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I am not sure. i am part of the sailing team. I hardley see students in dorms with thier doors open. Atheletic events are slightly popular, depending on the team. Guest speaker and theature i am not sure of. Not alot of kids at conn date, i dont hear about guys talking girls out. I meet my closest friends through sports and through my dorm. I would be studying. The dances. some people party every night but the majority only party on thurday and saturday. I think frats would be fun, but they arent that important. I sailed in florida. I go to the dances if there is one. I go off campus once a week to eat out.

Students in dorms don't leave their doors open- I wish this weren't the case. Soccer and basketball games are popular but most other sports are not. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday (I almost always am), I'm either doing work, reading, or on the computer. Traditions/events that happen each year are Floralia, Festivus, Winter Formal, Spring Formal, Tent Dance. There is no Greek life on campus. People party anywhere from 1-4 days of the week but most often on Thursdays and Saturdays. Last weekend I went to a musical, went to a dance, hung out with friends.

If I am awake at 2am on a Tuesday it is usually because I have not finished my work for Wednesday yet, which very likely could be caused by distracting myself with my friends. Floralia is the best day of the year, without a doubt, but it is more fun to let incoming freshmen wait to experience it themselves than to ruin the amazingness of it by telling stories. All I have to say is music, drinking and hanging out with your friends ALL DAY LONG, right before the end of the year.

pop. groups-acapella, bball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse group i'm in-sailing open doors-some do popularity-some events are well attended, as well as speakers and theater is very well attended dating-it happens closest friends-sailing, dorm 2am on tues-homework traditions-camelympics, festivus, winter formal, FLORALIA party-thurs and sat frats-non existent last weekend-sailed in south carolina sat nite-hang out with friends, sometimes homework off campus-shopping, eating, site seeing (aquarium)

The most popular groups on campus are groups dealing with dance and performing art (there are a lot of dancers, a lot of dance performances, and a lot of involvement in the department). Athletic events are not too popular. Guest speakers are popular, but one always sees the same crowd there. Theater attracts crowds. The dating scene is mainly people swapping hook-ups, but then again I'm in a relationship so I wouldn't know personally (even though guys are creepy here). I met my closest friends at my dorm or through classes. I'm usually up late doing homework (night owl) or playing/dancing with my roommate. There are a lot of traditions, most notably Floralia (although I can't comment on it because I haven't experienced it). People tend to party on Thursdays and Saturdays, usually getting drunk and doing nothing. I go off campus nearly every weekend, usually to New York because I hate the social scene at Conn.

Varsity athletics are pretty popular because it's such a small school and allows for a lot of participation in that kind of thing; I decided not to play varsity lacrosse and instead play club ultimate frisbee and have been pretty happy with that choice but sometimes I wish the school was bigger just so that the clubs would have more members and be better organized It depends on which dorm you life in, but for the most part, people leave their doors closed but unlocked when they're inside and definately locked when they leave; we've had some problems with theft on-campus of late Athletic events aren't very popular and it really depends on what the subject matter is for the guest speaker Theater isn't very big here The dating scene is pretty pathetic because there's not really a whole lot to do for 'dates'; mostly people end up hooking up and dating their friends for better or worse I made my closest friends from a lot of different outlets; some of them live near me, others play ultimate frisbee with me, and some I just randomly met some night and clicked with them If I'm up at 2am on a Tuesday night, I'm probably stoned and hanging out in my friend's room talking and watching tv; i'm not usually doing homework that late and if I'm not asleep it's probably because i'm hanging out with people smoking There are a couple of formal dances that happen throughout the year but I don't really like going to those because they're a pretty preppy and drunken scene; We have a fall concert and a big concert in the spring called Floralia that's an all-day outdoor event; Camelympics is a weekend in the fall that different dorms compete in various events randing from floor hockey to scrabble People typically party hard 2-3 times a week, work hard for a few nights, and maybe have a couple nights of laid back hanging out with friends Last weekend I went "out" two nights; On Friday I smoked, hung out with some friends, and visited some kids in another part of campus; On Saturday I took a school-sponsored bus to Providence and stayed with a friend at Brown University and came back on the train on Sunday There isn't a lot to do on Saturday night if you don't drink; sometimes there are concerts with little-known bands or movie nights but a lot of the weekend "out" culture revolves around getting drunk If I go off campus I go to coffee shops, restaurants, or different shopping places in the area; it's really easy to get to the train station so if I want to go to Boston or Providence I have little trouble doing so

drinking; party life can be dull

Sports games usually have a small but intense faction of students. Parties are in the dorms or campus center, and are a lot of fun. The south dorms are typically more social.

ACapella (I know it sounds so lame) are actually really really great. It depends on the floor. Last year my door was never closed but now it's rarely open. Athletic events are only popular if the team is doing well. Guest speakers? like really? Theater actually does really well. I met my closest friends freshman year. they all lived either in my room, down the hall or a floor above me, and it was probably the luckiest thing that ever happened to me. If I'm awake at 2 am on a goddamn Tuesday it's probably because my STUPID senior neighbors are up partying, screaming, running down the halls, blaring music and slamming doors. OH and throwing bottles and cans down the hall. FLORALIA IS THE GREATEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE WORLD. IT IS MAGIC. AND LOVE. People party generally only thursdays and saturdays. unless they are my fucking neighbors. then it's every day. Last weekend I had a party for a friend on thursday: made the accident of bartending and can't remember the last few hours of my night HENCE spent saturday sober but i still went out. You could go see a movie, go shopping with friends....or just go out and not drink? Off campus = shopping, food, movies? beach occasionally.

Most everyone (that I know, at least) either is in, or knows people in, most of the clubs and organizations on campus. Tragically, most of them are pretty stupid. I have, at various points, been briefly involved in Student Government, the environmentalist group, and a few others, but I am currently doing none of those because they mostly consisted of people sitting around tables discussing how "things should be done," and "let's just get out there," and - god help me control my disgust - "spreading awareness" (fake activism is fingernails on the chalkboard of my mind). Students in dorms generally leave their doors open on Thursday and Saturday to facilitate easy access to the bathroom vomit repositories, but other than that, especially in big dorms like the Plex, it's like walking through a prison or a hospital. Athletic events are middlingly popular, guest speakers usually don't get any kind of audience (possibly because we don't have any well-known or interesting ones, as a general rule), although Theater and Dance both tend to draw crowds (sometimes even deservedly!). Conn College does not have a dating scene. There's a drunken hook-up scene. There's an occasionally-let's-hold-a-dance scene. But no dating scene. I met my closest friend here in high school, and all of my other close friends have been people I've run into classes (the occasional shining star in the sea of willful blind ignorance) or in my dorm. If I'm awake a 2am on a Tuesday, I'm probably working or watching a movie. Traditions and events that happen each year aren't really traditions or events, just labels for that week's drinking. One exception is Camelypics, which also throws in arbitrary and mostly boring competitions between dorms, but that's about it. People don't party too often besides Thursdays and Saturdays, but damn if they don't make up for lost time when they do - thank god there are no frats. Last weekend, I watched a movie or two, had dinners with friends, generally hung out, and then spent Sunday studying for a test. Saturday night events without drinking? I'll get back to you. Leaving campus is a blessed relief for me, because I only do it when I'm going home (because the only other things to do are go to a mediocre mall or a decent theater).