<p>DB sums it well.</p>
<p>Let me clarify, though, that partying does happen at UofC. I had the pleasure of living in Hyde park just south of 53rd a few years ago for a year. I saw the police called in more than once on my block to break up apartment parties that got too big - as in hundreds of students on the street…</p>
<p>The difference is that party night seems to be mostly Saturday night, not Thursday through Sunday, like it is at some other schools, and most of the parties seem to be smaller affairs, at least according to my alumna daughter. it is also true that at some parties you are as likely to find kids actually talking and debating one another, where the alcohol is light lube (i.e. these kids will walk home without a stumble…), rather than the other way around.</p>