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. . . to evaluate the quality of various college parties (and assign a grade accordingly)

By JOE DIFAZIO | January 26, 2012

Getting ready for an awful "Tight and Bright" party.

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Parties attended: house party, dorm party, kegger, "Tight and Bright" party

I went to a "Tight and Bright" party, and there was a handful of people there. When I saw fat hipster clove girl taking pictures of a cat, I knew it was time to go. They got points for effort. I shotgunned some beers in some hallways, and saw a kid piss out of the fourth-story window of an apartment. One party I went to had home-brewed beer, which was pretty riotous, but they just couldn't pull it together.

Grade: C-

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