'Yeah,' this spring's top party anthem

By Christopher DaCosta

It's rather exhilarating to be clad in eighties attire while swapping spring break stories on a Sunday night without any notion of what, when or where your first class of the quarter is the next day. That was most definitely yours truly two weeks ago. So it begins, another spring quarter brimming with truancy, flip-flop fashions and of course, the anxiously awaited party scene.

Spring days are notoriously patrolled by the Mission Garden Bikini/Board Shorts Taskforce - you know the type: "I appear to be deeply engrossed in my Business Calculus textbook, but I am actually making sure you notice how positively fetching my tan-line looks and how popular I am by yakking it up on my cellie." Spring nights, my friends, are a different story. Say goodbye to subtle swimsuit flirtation an hello to wanton disregard for self-respect.

The attention-whore tanner becomes an attention-whore creature of the night, fiesta-hopping with her loud and obnoxious crew, greeting mere acquaintances with vice-grip bear hugs all while performing her own rendition of a pop diva's dance routine on a makeshift dance floor (any table or chair within grasping distance).

Never fear, chances are that everyone else at the party will be joining her up on the furniture. Not to humor her though, but instead to revel in this quarter's ultimate party anthem that will most likely be playing â€" Usher's "Yeah." That's right, even if MTV has played out pop culture's current holy trinity â€" Usher, Ludacris and Lil Jon â€" you may as well "bend over and touch your toes" because this song will be on constant repeat for the next ten weeks.

Better yet, you might even want to take a cue from the three seasoned partiers who enjoy "getting crunk" on a regular basis. Why not divert some of the focus to you and release your inner-whore?

Instead of making a highly executed and fashionably tardy entrance, try stumbling in, appearing visibly confused while toting your favorite beverage and yelling "WH-AT?!" Hey, it works for Lil Jon.

If you have dance moves like Ur-sher, as Ludacris so affectionately refers to him, go ahead, show them off. Keep in mind though, no matter what the hell his leading lady is doing in the video, looking like you're breaking out in a body rash is not an attractive or acceptable dance move.

One can also emulate Ludacris' dazzling fashion sense and jewelry savvy â€" note that his "pinky's valued at over three-hundred thousand."

Not only does this trio exemplify the concept of partying with an entourage, they are the ultimate notice-me-now breed of divas. Forget silly Santa Clara coeds flaunting their taut bodies, these guys are blingin'.

Remember, if you're going to be an attention-whore at least be the classy variety because we all know that Ludacris and Ursh prefer "a lady in the street but a freak in the bed."

û Contact Christopher DaCosta at (408) 554-4546 or cdacosta@scu.edu.