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At No. 1: Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Also getting high marks for fun were two Christian schools, along with James Madison University, Tulane and the University of Dayton

HARRISONBURG, VA. -- The bottle caps, broken glass and empty plastic cups littering a neighborhood near James Madison University's campus suggested that the events of Saturday afternoon were nothing more than a kegger gone bad. But those who witnessed the party-turned-riot recalled chaos so out of character for this Shenandoah Valley town that by Monday afternoon, it still had the power to amaze. "When you are setting off tear gas and people still aren't leaving, you know it's bad," recalled Lt. Kurt Boshart of the Harrisonburg Police Department. "It was really bad." Each semester, James Madison students organize a huge...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- To the disappointment of school administrators -- and the pride of some students -- West Virginia University is No. 1 on The Princeton's Review's annual list of the top 20 party schools. Penn State University isn't far behind at No. 6. Grove City College is at the other end of the partying spectrum, ranking No. 5 on the "Stone Cold Sober" list. The University of Pittsburgh did not make the Top 10 list, but a number of neighboring schools were ranked in other categories. Penn State placed third when it comes to career placement after graduation. Carnegie...

In their latest bid to tame student behavior and polish the campus image, administrators at California State University, Chico, are ordering all incoming freshmen to complete an online alcohol abuse prevention course and promising to crack down on students caught with booze in the dorms. More than 2,000 freshmen will be required to complete and pass a three-hour-long alcohol awareness course before they register for spring courses, campus officials said Thursday. And, for the first time, campus officials will notify parents when their children are busted for alcohol in the dorms. A second bust - it had been three -...

<p>BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) --  Indiana University was crowned the nation's No. 1 "party school" Monday in an annual Princeton Review survey that school leaders and medical experts derided as irresponsible and unscientific.</p> <p>Following IU in the rankings were Clemson University, the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Florida.</p>