Be happy Wisconsin, because you are happy, according to the latest results of the infamous student survey Princeton Review. As for students at the University of Missouri-Rolla, that is not the case. This year’s edition of the Review rated the students at UMR the unhappiest in the land.

For five of the past nine years, the “Show Me” state has shown nothing but unhappiness for college students. The University of Missouri-Columbia, Stephens College, and now the University of Missouri-Rolla are among the Missouri colleges laying claim to havens of unhappiness.

Some factors that might contribute to their woes include a poor rating of food, dorms, inaccessible professors, a small campus, and strained town relations.

Neil Heizman, a member of Tappa Kappa Epsilon at UMR, said the ranking is true as long as it only applies to the dorms.

“I think mostly the students polled for that were the dormies,” Heizman said. “The frat guys live a little better than that. I would definitely say the dormies aren’t that happy.”

Heizman said the air of despair in the dorms is to blame.

“I know some people who lived there. They hated it,” Heizman said. “The anti-social atmosphere, the food; for some of the Rolla people it’s better, but for those who are living in the dorms and shouldn’t be they’re screwed.”

UMR’s website makes a different claim. It says residence life was a place “where you’ll make friends, find study partners, and become part of a close-knit community that’s like a big extended family.”

At least once every three years, the Princeton Review will drop by and set up a booth on one of the 300+ campuses in its guidebook. The Princeton Review devises its rankings by asking students a series of questions. In this case, the students were asked, “Overall, how happy are you?” The answers are given on a five-point scale with five being “very happy” and zero being “not at all.”

UW-Madison was ranked 20th on Princeton’s happiest students list.

Dave Miles, a UMR student who moved to the greener pastures of a fraternity from the residence halls, echoed Heizman’s statements that the degree of unhappiness is directly related to the place of residence.

“Its not really true,” Miles said. “I’m in a frat [now] and I have a good time.”

Miles said it was difficult to meet people in the dorms and complained about the lack of things to do.

“A lot of people don’t understand it,” said R.J. Agee, student council president at UMR, in an interview with CNN. “The facts have no basis. It’s a joke.”