You Know You're a Party School When . . .

In case you have not heard there is a new runner hoofing it in the horse racing scene, UD Ghetto. This two-year old homebred is stealing the spotlight, not so much for performance but for potentiality. How does this connect to the University of Dayton you ask? Well, despite the faculty and staff's futile attempts of referring to the student housing on campus as the "Student Neighborhood" the student body has rebelled and thus the student housing has continued to be called "the Ghetto." This has perpetuated to the point that the student Mass on Sunday nights in the neighborhood is commoninly referred to as "Ghetto Mass."

In an article about this emerging race star the owner spoke about the name of the horse, here's what they had to say:

"There is certain to be a lot of folks watching and rooting for U D Ghetto, and not only because of the local connections. The colt also is drawing attention for his name, a reference to a row of shotgun houses where upperclassmen reside -- and often get rowdy -- at the University of Dayton . . . The Ghetto is the place to party at Dayton on weekend nights, and Reinstedler agreed the name is a perfect fit for a colt who's "a handful." U D Ghetto was gelded before he raced because of various behavioral problems."

I wonder what this will do for admissions come spring? So, in conclusion, you know you're a party school when you have a rowdy race horse named after you!