College Party Life?

[cnelk]

Graduated HS in '82 - no college.
[Mommy and Daddy didnt pay for college]

Went to the 'School of Hard Knocks' for several years.

I dont remember much of the 80s, but I do remember the music

 

[CorbLand]

I live in a university town currently. It’s great in the summers when students are gone. I’m not sure if it’s my age or what but it seems each year the students get worse. More disrespectful to people around town, more of a “look at me attitude”, and in interactions I have just totally inexperienced and unprepared for real life. For those sending kids off to college, raise them to be a decent person before they get there

You are just seeing what everyone that was older saw in you when you were younger.

 

[BFR]

Back from Nam for 6 mos, just out of the Army, only thing on my mind was school and working. Fraternities and parties were NOT in my vocabulary.

 

[Beendare]

Delete

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[FLATHEAD]

I worked my way through college. Took 5 years and a semester for my BS.
So, after working and being a dumba** that had to study like mad to pass, so
there was no partying for me.

 

[roadrunner]

Had better things to do than party in college.

 

[TheTone]

You are just seeing what everyone that was older saw in you when you were younger.

I didn’t have time to party. Worked nearly full time year round while carrying a full course load. I wasn’t the rich kid, trust fund, frat/sorority kid that seem to be the worst offenders

 

[CorbLand]

I didn’t have time to party. Worked nearly full time year round while carrying a full course load. I wasn’t the rich kid, trust fund, frat/sorority kid that seem to be the worst offenders

I grew up in a single parent house hold. Had a tax paying job the day I turned fourteen and worked under the table any chance I got from the day I turned 11. I worked two jobs every summer and 30 hours a week while going to school full time put myself through college and had to lend my mom money while in college. I was still dumb as shit and had no idea what I was doing in life at 18. Trust me, you were still as dumb as some of them at eighteen too.

 

[netman]

I grew up in a small town where everyone worked in the coal mines. My dad was no exception. He was a brutal beast to grow up under. I grew up in a violent home. He didn’t even drink but was and still is very religious.
I graduated HS in 82. Our football team went to state. I was a very good football player but was never recognized. Then the college recruiters started asking about me and requesting films. At that point I thought I was going to work in the mines. I got through HS okay grade wise but the NCAA had started changing the grade requirements. So when the big colleges started looking at my grades I was diverted to Junior Colleges.
I went to a very good JC and we finished 2nd in the nation my freshman year and we were top three my sophomore year.
Once I went to college I became a beer drinking beast. I was free and clear of my dad and boy did I turn it loose. Wow!
I still hunted all the time but I was guzzling non stop.
Then I got recruited by a bunch of big colleges. I was going to visit colleges to be a JUCO transfer.
My mom asked me to pick a college close to home so they could come to my games.
On a whim I visited SEMO in Missouri. They flew me there during duck and goose season. An alumni took me waterfowling for two days at some of the best places in the state. I signed my letter of intent to go there and got a full ride. I even got two parking passes thrown in. One for my truck and one for my duck boat.
I still partied there like there was no tomorrow until I met my girlfriend soon to be wife. We are still married 34 years.
I have several really good friends in my life and they all came from college.
College was a daze fo sure!

 

[Rock-o]

Ohio State University. Mid-90s. No desire or need for fraternity life. There was pretty much always a great party to go to, including fraternity and sorority parties, and plenty of bars. And friends at other colleges too.

 

[DAOutfitters208]

Why do 20 yr olds in the 80's look like 30 yr olds?

 

[Poser]

Why do 20 yr olds in the 80's look like 30 yr olds?

Much of this is perception based. When you look at photos from 30-40 years ago (the 80s), you’re seeing period clothes, haircuts, trends and fashion which looks “old” so there is an association of “old” as it is “old fashion” by today’s standards. I’d venture you could take an 20 year old from the 80s, give them a modern makeover and they would look like youth from today. Those mullets, mustaches and tube socks make you look old because it is in fact “old school” viewed through a modern lens.

Some other factors that I have read is that life expectancy has increased so the aging process has slowed down (though, it has apparently reached its tipping point). Lifestyles are dramatically different, there is more emphasis on skin care these days and kids in the 80s spent more time outside on average. With that in mind, a 20 year old from the 1940s would actually be aged differently due to lifestyle and exposure to physical stress compared to 20 year olds of today, but those 20 years olds today will look “old” in 2080.

 

[Etexag]

Texas A&M University. Partied my ass off. I was in a fraternity. Fraternity wasn't very expensive as compared to throwing parties solo or with a group of friends. About 100 guys pooling $800-1000 per year is probably less than I would have spent on kegs or bars otherwise. It was fun and paid it off working in the summer at a coal mine or steel yard, and working at a bar during the school year. I would not trade it for anything!

 

[kloppy]

D1 baseball, graduated in 2015. Greek life was not big at my school, but we might as well have been a fraternity. Disgusting how much we partied, which is primarily why we were a terrible baseball program. Had the time of my life and those guys are still my best friends. Pretty much quit drinking after college and went to law school. Way more drug abuse in law school - not my kind of people.

 

[BazookaJoe]

I went to San Diego State University for Mechanical Engineering and joined a national fraternity (one that was actually shown in the OP's video). I worked hard, studied harder, and went to some wild parties, but that was short-lived, as it can take a toll on work and grades - doesn't mean I didn't have fun and get into some dumb situations...

 

[TheGDog]

Wow.. to the Triple Homicide thing Bet you're glad you were a nice guy to him! Eh?

 

[timekiller13]

I went to a small Christian college from 2003-2006.

May have been a Christian school but we partied with the best of them. No frats or anything like that. Drinking wasn’t even allowed on campus. That didn’t stop anyone. We always found ways to get alcohol into the dorms. We would tie ropes around coolers full of beer and hang them out the windows, stash liquor in toilet tanks, fill water bottles full of vodka or shine

Once I moved off campus then it was really game on.

What was really funny is how a lot of people at that school frowned on drinking, but if you busted out a joint then it was all cool!!

Somehow still graduated in 3 years with a 3.7 GPA. Too bad I never once used the degree I got from there.

 

[Finch]

I went to a community college that was known for its electrical engineering and instrumentation programs. I went 3 years and got 2 associates degrees.

Discovered pot in college and resisted at first but then gave into the temptation. Went to class high a lot of the time but still managed to get on president and deans list most semesters. I had my fun but knew I had to take my studies seriously. Hunted a lot and was known for bringing deer back to the apartment building to hang and skin out. You could find me behind the apartments always shooting my bow. Good times!

 

[N.ID7803]

Went to the University of Idaho twice...first time was 04'-08', basically spent the whole time partying and carrying on, left with no degree, but wouldn't trade that time for anything. Second time (11'-13') I was way more mature and actually went to class and learned a thing or two and now have a career that I love and enjoy.

 

[TheGrayRider]

LSU 1986 - 1990. Best four years of my life. Does anyone have a time machine?