Gonzaga University Top Questions

I'm not sure what the most popular ones would be just because we have so many! There's GUSR which works with special needs adults, Gonzaga Outdoors, Man's Best Friend which is a club that works closely with shelters in the area, GSBA which is the very comprehensive student government, and a lot of cultural groups as well. Really, everyone can find something their interested in within all the clubs and groups on campus.

Intramural sports. Attending basketball games.

There are always activities going on through out the campus whether it be throwing a frisbe around or playing soccer with your friends. There is always something to do. Last year i lived in the all freshman dorm and i cannot remember a time where more than 10 doors in my hall were closed.

If you're not really social by the time you come to Gonzaga, you will be by the time first semester ends. It's impossible to not get involved in something. Students are encouraged to leave their doors open so that they can meet new people. I've met some of my closest friends through classes and others through various groups and activities. A group I'm a part of is GUTS, Gonzaga University Theatre Sports. It's Gonzaga's comedy improv group; instead of working from a script, we make it all up based solely off of suggestions from the audience. I'd never done something like that before and now I love it. And because of the number of talks I've had from some of the members (a majority of which are theatre majors), I've given serious thought about taking up a theatre arts minor. There are no fraternities or sororities on campus, but that doesn't stop strong bonds from forming in certain dorms. The dorm I'm in has a fraternity-like bond and we are like brothers. We look out for each other and we support each other. Parties do happen on a regular basis, but at Gonzaga, if you choose not to, that's perfectly fine. I never partied and I've never had anyone give me crap about it. Nobody really pressures you into partying. You do, cool; you don't, also cool.

So the Kennel Club is a MUST. It is the student club for the basketball team and they organize the shirts that we wear for the games. If you don't join, you will not understand Gonzaga. I am also involved in Thirst, which is a nondenominational worship service completely run by students. It is really relaxed and basically we all goof off mostly, but it is also really refreshing. I am also an Resident Assistant so i am in charge of 30-50 freshmen in the dorms. Everyone keeps their doors open, which is great to meet people and to have fun. St. Cathreine/St. Monica (CM) is the biggest coed freshmen dorm and I HIGHLY encourage you to go there cause it is really crazy and a lot of fun. There are no sororites or faternites, but there is the Knights and Setons which is a group of 30 girls/30 guys who are Sophomores. They are selected after a period of rushing. The group is designed under the title of a community service group, but they have the reputation of partying a little more than serving. Anyway, a great group of girls and guys who have done AMAZING things for the community and raised a LOT of money for different organizations.

Social life is what you make it. The dorms are where most of the friendships are formed and if you get stuck in a dorm with few of peers then you have to make a larger effort to meet people. there are plenty of school sponsored activities and plenty of non sponsored school activities to join.

I lived in Goller (a suite style dorm) for my first two years, and it was a blast. I made some really close friends and I got paired with what turned out to be probably the best roommate I could ever get. For the first year, our suite door was always open and we were always looking to meet new people. But our second year, we all moved in and kept our suite door closed all year. During your freshmen year you'll meet a bunch of different people, and by your sophomore year you pretty much know who you really want to spend your time with. Since GU's supposed to be a dry campus, the parties take place behind closed suite and bedroom doors. Depending on your RAs, the parties can be more open or more secluded. We had really fun RAs the first year, and pretty retarded RAs the second year. So hope for some good ones. There are no frats or sororities at GU, which I think is awesome. Frat kids are way too into themselves. There's a pseudo-frat group at GU called the knights, but anyone who isn't a knight would agree that they're all tools. But anyway, the student life at GU is a blast, and you'll definitely have a good time no matter what you're in to.

It's all about Gonzaga basketball. It's a small enough school in a small enough town that it doesn't get the kind of music and speaking events that many schools get. House parties are pretty common, but there is no Greek system.

Since I transferred in as a junior I don't have that many extra-curricular activities however I have attended a few parties off campus, a dance or two on campus as well as some basketball, baseball and some inner-mural sporting events. I do not live on campus so the dorm life is something that I don't know all too much about, however my friend lives in the dorms and I have spent time there. The dorm that she lived in this past school year was nice and so many of the girls on the floor were friends that doors were always open and people were coming and going from all different rooms. Gonzaga does not have a greek system so fraternities and sororities are not important to the student body. There is a business fraternity that is for guys and girls but other than that we don't have a greek system which I really enjoy. I think that if Gonzaga were to have a greek system the students might become corrupt with alcohol use among other things. This is not to say that parties off campus don't have alcohol, they do and a great deal of students that attend those parties do drink but so many of the students also know how to have just as good a time without drinking.

Students in my first year always left their doors open, and in my hall, we became a great group of friends. As one of my friends put it, it was like a fraternity, without the dumb fraternity sterotype to go along with it.