An annual ranking of so-called “party schools” by the Princeton Review slots UW-Madison second. And a survey done on Wisconsin’s largest campus showed 62% admit to binge drinking. While that’s down from past years, police and campus officials want it much lower. They have a plan to control drinking at house parties, where they say most of the problems start.Shamane Mills reports.
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