The 2013 edition of “The Best 377 Colleges” by The Princeton Review lists the nation’s top 20 party schools, and LSU is nowhere in sight. After students answered questions about aspects of college like campus life, academics and the student body, West Virginia University was chosen as No. 1 among the list of colleges known to party. Last year, LSU sat in the 13th spot. LSU students offered mixed explanations for why the University is absent from the list, but most agreed the revelation was surprising. “There’s a whole bunch of parties here. We should be the top party school,” said Daney Glover, music education freshman. Other students said the reason LSU may be absent from the list is because students are more interested in other college aspects. “Maybe people are interested in organizations or going off campus or maybe they’re studying more,” said Caroline Boley, a history junior who responded to the new list with disbelief. Some students, like interdisciplinary studies senior Angelica Martin, said The Princeton Review may have chosen to ignore the University’s status as the top partying school to give other colleges an opportunity to make the list. Martin said she thinks people are “sick of seeing LSU on the list every year” and said people are probably curious to learn about different schools that are not as well known. “Maybe it’s because LSU’s been considered a party school for so long and it still is, but maybe the newspaper people are trying to highlight other schools,” Martin said. _____ Contact Wilborn Nobles III at [email protected]