A six-year effort to reduce drinking by University of Colorado students apparently has failed miserably. The school was named the "Top Party School" in the annual Princeton Review's survey of 100,000 students at U.S. colleges.

Nearly 63 percent of students at the University of Colorado binge drink, according to Bob Maust, coordinator of the A Matter of Degree Program, which tried to reduce binge drinking at the university. Nationwide about 44 percent of college students binge drink, press reports said.

According to the survey, the University of Colorado ranked third in widespread use of marijuana, fourth in hard liquor consumption and 11th beer drinking. Apparently "Animal House" is alive and well in Boulder, CO.

The Princeton Review's "party school" category is based on the amount of alcohol and drug consumption, the amount of time students spend studying, and the popularity of fraternities and sororities.

Other colleges listed in the Top Ten included the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Indiana University, Bloomington; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA; University of Texas-Austin; The University of the South, Sewanee, TN; DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; Saint Bonaventure University, Olean, NY; and the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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