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i don't really know what the most popular ones are. i am involved with Alpha Phi Omega which is a nationally recognized coed service fraternity. i don't live in a dorm. i've never gone to an athletic event. depending on the guest speaker they are popular especially if extra credit is offered. theatre productions vary on the reviews and familiarity of the production, also attendance is higher if extra credit is offered. don't know much about the dating scene, i have only dated 2 people while being here. i have met my closest friends through Alpha Phi Omega, classes, and through other friends. i would be studying or not able to fall asleep at 2am on a tuesday. homecoming in the fall and sugarcup in the spring. it depends on the person, some people party all the time while others rarely if ever party. i usually go out one maybe two nights a week. it depends on if you are a part of a fraternity/sorority or not. to those who are involved they are important and for those not involved not so important except for when looking for a place to party. last weekend i went home and worked all weekend. there are usually events on campus that are pretty fun. i live off campus, you can eat, go out, see movies, go to parks.

Hockey team is pretty popular on campus. Biased of course, involved with IUP hockey, Lasting Impressions PR group and The Penn- student newspaper. All good organizations that are active, beneficial and look good on resumes. Athletic events don't seem to be too popular. I don't think too many people really care about them. Guess speakers or theatre don't seem to be too rousing around these parts. Dating- not bad. A lot of good looking girls around the town, but you gotta watch out for the STD's I've been told. Met my closest friends through classes in journalism and the hockey team. If I'm awake at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, which is extremely rare, I'm probably applying for jobs online. Homecoming and reading day are pretty wild times each year on the academic calendar. People hit the bottle frequently. It seems there's always some drinking to be done, although I usually reserve fun for the weekends, other go at it 4-5 times a week. I think fraternities and sororities are stupid, so I'm not the guy to answer that question. I drank last weekend...a lot. You can hangout with friends on a Saturday. If not, I'm usually watching hockey. Off campus I go to the bars and hangout with friends at their places.

@am on Tuesday, your probably writing a paper that is due Wednesday at 8 am. Football games are fun to go to. People vary from partying 7 days a week to not partying at all, you just got to find your type.

IUP has alot .. i mean alot of activites for anyone

The most popular groups are they sororities and frats.

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i don't get involved much with the activities on campus so i am not the best person to answer this question. on the weekends i just like to hang out, shop, go see movies, and get homework done.

international organizations, fraternities. The India Student Association - all students from India actively participate and we have movie shows, parties, and cultural events once a semester. No idea. Most events are house-fulls. People are actively involved. From class or parties. Probably doing an assignment. Homecoming, business day, unity day. Maybe once a week on average. pretty important. Went out of town to New Jersey. Maybe go bowling or play pool or just relax at home. Nothing much.

In dorms, there is an unwritten rule: the open door policy. That's how many people meet their friends when they are freshmen, new to the school. Recently I attended a speech given by Cornel West, and it was surprisingly packed. And I mean packed. There was standing room only. Speeches don't seem to be popular when speaking with random students, yet they often attract hordes of people. I guess it depends on who the speaker is and how many professors are requiring attendance. People party all the time. You could probably walk down the street any given night and run across a party. But the most celebrated party days begin with "Thirsty Thursday" and end with Saturday. Sororities and fraternities enjoy a self-proclaimed importance. They are only important to the people who are in them. The girls walk around with their bags with their greek letters sewn on, and the boys all wear the hoodies, also with the greek letters. Many of the people I talk to think it's ridiculous, a waste of time and money, but of course there are the people who enjoy it too.