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14. That describes the University of Georgia in the 1980s to a tee.
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 01:32 PM
Sep 2018

That's where I went to grad school. My undergrad alma mater was not a big fraternity/sorority school, so I didn't see any of the drunken partying there. A good chunk of the student population was, and still is commuters. When I got to UGA, it was a whole different world. It wasn't just the Greek culture. which was and is HUGE, that was like that, either. There were loads of rich kids from Atlanta who didn't get into the frats and sororities, but still partied like they were. And, they also behaved like drunken, entitled assholes. UGA, at the time, had the reputation for being THE "party school." That shit went down not only in frat houses, but in off campus housing, and downtown in the many bars and night clubs. What's been described regarding Kavanaugh is far from an anomaly. It was the norm back then.

You make me wonder if we were classmates. Squinch Sep 2018 #1
All too familiar for me. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #2
Wow, I must have led a sheltered life. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #3
I never encountered parties like this, either. Late 70s, early 80s. LisaM Sep 2018 #18
Reading through the responses on this thread, it appears that fraternities are the problem. yardwork Sep 2018 #20
Yes, I think the frat "culture," especially where the members were entitled rich brats The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #23
I went to college in the mid-80s. Dulcinea Sep 2018 #35
Ditto lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #4
That describes the University of Georgia in the 1980s to a tee. GoCubsGo Sep 2018 #14
The entire culture in the 1980s was sick. Reagan got elected by Young Republicans. yardwork Sep 2018 #21
Tritto... MountCleaners Sep 2018 #26
Holy cow, just saw this. LuckyCharms Sep 2018 #5
Where's your thread or post? I'd love to read it. yardwork Sep 2018 #22
Here you go: LuckyCharms Sep 2018 #36
It has been Wellstone ruled Sep 2018 #6
Thanks for this, yardwork. This described behavior does not sound unfamiliar. R B Garr Sep 2018 #7
Yes, Facebook. The name says it all. yardwork Sep 2018 #24
I remember the pig book! janterry Sep 2018 #30
This male behavior existed at small liberal arts college campuses.. Guilded Lilly Sep 2018 #8
I don't know Kavanaugh but I know Kavanaugh C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #9
The jargon, yes! Entitled twits. yardwork Sep 2018 #25
That wasn't a "private university" exclusive BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #10
as Micheal Moore said to Chris Hayes last night "We all know these guys" Judging from the handful mulsh Sep 2018 #11
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2018 #12
Frats today Johnny2X2X Sep 2018 #13
Yes, the women who were targeted and victimized were blamed. yardwork Sep 2018 #38
And the frat boy douchebags are the ones currently running the country. Initech Sep 2018 #15
Thank you for all your responses. yardwork Sep 2018 #16
Check. zentrum Sep 2018 #17
I guess I was lucky to have gone to a school where this sort of partying wasn't common, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #19
I think the decade between the 60s and the late 70s/early 80s shanny Sep 2018 #33
Could be. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #34
GOP has supported rape from day one. Women who disobey will be raped or killed Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #27
I picked a women's college in the early '80s torius Sep 2018 #28
Me too. Rutgers and NYU at age 14-16. By the time I was in college I could afford booze and bettyellen Sep 2018 #29
The coverage and discussions about this have impacted me personally... Moostache Sep 2018 #31
I went to a public university in the mid to late 1970's customerserviceguy Sep 2018 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #37
I graduated from a private university in 1983 AngryOldDem Sep 2018 #39
I remember a party that a good friend of mine had, at her house (she was ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #40
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