I'm not sure if a fraternity campus party ever warmed to the idea of using toga's before the movie "Animal House" hit movie theatres all over the United States and abroad. Certainly within weeks of the movie's premier, "toga parties' were the next big thing! The campus party as a prestigious event -- attended by the Fraternity brothers and Sorority sisters who displayed a sterling example of good manners and prim and proper behavior went right out the window, the minute John Belushi let out his first burp.

I'm not sure what a campus party entails these days. But I'm sure in some way, shape or form the basic edicts of Animal House still remain: drink beer, get laid, and leave the studying for someone else! Now maybe modern day Fraternity and Sorority houses can't afford to blatantly showcase such behavior. A college degree costs big money these days. But all work and no play makes for boring, restless students. For that reason the campus party will never go away.
Having said that, I'm sure that most of the blatant recklessness that went on 20 or 30 years ago has dissipated. From what I understand, these days it's not so simple to just "throw" a campus party. Apparently these events have to be coordinated with the Student Activities Union or whatever the equivalent of such a group is nowadays. All the coordination for a campus party is the responsibility of the group holding the party. And the group holding the party needs to promise that their function won't be boisterous and overbearing. And no hazing can occur either!

Hey this is starting to sound kind of boring!  Don't tell me today's students are being responsible! I thought a campus party was supposed to be a knock out - drag out affair. And it wasn't over until the last man or woman was standing. Now all of a sudden you have "designated drivers", alcoholic drink "alternatives" (I think they're called "soft drinks) and university provide-a-ride programs for those rare students who actually do want to drink until their livers are ready to be replaced. The campus party has indeed changed.
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I haven't been too tuned in to campus life since I got out of school. But I'm aware that a LOT of campus-related incidents have occurred all across the United States and a good portion of them had to do with alcohol. Nothing like a drunken student falling off a balcony and breaking his neck to take the fun out of a campus party. These days, university students are accountable for creating a healthy party-atmosphere. I'm also quite sure that any time a campus party occurs there must be volunteers to acts as designated drivers or "lifeguards" so to speak, just in case someone starts choking on their vomit. Hey, if it can happen to Mamma Cass it can happen to your son or daughter.

I think campus party songs are supposed to be kept at a minimum also. Don't confuse campus party songs with house music. A good party needs music, but apparently campus party songs breed competition and hostility between Fraternity and Sorority houses, and the next thing you know we have a bunch of drunk students on our hands again.

I hate to admit it, but the era of the toga party is gone. Hey maybe we are back to prestigious events where the young men wear a coat and tie and the women wear long pink dresses.