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The Colby Outing Club is by far the most popular club on campus, but Colby Cares About Kids is also extremely active. I am in the Chorale, the largest choral group on campus. One of the music professors conducts it and auditions its members - about 70 students, male and female. We go on tour (usually to Europe) every other year, and not to be biased or anything, but we are REALLY REALLY good. Buy one of our CDs if you don't believe me. Whether you leave your door open depends on which dorm you live in. Most dorms, especially the smaller ones, are very social, and people leave their doors open for visitors whenever they are home. There are two types of relationships at Colby: longterm relationships that start to resemble marriages and hook-ups. In the longterm scenario, you sleep over at your significant other's place most nights of the week and are (ideally) exclusive. Everyone knows that you two are a couple. These relationships frequently last until one person graduates or goes abroad. The hookups are self-explanatory. No one really "dates" at Colby because it is impossible. By the time you start "dating" someone, you already know them too well to go on a "get-to-know-you" date. Also, we can't really draw on the "nearby" schools for new blood because they are too far away, and oh, did I mention that it's cold outside? Take my advice, and get yourself one of those longterm relationships so that you have a bedwarmer. I met my closest friends from living in a dorm with them or participating in the same extracurriculars as them Freshman year. I have met all my other friends since then through these initial friends. Awake on a 2am on a Tuesday? There's no doubt about it - I am frantically doing homework (or wasting precious time filling out surveys on college life). Doghead - drinking fest around St. Patty's Day Loudness - the first and last weekend of every semester Champagne on the Steps - seniors get drunk on the library steps the last day of class Last weekend, I ushered at a play for the theater department (it's my work study job) and attended a show by a "Psychic." I also watched a movie with my friends. (It was not an exciting weekend - the weekend before that I held an Old Hollywood Glamour party in my room where everyone dressed up and drank [legally!] and danced.)

The dating scene at Colby is kind of weird because it seems like couples will either date for a really long time and essentially be "married," or they're just hooking up. There's not really a middle ground. I don't really know what you would do at Colby if you didn't drink- I always wonder what chem free kids do on weekends because the social life revolves so much around alcohol. You can usually find kids who are taking the night or weekend off from drinking, but there aren't tons of kids who abstain from alcohol in general, and the ones who do generally isolate themselves. You can find kids drinking literally every night of the week, which means you have to learn to balance fun with work. A lot of the bigger traditions revolve around alcohol too, like Doghead and Champagne on the Steps.

Getting hammered for all and any events.

people party a lot, but there are also a lot of none alcoholic events that are very popular.

As I mentioned earlier, the Colby Outing Club is the biggest club on campus. Other things that people tend to be really involved in or vocal about are the Student Government Association (SGA) which represents each dorm and each grade, and the Student Planning Board (SPB) which is responsible for social activities on campus like concerts and game nights. The shows of our acapella groups are usually well-attended. In terms of teams, the biggest games to go to are definitely the hockey games. Barely anyone goes to the football games. The dating scene at Colby is an interesting one. For the most part, people are either in a serious committed relationship or just randomly hooking up with people. There isn't much of an in-between or a whole lot of "casual dating" going on. If you're awake at 2 am on a Tuesday you're probably doing homework. Or you're an alcoholic. The pub closes at 1 during the week, as does our student center, so there's really nowhere social that you can be that late unless you're at a party, and parties are pretty much saved for the weekends. Partying is a pretty significant part of the social scene at Colby. It snows here for about roughly 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the time we're on campus, so we've mastered indoor evening activities. Beer Die, a drinking game involving dice and a table, was created here and is a tradition. There aren't any frats or sororities, but there are sports teams and students who live off-campus. Your typical student will probably go out on a Friday and a Saturday night, an ambitious partier will go out Thursday. We take academics pretty seriously, though, so it's not uncommon to see people out and about and ready to work by 10 the next morning. If you're looking to do something on a Saturday night that doesn't involve drinking, your choices are limited, but they exist. SPB does something almost every weekend, whether it's Colby Night at the Movies, human bowling, a dodgeball tournament, or bringing in guest performers. Our student center also has a game room where students can get together and play pool or hang out.

There are tons of activities going on during the weekends. Live music usually happens every week, dances, game nights, kareoke, iplay sports, and tons more. We have speakers every week in the evenings, talking about global warming, politics, economics, art, religion, everything. I met my closest friends by doing activities that interested me. I usually only stay up until 2am to study during the week.

Varsity sports are not too popular as a spectator sport, with the biggest one being hockey. A great part about Colby is, when going to dinner, almost everyone you see is either coming from the gym or practice or is planning on going right sometime later that night. Everyone seen physical fitness as an important part of keeping you mind and body healthy.