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Greek Life is big on campus. My best decision I have made thus far in college is joining a Sorority. Not only do you become closer to the girls in your own chapter, but you gain a sense of belonging in a campus community. Greek life consists of almost over 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the whole campus. If you are not involved in greek life, there are other opportunities going on. There are plays, recitals, Thwing Tuesdays, RHA events and other student group events constantly going on. It is what you make of it.

I'm the editor of The Athenian, a humor magazine on campus. It gives people a place to just write satirical, goofy, outlandish things about Case or the outside world. Even if we don't get a lot of submissions, our readership is strong - we're the second most popular publication on campus, only falling behind the weekly newspaper.

If you want to have a social life, you can. I am the President of Dhamakepella, the South East Asian fusion a capella group, and we meet twice a week to rehearse, in addition to performing at different events around campus. Meeting people is easiest during freshman year, and I made all my closest friends then. Greek life is a huge part of the Case campus, so 1 in 3 students who come here will go greek.

I'm involved with the Case Footlighters, Case's completely student-run musical theater group. Also I'm a Civil Engineering major, I feel more close and at-home with this student group than any other group on campus, including the Case chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Footlighters actually doesn't have any Theater majors in it....we're composed of people who have chosen to do something else for their career but have still retained their love of musical theater. This semester we put on Chicago and sold out all of our performances. I played Amos Hart, also known as Mr. Cellophane. It was a great experience and best of all, one of my Civil Engineering professors was in attendance.

One of the most common buzzwords that can be found on this campus is the "Case Community." I have lived on this campus for four years. There is nothing terribly communal about this community. Many of the large social groups on campus want nothing to do with each other, unless there is a personal connection of some kind. We divide up in our freshman year into our socio-econo-ethnic group and have nothing to do with each other for the next three years. The doors in our residence halls lock automatically. Passcards are required to go anywhere. Finding quiet study space is nearly impossible, and there is always some reason for someone to kick you out of where you are.

Though the campus is a bit isolated by a surrounding bad neighborhood and lack of functional public transportation, the prevalence of bars and restaurants certainly helps the atmosphere. Being willing to venture into other parts of Cleveland, which has numerous wonderful areas for day- and night-life is essential, but, sadly, many students don't seem to have realized this.

They have them ... I was in a sorority, hated it, no longer affiliated. I thought that I needed some extra social life to make me feel more connected to Case's "social world" but after being in the sorority, I realized that maybe it wasn't the way I wanted to meet new people. I'm not about competing for people to like me enough to "pick" me to be in THEIR sorority! It's just a beauty contest how you look is what sorority wants you!

You have to look for it, but there are always things to do. Most weekends you go out, but there is always a week that you just have to stay in and work. Greek like is pretty strong here, but you don't have to be a part of it to have fun. There are parties on and off campus that are easy to get to. There are tons of great clubs as well. The theater groups puts on plays every other month and there is a free student improve show every weekend. Case brings in a wide range of speakers.

Greek life is very popular. The football team did darn well this year, but we all know that the ultimate frisbee team, The Fighting Gobies, is the true show in town. As I just said, I am a Fighting Goby/ie, so yeah. Students in Raymond, my dorm, do leave their doors open. It's great. The dating scene is bizarre. The times when dating seems the best is the times when classes body slam you, leading to many failed attempts and confusion. People party highly infrequently, which I am very cool with. Fraternies/sororities are probably the most important groups on this campus. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I'm either doing work, on a Facebook discussion group talking about religion or gun control, playing Brawl at my fraternity, or going on a Thought Walk. Can't forget the Thought Walk.

Greek Life is a very important part of campus. Over 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of campus is Greek and our Greek organizations win prizes all over the world. For something like the past 5 years our Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Congress have received top awards in our district for our Greek system. Greeks at Case perform over 365 days worth of service and service-related activities each year. I met my closest friends in the Greek Life system-- and not all in my sorority. The chapters aren't nearly as competitive with each other as they could be and there is an air of unity in everything we do. Athletic events are growing popularity. Our football team actually won our district title this year and went to playoffs. People used to be surprised we even had one. Our mens and womens swimming and diving teams are nationally recognized as are our track and field and cross-country teams. We have amazing athletes here and all of them are also excelling in the class-room. Each year, the campus holds Springfest, Greek Carnival, Hudson Relays (a 26 mile relay race around campus competing between class years), Greek Week, Homecoming, Alumni Weekend, Snow Ball, and a ton of other smaller traditions. This year we have also brought Relay for Life to Campus and it is a smashing success.

Social life? What social life? There's nothing to do on campus and it's pretty difficult to get places without a car. So, if you want to have fun here, you either drink in your room, or you drink in your room and then go to the frat houses (most of their parties are "dry", which means pre-gaming is a widely practiced activity). A huge number of students here go greek, so it's a big part of the campus. The pretty girls usually have boyfriends already, and the ugly girls mostly are only interested in studying, so dating is pretty non-existent here.

I am in Alpha Chi Sigma, which is a great organization. Students are very involved in student activities, but not as much in social life.

the group that i am the most involved with is alpha phi omega, which is a national co-ed service fraternity. there are a lot of pre-med groups and other academic groups. i met all of my close friends randomly though, not in clubs. there are a lot more fraternities than sororities on campus. people party every weekend, but there are other people who never party. if i'm awake at 2 am on a school night, which is pretty much every school night, i'm usually doing homework.

Greek life is 1/3 of the campus. I think that for some people it's there best way to make lifelong friends. People can always find a party on the weekend, and if you want to party during the week, you just have to know the right people or better yet, people with the easy major. However, is drinking isn't your thing, and you don't want to be in a frat/sorority, there are so many different interest groups, that I'm sure you could find something you liked, and there is always a show, whether it be theater or improv, or Asian Studies, or LGBT events, and they welcome everyone in the Case community. Case is extremely friendly and inviting.

Parties here suck. I'm largely unaware of most organizations around here. I don't think anyone really has a lot of time for extra activities. I'm familiar with the fraternity DKE because they are one of the few fraternities full of Case-types (not frat boy types). People study on the weekends so everything is a bit more low-key. As far as dating...near impossible. There aren't many people here who are interested or interesting. They make fantastic friends, but it's hard to meet someone you really have a connection with. Plus, everyone's so busy, they can't squeeze a real relationship into their schedules. People tend to be either too arrogant to date or too quite and shy.

If you want it, tou can find it, though it may not be as pervasive as on other campuses.

Case has a group of people that seem to be in everything and a group of people that seem to be in nothing. If you look for it, there is always something to be doing. Most people don't go far off campus because of the area, but on campus there are always movies, cultural dinners, and friends hanging out in the dorms. Living off campus can be rewarding too, as Little Italy and Coventry might as well be part of Case's campus.

The athletics are on the rise here. Fraternities/sororities are important if you want them to be. You don't need to be in to belong. If you don't feel like drinking on a night, go to movie on Campus, hang out with friends in the dorm, or always catch up on some work that you're more than likely going to have.

My closest friends are in Greek Life, and for females, if you do not join freshman year in formal recruitment, you often don't see your friends anymore. For men, it's not as important to join immediately or at all, but if you're going to join, do it early - you build better bonds with your brothers. I am often not as involved in groups as I want to be because of the overwhelming amount of school work that hits me in addition to my fraternity duties as President.

I went greek. I think that was a great choice. Social life outside of greek life is really a mixed bag though. It all depends on who you know and who you hang out with.