<p>^ Way to use "jig is up".</p>
<p>I'm trying to bring it back. '30s ganster lingo always feels good. </p>
<p>Also "huzzah". That's due for another lap.</p>
<p>^ I'm a fan of 50's culture myself.</p>
<p>"Hey, Frank! Can you come to the dance tonight?"</p>
<p>"Aww, gee, fellas, I promised my Pop I would help him wash the car, and do chores."</p>
<p>"Shucks, Frank. I heard Betty-Sue was going to go; She's a really neat gal!"</p>
<p>And so on, and so forth.</p>
<p>R.I.P. Party Thread</p>
<p>Amen. (10)</p>
<p>plenty of parties if you enjoy your shoes sticking to dried up layers of beer on frat house floors…</p>
<p>when you hit 21 you can do the more enjoyable things and hit up bars with friends or just kick it at house parties/ have a few people in your apartment and enjoy a few beers or a cocktail. until then, i advise you to get used to the scummy bacteria farms that are frat houses and hopefully avoid being violated while in a deep alcohol-induced sedation/inebriation. in the best case, you know someone older who can get you booze and you can enjoy it without getting caught in your dorms.</p>
<p>…and on the third day, the party rose from the dead.</p>
<p>“until then, i advise you to get used to the scummy bacteria farms that are frat houses and hopefully avoid being violated while in a deep alcohol-induced sedation/inebriation”</p>
<p>this is not true. although frats do dominate the freshman social scene, underclassmen can definitely go to house parties in ctown or the bars. all it takes is a few older friends and a semi-decent fake. people you meet in classes, clubs, frats will frequently invite you to ctown parties. also, even though mixers are at frats they are much smaller and less scummy feeling. sophomores spend a lot more time in collegetown (you don’t have to wait till junior or senior year).</p>
<p>If you’re looking for a party, you’ll definitely be able to find something at Cornell. The Greek system is big, but not bad. Not into frat parties or the more appealing house parties in collegetown? No worries. Don’t believe the rumors - there are plenty of things to do in Ithaca. Live music at Lost Dog Cafe, shopping, various local festivals, etc. But Cornell itself is its own town, you don’t even have to leave campus to find something to do. Equipped with a bowling alley, ice rink, movie theater, etc. there’s never a lack of something to do at CU</p>
<p>“this is not true. although frats do dominate the freshman social scene, underclassmen can definitely go to house parties in ctown or the bars. all it takes is a few older friends and a semi-decent fake.”</p>
<p>that would be ideal… if someone could avoid relying on phi-kappa-whatever or sigma-tau-what have you on friday and saturday nights for a few drinks. the truth is, all the bars have books now, where they know what every ID of every state should look like, including the authentic features of each. even trying to get into dunbar’s under 21 is near impossible now- apparently a liquor license is given on a very short leash in ithaca. even if your fake works a few times, it doesn’t sound worth risking repeatedly; now that i’m actually 21, they continue to question my out of state license. at dunbar’s they confiscated it and i had to go back to my apartment and go all the way back with my passport just to get it back. the good news is, when you’re 21, there are a lot more things to enjoy- so your entire cornell social life won’t be consumed by frats.</p>
<p>It’s time to lower the drinking age to at least 19. </p>
<p>The era of radical conservatism that forced that much control over the lives of grown adults has ended. Hopefully Obama will create incentives for states to lower the age. </p>
<p>A lot of college presidents agree.</p>
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<p>unfortunately skorton isnt one of those D:</p>
<p>This just in, frat parties are fun. Over and out</p>
<p>bluedevilbball - are you a girl or a guy? because it is MUCH easier for girls to get in with guys. of course sometimes any given bar won’t accept an ID, but usually they will let in a group of reasonably attractive girls and only glance at IDs. I’ve never seen them take out a book to scrutinize an ID. they give guys a harder time, although plenty of them get in.</p>
<p>I dont know about dunbars, but johnny o’s and dinos arent usually that strict</p>
<p>Cornell is not a party school if you’re an engineer.</p>
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<p>Could have been fooled by the engineers I knew.</p>
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<p>I’m sure this isn’t true for all engineers. I knew some that were heavily involved in Greek Life and partied a ton. But I also occasionally ran simulations in the Engineering Quad Computer Lab on Saturday nights and very often, it was packed.</p>
<p>a few frat ENGRS i’ve seen/heard…sort of hate the time commitment they have to put into their frat b/c of the engr workload</p>
<p>all of my engineer friends were in fraternities, all of them partied a lot, held officer positions in their frats, had parties at their apartments, and never got any sleep. lol. Cornell students, engineers, premeds,etc, party a lot (although a good group of people don’t go out that much) and you can see all of them busting their a$s hungover in the library on a sunday for 15 hours lol… maybe that was just me.</p>
<p>I’m currently living in an aptmnt in Collegetown, and wow, Collegetown basically thrives on its party scene (along with its selection of restaurants). Collegetown can get prettyyy noisy, esp around Thurs night and into the weekends, so to those who would prefer not to bothered by the presence or sounds of intoxicated party-goers, don’t live in Collegetown.</p>