Mac's Spring Break No Animal House

The recent breakout from the Canadian University traditional Victorian era of decorous extracurricular activities only started in Ontario in the later part of the 20th Century.

This exactly when the Whidden Hall Riots started on fire in 1969-1970 and eventualy came to a final end in the school year of 1998-1999 in the storied residence on the campus at McMaster University in Hamilton.

These epic stories would later be relived through National Lampoon's 1978 "Animal House", a film produced by Ivan Reitman, who ironically was part of those riots and later was arrested with future Northern Lights Entertainment partner Daniel Goldberg for making the film "Columbus of Sex" on campus at Mac.

But even though, after a homecoming toilet papering by the 5th Floor Animals ended the Riots, Whidden Hall returned to calm. Mac's Heddon Hall Hussy of 2000-2001 soon picked up, giving McMaster the bad frat boy nom de guerre, as one girl decided to hold parties, make video and go wild starting yet another sexual riot in the province and nation.

Soon WLU's Willison Hall Whore of 2002-2003 came to the fore from Golden Hawks central, then UWO's Saugeen Hall Stripper of 2005-2006 had the approval of Mustangs worldwide, seemed all the schools with football rivalries against Mac began their attack upon the powerhouse of parties all at once.

With Montréal's McGill making Playboy’s recent list of Top 10 Party Schools, as "Canada's answer to America's Ivy League schools", Americans have forgot the province next door to la belle province, its legacy institution that boasts 19,000 full time students and their infamous Kissing Parade during Frosh Week.

Yes, McMaster's Whidden Hall Riots live on in "Animal House", where one can still watch a party scene where there is "MAC" spraypainted across the walls. But they should neither forget the real tradition it has, nor the other growing universities around it, as they move towards putting Canada and Ontario back on the North American map. For this is the reality any educational institution of higher learning has in this business, one that may force colleges and universities to add ribaldry to the other 3 Rs, or just become relegated to yet another R: relic!