Moldy Peaches

On April 7, 2006, the Playboy Campus issue will hit newsstands and McGill University will be representing Canada. The "Girls of the Top 10 Party Schools" issue will feature co-eds from the best party schools in North America. According to a statement released by Playboy the list was determined by editorial staff, who considered aspects of the campus social scene such as proximity to off-campus entertainment, general vibrancy, social opportunities and male-to-female ratio.

Montreal has earned a reputation as being a party town and the downtown university has assisted in that status. How else can you explain the Peel Pub with it's recycled beer and spaghetti?

McGill officials, predictably, were not pleased with the ranking. "This is clearly a promotional or marketing gimmick," said Jennifer Robinson, associate vice-principal communications. "It is not credible and not appreciated."

Although the free marketing of the university will surely not hurt an institution that spends a great deal of its time recruiting students in the United States. Hugh Hefner is an icon in America and his stamp of approval isn’t seen as perverted, but now rather as culturally cool.

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