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Freshmen students leave dorm room doors open, upperclass dorms - NO. Athletic events popular, guest speakers are kind of cool, Mary Wash does have some GREAT concerts! I'm talking Ok Go, The Plain White T's, and....LUPE FIASCO!!!

I am a member of Students for a Democratic Society, and we have about 30 members with 4 different subgroups, called working groups. I would say we are probably the largest activist group on campus, and we have people connected from all sorts of different clubs and organizations. We have people from Animal Rights Club, Ecology Club, Anarchist Social Theory Club, Labor Rights Club, Human Rights Club, Student Organizations United for Progress, People for the Rights of Individuals and Sexual Minorities, etc. We are also pretty diverse in our backgrounds and beliefs, but we all share and work on a common goal of bringing power back to the people, but we focus mostly on student issues that interlock all of our campaigns. We are a pretty active campus. We don't have much in the way of sports other than a pretty active rugby team. There is only one fraternity, and most people think it is a joke, or a ploy for horny guys to hook up with Freshmen girls.

There are tons and tons of student clubs on campus! There is a club for everything it seems like and you see what they do all over campus. Clubs are great common grounds for meeting friends. I met a lot of my friends in class after realizing they lived in the same dorm as me. We would hang out in our dorms and socialize with other residents. My door was always open and people stopped in freely. I loved that! On the weekends my friends and I would go downtown, to the mall, or central park. We would also go to parties. Greek life isn't technically allowed on campus but we have one fraternity and one new sorority. Parties are a good place to meet people and there isn't a lot of pressure when you're at them. Just go, meet some new people, dance, and have fun.

Dorms communities: Freshman year is typically the year that everyone leaves their doors open. Unless you get an air conditioned building. (AC helps the first three weeks, but isn't so great the rest of the year). Usually, the next years you keep your doors closed, and hang out with your own group of friends. Some buildings are more open (in the way that they seem more like a community with open doors) than others (Alvey and WIllard - closed; Custis and Ball - open) I met my closests friends from religious group. There is the BCM and the Grace Campus ministries (they provide free dinners once a week!!) and I got involved in a bible study group. I also went on a missions trip out of the country for Spring Break.

most popular groups are soccer and basketball, students leave their doors open freshman year and their friend base becomes smaller the door closes more and more, met most of my friends through rugby, the frat is stupid it is not real, saturday night is always drinking or hanging out with the girlfriend after the game

i am on the umw equestrian team and may i say we are the best team in the country:) we finished 7th in the nation would have been alot higher if i didnt mess up but anyways the team is amazing. i ahve meet some really great friends on it. I feel like i am part of something at school may riding teams are not sports btu at mary wash we r a recognized cersity sport which makes us feel included. in the doorms we left our doors open for a while but as we all made our friends we stopped leaving our door open because we wanted our privacy. The athletic events are well known. i mostly went to the baseball and rugby games, but the basketball and volleyball are quit popular. the dating scene is fine there are not alot of creepers , even though there is alot of gay guys there is a equal amount of cute single boys................traditions- there is the one day where we pull pranks on all the juniors and then there is initiation for soccer and basesball and rugby which is sooooo funny...faternities are not important they are quit gross so dont go to them...ewwy... we party alll the time:) and its really easy to find booze most of the time haha

We're big into rugby and soccer. Every event on campus has a big turn out because of the community values of support. My best friends were my freshman year dorm-mates, and we could find a great group to go out or hang out and chat 24/7. You can find rippers, but they're definately not everything here. There are always bands, karaoke, etc....

There is a broad array of clubs and NCAA sports teams, as well as club sports. Athletic events usually draw a crowd and are usually accompanied by parties. Dorm life is enjoyable and is how I met most of my close friends along with my girlfriend. People are always out and about and doors are often open. If you're a guy UMW is an oasis of feminine beauty. The school is about 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} female so dating is easy, girls I'm afraid you wont have it as easy on the UMW dating scene.

The most popular clubs/organizations on campus are COAR (Community Outreach and Resources) and SHH (Students Helping Honduras). Freshman year, people left their doors open. After that doors generally stayed closed. Althetic events, except for the games on Homecoming day and some of the basketball games, are generally not very popular. Theater productions are also not popular. While I'm sure the students in the theater department work very hard, there is a general conception that the department lacks talent. The dating scene sucks. Too many girls, not enough guys. I met my closest friends my freshman and sophomore years. One was my roommate, three others lived on my hall my freshman year, four others I met through mutual friends my Sophomore year. If I was awake at 2am on a Tuesday my freshman or sophomore year, I was probably hanging out with friends. If I was awake at 2 am on a Tuesday my junior or seniors years, I was definitely studying for a test or even more likely writing a paper at the last minute. People usually party on the weekend. In general, most student really care about their grades and academics. UMW is a Greek-free campus, so fraternities and sororities don't play a part in campus life....unless you count the fake Frat.

The most popular groups here on campus would be the sports teams. If we are talking about club wise then it would be Giant and Class Council. On a Saturday night you can go to a cheap seats movie for one dollar.