Unofficial

[Dianne]

Short for Unofficial St. Patricks Day, this is an event held each March at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is the largest local drinking holiday in the United States. It was created due to St. Patricks Day being held over [U of Is] spring break. Students from across the country visit [Champaign-Urbana] to take part in this, as their schools do not consume as much in an entire decade as [U of I] does on Unofficial.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Not officially authorized or confirmed.

[Jason Yan]

Unofficial is the phrase commonly used to describe the Friday prior to [St. Patricks day] at The University of Illinois. The holiday began when students realized [St. Patricks Day] was falling on spring break and they would not be able to celebrate it. The day is marked by bars opening at 8 in the morning, kegs [on front] lawns, students from nearly all surrounding schools flooding the campus to celebrate by drinking obscene amounts of alcohol. It has been said that more drinking occurs on Unofficial at [U of I] than occurs at many other schools entire years.

[Sarah]

A one, and recently two-day celebration created by Champaign-IL bar owners when they realized they were missing out on [St. Patricks] Day-related money from students at the University of Illinois. Every year, these owners buy the services of several advertising companies to start [Facebook groups] that pose as student-created, touting how they will break the rules and [flout] convention by drinking alcohol all day on Unofficial St. Patricks Day. Gullible students are all too happy to oblige, believing they are doing something rebellious. Bar drink prices are jacked up, many citations and arrests are made, and sometimes a person or two dies.
It is also the source of much argument between squabbling Midwest schools, as to who has the more out of control party.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

A throughly racist [drinking holiday] celebrated at the University of Illinois sometime in the weeks preceeding [St. Patricks] to make up for students being on spring break over the holiday. It is charecterized by [its green], Irish theme, and strong reinforcement of often negative Irish and Irish-American stereotypes. It has nothing whatsover to do with authentic Irish culture or St. Patricks Day at all.

[Dave Paprocki]

A lame ass excuse to hold a weak party because [U of I] knows that it isnt a [party school] and needs a [sliver] of hope to hang onto. The alcohol consumed on this day is a mere fraction of what is consumed at other schools on a Tuesday afternoon.