University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Top Questions

I'm not sure, but I'm involved with WXYC radio. Students here leave their dorms open so I feel welcome to chill with them. Athletic events, mainly football and men's basketball, are the most popular. I do not really follow other events here because they don't get much attention. Guest speakers are popular as well because the ones I have went to have been jam packed with interested students. Certain traditions I enjoy are the naked runners during exam week. The police should not stop them at all. I also enjoy the Halloween parties on Franklin street as well as the event after a win against Duke. Greek life here is also popular, nearly everyone does it.

Fraternities and Basketball and Carolina Fever Pi Lamda Phi is amazing no very probably yes dating is everywhere i went to high school with them im not awake at 2 am on a tuesday fall fest, unc > duke game people party hard fraternities are everything hung out at the fraternity movies, pool, etc. go home

There was always a game to watch, a club to join, or a workshop to attend.

The greek scene is pretty awesome. There are a lot of good fraternities. I would highly reccommend joining one.

Campus Y is very prominent on campus, it is a service foundation. Carolina Fever is also very popular because it is a student sports fan club. I am very involved with Intervarsity, a Christian organization of about 300 students. It is just one of the many, and we focus on creating raw, intentional relationships to bless every corner of campus. People in my dorm frequently have doors open to their rooms, and are very welcoming. Friends are always visiting us, or we are visiting them. Athletic events are the main gathering of students. Everyone loves them, especially men's basketball. I met my closest friends on my dorm hall and through Intervarsity. If I am awake at 2 am on Tuesday, I am doing homework or cramming for a test, etc... Living in a substance free dorm, I never drink, so I usually watch movies with friends, have spontaneous dance parties, or just hang out with friends on saturday nights. Last Saturday, I went Salsa dancing, which was so much fun, and free! I don't have a car on campus, so I don't get off campus much, but when I do, it's normally for dinner, or shopping with friends.

The biggest clubs (membership-wise) are probably athletic clubs and religious clubs. Basketball is almost a religion. Big nights to go out are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with Friday usually being house-party nights. As an underclassman (meaning under 21) house or frat parties are usually where people go. If you aren't a part of the Greek community, people don't really go to frat parties after freshman year. It is not necessary at all to be Greek to have a social life. Over 21 is very much bar scene with everything being located on Franklin Street (the main street in town on the edge of campus). Most people meet their close friends during freshman and sophomore years usually by people living in their dorms. Majority move off campus their junior year. There are plenty of events on campus (movies, speakers, theatre, etc) that people can go to that don't involve partying. People like to go out and have fun yet get their work done, avoiding the reputation of a party school.

It's really hard to pick out a most popular organization on campus since I think we have over 500. But the Carolina Union Activities Board hosts a lot of special events and speakers, so it's name is mentioned a lot. I'm involved in Alpha Phi Omega, which is a co-ed service fraternity. Each member is required to do at least 25 hours of community service each semester, but we also have lots of social events too. There are about 150 active members in it right now. Dorm life here is very social. I leave my dorm room door open most of the time when I'm in it and not sleeping. Some of my best friends lived in my dorm suite last year and I'm also really close with my suite mates this year. Athletic events are extremely popular, especially both mens and womens basketball. Most of our teams have excellent programs, which also draw a lot of spectators. Although our football team isn't very good, their games are a huge deal too. We have many guest speakers here on campus. I'm actually seeing Will Ferrell in the Dean Dome tonight! Lewis Black was here last weekend. There are also many special academic speakers that come here too promoting their books and projects. All of these events I've been too have been intriguing and I encourage others to go to them. I've never been to see any plays here on campus, but many of my friends do. However, I go to see a lot of musical artists on campus and in the Chapel Hill area. I just bought a ticket to see Iron & Wine at Memorial Hall on campus yesterday. Many of the bars and clubs around campus host music artists, like the Local 506, and Cat's Cradle. I've been to several shows at Cat's Cradle. It's in Carrboro, but it's just a 20-minute walk down Franklin St. The dating scene isn't fantastic here. The male to female ratio isn't in girls' favor. I've met some of my closest friends through dorm life, my smaller classes and APO. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I'm probably watching a movie with my roommate or doing homework. However, if I'm awake at 2am on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday I'm probably out at a party or bar, and heading towards a restaurant on Franklin St. Late Night with Roy happens every year to celebrate the beginning of basketball season. It's always on a Friday night in the Dean Dome and gets everyone excited for the basketball season. The mens' and women's basketball teams dance and put on skits for the crowd. It's a lot of fun for everyone. If our men's basketball team beats Duke (either at home or at Duke) students rush Franklin St. and light bonfires to celebrate. The town shuts off Franklin St. to traffic in anticipation of this and news helicopters shoot live footage from overhead. It's a big deal. The last day of spring semester classes are also a big deal. Everyone goes out to celebrate. Last year I was in small frat court and some guys were shooting off fireworks. Last weekend I went out both Friday and Saturday night. I went to an APO party Friday night to celebrate the pledge initiation. Saturday night, I went to a friend's party at her town house in honor of Britney Spears' sixth time in rehab. I love dressing up and going to theme parties. I go to them quite frequently actually. Thursday night is also a big night for partying here. Fraternities and sororities are important here if you're in one. If you're not then you either hate them or just go to frat parties to drink their alcohol for free. A lot of frats have hall crawls at the beginning of the semester to gather interest for their organization and these are very popular. On any given weekend night you can walk by frat court or little frat court and find a party to go to. On Saturday nights, CUAB hosts events in the Union like free movies. There are always a lot of concerts going on in the area too. Campus organizations that are geared away from drinking have a lot of events to cater to this crowd on weekends. There's always something to do here that doesn't involve drinking. I go off campus to eat, shop, and go to concerts. There are lots of places to go to in the town, and nearby Raleigh and Durham.

There is a tremendous amount of social opportunity at UNC. While most students are not Greek, everyone loves a Frat party, and our house is always alive on the weekends. Athletic events always draw huge crowds, although some sports are underappreciated. UNC also attracts a great number of speakers, though they are rarely advertised sufficiently, leading to a lot of missed opportunities.

One thing I will say about UNC, great as it is: If you are a single female, the dating scene is AWFUL! You will not get your 'Mrs.' here. You probably won't even have a boyfriend (if you do he'll be at Duke or NC State). We have a 65{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} to 35{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} ratio working against us, and a good many of that 35 are gay. The upside is, you'll have plenty of gay friends to go clubbing and shopping with. The downside is competition is intense - girls here are known for wearing makeup and doing their hair to go to the gym, which many visit twice or more a day. As a result, both campus gyms are usually packed to the rafters. Even so, drunken party hookups are pretty common, just don't arrive in Chapel Hill expecting or even hoping for a relationship or even a date. Because it's a state school and because so many people here are from Raleigh or Charlotte, a lot of people stay close with their high school friends. About 50 or 60 people from my graduating class came here. This can make it tough but not impossible for out of state or international students to make friends; you just have to pick a handfull of organizations and get to know people. If you're out of state and rich enough to enjoy things like wine, cheese, and golf, your best bet is probably Greek life. The cool thing is, whether you're a pot-smoking lesbian hippie or country club debutante, everyone is into basketball. Our football team is usually pretty bad, but nobody really cares because mens basketball is usually awesome, and made better by our legendary rivalry with Duke, less than 10 miles down the road. The home game against them is one of the biggest events all year. Any time we beat them everybody storms Franklin St and anything that's not nailed down gets set on fire. Halloween is a similarly huge deal, though they don't allow fires anymore and there's been an increasing police presence in recent years in response to some unsavory characters migrating over from Durham to make trouble and hash out gang rivalries. They close down Franklin St. as they would for a victory over Duke, and everyone goes out in costume and gets plastered. People come from all over the state; it's one of the biggest street parties around.