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There is little party life discernable on campus, save that which is well hidden from those who aren't part of the well heeled Southern aristocracy. If you happen to be in a frat or happen to have a friend or two that is, you may see parties with beer, bongs and inappropriate touching. It appears that training at Samford well prepares an individual for a life of hypocrisy and strict adherence to double standards. I recently saw pictures from a dinner party at "Chris' place", which turned out to be a condo that looked like it had been decorated by someone's wealthy grandmother. How often do you run into a college sophomore whose condo is decorated with Stickley, Ethan Allen and Thomasville? The highlight of the party? A spray fest with the sink sprayer. Subsequent photos showed the zany party goers dutifully daubing the water off the walls.

Like before, religious groups are huge. The party scene is minimal, but there is one. Extremely underground. 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of Samford's population are closet drinkers. Drinking can occur in the dorms of frat houses, nearby colleges, or clubs that serve to the underage. Everything is kept hush, hush. A typical Saturday night would consist of a dinner and a movie. Can get boring - REAL fast. Unless you're in athletics or greek, be prepared to not meet the opposite sex. Visitation and single sexed dorms don't help. Samford has athletics.. but not very good ones, and people tend to not get that excited about them. People will go camping, watch movies, or volunteer for some organization on weekends.

Although, there is not a whole lot to do on the weekends, students have learned to create their own fun...Birmingham has a lot to do, including a cool music scene, but you have to be creative and proactive.

The most popular groups and organizations on campus are the sororities and fraternities, and the many academic and service honor societies that Samford offers. I was very involved with the Pre-medical Honor Society and that was very influential in my life because I learned all I needed to know about being a competitive applicant to medical school on top of getting cheap science books from members of the society, as well as great advice for the MCAT. Social Life at Samford occurs mainly in the cafeteria and the quad. I met all of my best friends in the cafeteria. During the weekends, most people go to nearby cities such as Atlanta and Nashville. People stay up late, and you will easily find students running or playing at 2 am around Samford's campus. Dancing is quite popular, and on Saturday nights you will find one third of Samford salsa dancing at Work Play. If you love good music and theatre, you will love our Fine Arts deparment because they are always coming out with amazing productions such as the Secret Garden, Cinderella, operas, etc. If you get tired of being in Birmingham, you can easily drive to the beach, Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans, and other places because they are all failry close to Samford. I am sure that every weekend you will find something fun to do. I

Since my freshman year I have been apart of nothing on campus. You are required to live on campus until your are 21, married, or live with your parents (but if you tell the university you live at home, you can move easily). After my sophomore year I got an apartment with friends (not Samford students) and saved a considerable amount of money by not paying the $3,000 per semester dorm fees. There are some clubs and groups but I have not familiarized myself with any of them. I have been invited to several root beer kegers, yes they have a keg of root beer, but declined. Recently a new gymnasium has been built with a great weight room, other than that and class, I’m no where near campus.

I am in a sorority at Samford and I love it. Its a great way to meet new friends, get involved at Samford and in the surrounding communities. Birmingham is a great city to go out and have fun in on the weekends. There are tons of cute bistros and such in the suberbs outside birmingham.

Greek life is HUGE on campus and if you are not involved you often times feel left out. ( i joined my sophmore year so I know). Samford I believe is really really lacking in activies for students to do on the weekends. The whole campus shuts down, literally shuts down. There are never events or anything planned for the students on the weekends. Even during the week samford activities are extremly lacking. Intramurals are HUGE on campus so many students take part in that. I met my closest friends my freshmen year we all lived on the same hall togather. That's one great thing about Samford their freshmen experience and programs are amazing!! Not much partying goes on on campus however, many students just take it off campus. Drinking does occur more than you think.

The campus itself is only "alive" during the week. It seems a lot of people go out of town on weekends, which was kind of weird/hard the first two years I lived on campus. Despite this, my friends and I always found something to do, and it was kind of nice to have some "quiet" on the weekends when everyone was gone. A lot of people are in sororities and fraternities. The Greek program is really strong, but often has a negative connotation with those not invovled (but most schools experience this).

As I said earlier Greek Life is a major part of the social scene on campus. Other areas people like to get involved in are Chritian college ministries: UCF, Campus Outreach, and RUF. It is a wonder that Samford does not yet have a BCM. There are plenty of athletic events and plenty of famous speakers are brought in to give lectures. The dating scene can be a little tricky because these days people like to get to know each other in group outings first but as a general rule, the people here really do want to date. The party scene here usually involves either Greek Life, going off campus, or Christian groups.

I'm involved with Phi Mu as well as Campus Ministries. I love the theater but rarely go to sporting events. Dating scene? what dating scene? I met my closest friends through Phi Mu and just through other friends. If Im awake at 2 on a Tues then I'm either finishing a paper or (most likely) talking to me roommates!! Other than sorority functions, Ive yet to go to a campus party. You can do everything without drinking! We love to go to the dollar theater.