[testfoobar]

Stanford is an elite institution that others watch carefully. Administrators go to conferences & workshops to discuss their practices. They get promoted into positions at other universities.

Stanford is a leading indicator of campus life elsewhere.

[fortuna86]

> Stanford is a leading indicator of campus life elsewhere.

It very much is not. Last party I went to at Stanford had corporate sponsorship.

[ZephyrBlu]

Do house parties not exist at Stanford?

[randycupertino]

They certainly exist and are fun (as well as playing beer pong in the fountain) but it's nothing as wild as say ... Arizona State.

source: went to big state university undergrad then 4 years at Stanford. Miles of difference in the party scenes.

Stanford social scene: Beige Toyota Prius

Big State U: Lime green Ferrari 250 GTO

[red-iron-pine]

U Texas football had tailgate parties that got sponsorship from several big named beer brands, hot dog companies.

[fortuna86]

Right, the frat party I went to was sponsored by Microsoft and had Xbox stations.

Different.

[tqi]

Do you attend college parties, or administer a university?