls in 1969, one he ended up giving (Selling) to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The story is that Joe said that one of the guitars came from “a family owned music store in Athens Ohio”. I’m thinking this may have been Cunningham’s and, if so, my guitar may have shared some air space with one of the instruments. I can vouch, however, that when I pick up my guitar there isn’t any advantage to me that I can notice. ;)
The Richland location was Cunningham's new, and as best I remember, their final location. It's where Peddler and Packer is now located. Their old location was on Stimson Avenue.
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Posted: 10/22/2023 2:42 PM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
Didn't buy a stereo at Vere Smith, but my father bought me a Sony cassette recorder/player from there. It was a state-of-the-art portable cassette machine at that time. It had a big plastic carrying case and contained two big external speakers.

Also, when I was in high school, a friend and I used to scavenge the junk piles of old radio and TV chassis in behind the store (that was before it moved to the Union Street location) to take components to build various electronic projects.

I knew Paul Cunningham and bought electronic gear there from TVs to radios. He was a very nice man. He died of a massive heart attack at a fairly young age. His wife was a Russian immigrant.
I remember Vere Smith but for some strange reason I don’t recall ever having been there. Especially with my long time interest in music, stereo systems, etc.

Speaking of 1969, my father bought a used Fender Telecaster at Cunningham’s for me. This was at their old location on the west side of Richland. I remember the exact date because it was the day Bo upset Woody, November 22. The game was playing on the radio in the background and I remember late in the game thinking Ohio State would still win because they were so good (yes, I was on the dark side at one time). I still have that guitar. George Gruhn in Nashville said to me back in 2018 it’s worth keeping. :)

I will also mention that there is a story about Joe Walsh acquiring two Gibson Les Pauls in 1969, one he ended up giving (Selling) to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The story is that Joe said that one of the guitars came from “a family owned music store in Athens Ohio”. I’m thinking this may have been Cunningham’s and, if so, my guitar may have shared some air space with one of the instruments. I can vouch, however, that when I pick up my guitar there isn’t any advantage to me that I can notice. ;)
The Richland location was Cunningham's new, and as best I remember, their final location. It's where Peddler and Packer is now located. Their old location was on Stimson Avenue.
Perhaps the Richland Avenue location I am referring to was a temporary location for some reason. It’s the building that I believe was a fish market of some sort in the late 80s/early 90s. Not sure what it is now.
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Posted: 10/22/2023 3:26 PM
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Perhaps the Richland Avenue location I am referring to was a temporary location for some reason. It’s the building that I believe was a fish market of some sort in the late 80s/early 90s. Not sure what it is now.
Hmm . . . I asked both my son and wife and neither had a memory of such a temporary location. I'm not saying that this might not have happened, but I can't confirm it. The best we can remember is that Paul Cunningham built that building on Richland and then moved there from his Stimson Avenue location. It's possible there was a temporary location for a few months before the move. Paul died unexpectedly from a massive heart attack in what we remember as the early 1990s. His wife may have kept the store open for awhile after that, but I can't remember how long that was.

Edit: Just re-read your post. You are saying 1969. I didn't come back to Athens until 1978, and didn't meet Paul until that year, so I actually don't know where he was between 1968 and '78. All I know is that he was on Stimson in 1978, and that he later moved to the Richland location that is now Peddler & Packer.
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Last Edited: 10/22/2023 3:33:54 PM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 10/29/2023 1:45 PM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
Didn't buy a stereo at Vere Smith, but my father bought me a Sony cassette recorder/player from there. It was a state-of-the-art portable cassette machine at that time. It had a big plastic carrying case and contained two big external speakers.

Also, when I was in high school, a friend and I used to scavenge the junk piles of old radio and TV chassis in behind the store (that was before it moved to the Union Street location) to take components to build various electronic projects.

I knew Paul Cunningham and bought electronic gear there from TVs to radios. He was a very nice man. He died of a massive heart attack at a fairly young age. His wife was a Russian immigrant.
I remember Vere Smith but for some strange reason I don’t recall ever having been there. Especially with my long time interest in music, stereo systems, etc.

Speaking of 1969, my father bought a used Fender Telecaster at Cunningham’s for me. This was at their old location on the west side of Richland. I remember the exact date because it was the day Bo upset Woody, November 22. The game was playing on the radio in the background and I remember late in the game thinking Ohio State would still win because they were so good (yes, I was on the dark side at one time). I still have that guitar. George Gruhn in Nashville said to me back in 2018 it’s worth keeping. :)

I will also mention that there is a story about Joe Walsh acquiring two Gibson Les Pauls in 1969, one he ended up giving (Selling) to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The story is that Joe said that one of the guitars came from “a family owned music store in Athens Ohio”. I’m thinking this may have been Cunningham’s and, if so, my guitar may have shared some air space with one of the instruments. I can vouch, however, that when I pick up my guitar there isn’t any advantage to me that I can notice. ;)
The Richland location was Cunningham's new, and as best I remember, their final location. It's where Peddler and Packer is now located. Their old location was on Stimson Avenue.
My friends and I used to go to Cunningham’s on Stimson in the early 70’s just to drool over the high-end stereo equipment that none of us could afford. I still measure my home entertainment set-up against those visits.
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Posted: 10/29/2023 5:53 PM
CatsUp wrote:expand_more
What about Vere Smith Audio and/or Cunningham's?

Am I the only one who got a stereo at one of those places?
Didn't buy a stereo at Vere Smith, but my father bought me a Sony cassette recorder/player from there. It was a state-of-the-art portable cassette machine at that time. It had a big plastic carrying case and contained two big external speakers.

Also, when I was in high school, a friend and I used to scavenge the junk piles of old radio and TV chassis in behind the store (that was before it moved to the Union Street location) to take components to build various electronic projects.

I knew Paul Cunningham and bought electronic gear there from TVs to radios. He was a very nice man. He died of a massive heart attack at a fairly young age. His wife was a Russian immigrant.
I remember Vere Smith but for some strange reason I don’t recall ever having been there. Especially with my long time interest in music, stereo systems, etc.

Speaking of 1969, my father bought a used Fender Telecaster at Cunningham’s for me. This was at their old location on the west side of Richland. I remember the exact date because it was the day Bo upset Woody, November 22. The game was playing on the radio in the background and I remember late in the game thinking Ohio State would still win because they were so good (yes, I was on the dark side at one time). I still have that guitar. George Gruhn in Nashville said to me back in 2018 it’s worth keeping. :)

I will also mention that there is a story about Joe Walsh acquiring two Gibson Les Pauls in 1969, one he ended up giving (Selling) to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The story is that Joe said that one of the guitars came from “a family owned music store in Athens Ohio”. I’m thinking this may have been Cunningham’s and, if so, my guitar may have shared some air space with one of the instruments. I can vouch, however, that when I pick up my guitar there isn’t any advantage to me that I can notice. ;)
Did George use his favorite phrase "intrinsic value" when evaluating the guitar? People in Nashville always made fun of how often he said it. An old friend of mine worked in his store.
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