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The most popular student activities are probably athletic events. Nothing beats going to historic Allen Fieldhouse with 16,000 of your closes friends and experiencing the best home court advantage in college basketball. The vibe of the university kind of rises and falls with athletics. However, many students enjoy other things as well. Notorious speakers are brought in and can be viewed by students for free. There are also $2 movie nights in the Union, a popular student activity. If you are looking to watch a movie, there is free cosmic bowling Friday and Saturday night at the bowling alley in the Kansas Union. This is just a handful of the many opportunities that KU presents to their students!

The most popular student activities are probably athletic events. Nothing beats going to historic Allen Fieldhouse with 16,000 of your closes friends and experiencing the best home court advantage in college basketball. The vibe of the university kind of rises and falls with athletics. However, many students enjoy other things as well. Notorious speakers are brought in and can be viewed by students for free. There are also $2 movie nights in the Union, a popular student activity. If you are looking to watch a movie, there is free cosmic bowling Friday and Saturday night at the bowling alley in the Kansas Union. This is just a handful of the many opportunities that KU presents to their students!

The weekend begins on Thursday night for a lot of people when students usually go out dancing. A lot of people go to "Dollar Night" at The Hawk on Wednesday too. The Hawk is the most popular bar that students go to and a large amount of students have fake ID's to get into the bars before they are 21. Many students go to house parties or fraternity parties on Friday nights. People flock to Mass Street to see a music performance, eat dinner, hang out at a coffee shop, or go to a bar. Alcohol is pretty much embedded into campus life, but if you do not drink there are always a lot of activities going on. Students like to bowl or watch movies at the student union. The student union also hosts fun events like KU's best dance crew and speed dating. The Lied Center on west campus attracts renown speakers and broadway shows. Athletic events are huge at KU. During the fall everyone goes to the football games. During the winter basketball games are insane. KU has one of the nations top college basketball programs and students camp out for hours and days before games in hopes of getting the best seats. The atmosphere at Allen Fieldhouse is incredible. Singing the alma mater and rock chalk chant with the student body before games is a tradition unlike any other in college sports. Greek life is fairly big at KU. I believe around 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are involved, so Greek life isn't so big that it dominates campus social life. The people I know in fraternities and sororities enjoy them. I have met friends in classes and at random places like in line for something. The majority of my friends I met in my dorm freshmen year. Each dorm has its own perks and the rooms vary greatly from dorm to dorm. Everyone keeps their doors open and has an open policy for coming in their rooms. Regarding relationships, people seem to either be in a serious connected to the hip kind of relationship or just randomly hooking up. There is not a lot of casual dating that goes around. More juniors and seniors are in serious relationships than freshmen and sophomores.

The weekend begins on Thursday night for a lot of people when students usually go out dancing. A lot of people go to "Dollar Night" at The Hawk on Wednesday too. The Hawk is the most popular bar that students go to and a large amount of students have fake ID's to get into the bars before they are 21. Many students go to house parties or fraternity parties on Friday nights. Many students go to Mass Street to see a music performance, eat dinner, hang out at a coffee shop, or go to a bar. Students also like to bowl or watch movies at the student union. The student union also hosts fun events like KU's best dance crew and speed dating. The Lied Center on west campus attracts renown speakers and broadway shows. Athletic events are huge at KU. During the fall everyone goes to the football games. During the winter basketball games are insane. KU has one of the nations top college basketball programs and students camp out for hours days before games in hopes of getting the best seats for games. The atmosphere at Allen Fieldhouse is incredible. Singing the alma mater and rock chalk chant with the student body before games is a tradition unlike any other in college sports. Greek life is fairly big at KU. I believe around 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are involved so Greek life isn't so big that it dominates campus social life. The people I know in fraternities and sororities enjoy them. I have met friends in classes and at random places like in line for something. My closest friends I met at my dorm freshmen year. Each dorm has its own perks and the rooms vary greatly from dorm to dorm. Everyone keeps their doors open and has an open policy for coming in their rooms. Regarding relationships, people seem to either be in a serious connected to the hip kind of relationship or just randomly hooking up. There is not a lot of casual dating that goes around. More juniors and seniors are in serious relationships than freshmen and sophomores.

I am involved with the Multicultural Scholars Program, which not many people know about, but its a program that you apply for and if accepted they give you a scholarship, so it's really nice. Plus, you get support from your peers and you apply to the school you are in. For instance there is a journalism part of the program and a math and sciences part along with about eight-ten more sections, so when you are with your group you can all really relate to each other on classes that you're taking or have taken and you all offer each other advice and support - it's a great program to be a part of.

Kansas Basketball is the most celebrated athletic program in the city. You can usually tell when there is a home game because traffic is ridiculous. After we won the national championship in 2008 pride in the university has never been as hardcore as it is now. This year we are the number ranked basketball team in the nation and that is all that needs to be said about KU sports. I am a member of the Hispanic American Leadership Oraganization or HALO. We provide a home away from home for all the Latino and Latina students on campus. We are like a family and have meetings every Tuesday where we plan events around campus, the City of Lawrence and in the mid-west. We do a lot more than just promote our heritage, we do community service and bring big name key speakers to campus. In the early 90's our organization brought Cesar Chavez to campus to talk about civil rights. We have about 40 members are aside from school events we just like to hangout with each other and talk about how Latino we are. Drinking is a very large scene at KU along with some major drug use. That doesn't mean that you have to drink to have a good time. My friends and I get together and play football at the local parks, go downtown and eat, grill out or go dancing. Granted we usually are drinking when we hangout with each other but we are all of age. My girlfriend and I can have good time without booze. In reference to girlfriends, don't try and meet people at the bars because its just bad news bears. Try getting involved in student groups you are passionate about because usually you will find another who has the same ideals as you. That's how I found my lady, in HALO, and we have been together ever since. Honestly it is hard to find a cool girlfriend up here who is someone that you can grow with. There are hookups all over campus but if you find someone who likes you for you than I would do what I could to keep them.

Athletics are very popular, especially Mens basketball though football is growing.

There are a lot of popular things on campus; many people are involved in student senate and things like that. Others like to do intramural sports. I am one of those who is involved in the sports; I like to play ball and stay active. I also am a part of the pre-pharmacy club so that I can get an idea of what I'm up against in the next couple of years. Athletic Events are tres tres popular!! There is a big dating scene...lots of boys to choose from. My friends and I met through our schol hall...it's great! At 2am on Tuesday I'm either talking with friends or doing homework...usually talking with friends. Frats/Soroities are over-rated. Last weekend I went dancing at the club and then had a girls night with friends and had some fun. On a Saturday night you can go bowling or dancing...you can also see a movie or just go over to another person's hall to hang out. Off campus I usually go out to eat, go grocery shopping, go dancing....things like that.

Going to basketball and football games is probably the most popular activity to do. Specifically within the scholarship hall system, there are so many different social events that help you meet people. Almost any time of the day or night, you can find someone to talk to if you're sick of studying.

KU offers so many social activities that it's impossible to go to them all. SUA (Student Union Activities) is a great group that makes sure there is always something happening for students to take advantage of. In the residence halls, people often leave their doors open unless it's finals week. During that week, everyone is couped up and focused on studying.