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Many students enjoy the Colorado outdoors by hiking, biking, climbing, skiing etc. In the dorms, students seem to congregate in certain rooms. Most students remain friends with the students who were in the same dorm hall freshman year. When it's nice weather students can be seen all over campus slacklining, playing instruments, starting games of volleyball, basketball, or soccer, or even studying. Intramural sports are huge at CC. Fraternities and sororities are there for those who want to join but they are not necessary to enjoy a social life at CC. There are always parties on the weekends and sometimes during the week, though you can always find a place to party if you want to. There are traditional parties such as Hollywood, beach party, psychadelic bowling, and harley party put on by fraternities. There are also parties put on by CC such as llamapalooza, where a band is on campus; blues and shoes, again involving a band and good food; the annual dance where students are bussed to an undisclosed location so that they don't drive after drinking. CC almost always provides kegs for their events, and they are very strict about checking ID's.

One of the best things about Colorado College is whatever you are interested in, you can find at least a dozen other people who are interested in the same thing. There are many different clubs and groups and if you want one that they don't have, propose it to the college and chances are they will sponsor it, and fund it. I knew people who wanted to start a "random choreography" club where they would choreograph dances to be performed at random times and places around campus. My friends and I started a Senior Repel Club where essentially we tried to break onto the roofs of every building on campus and repel off of them. The social scene at Colorado College is intimately tied to substance use. It is not uncommon for "Straight Edge" kids to have some trouble in the social scene at first but if you are ok being around substances frequently, there is not a lot of peer pressure to do them compared to other colleges. The party scene at C.C. is unique because almost all of the parties thrown by C.C. students have a theme that almost everyone dresses up for.

Parties are generally open to everyone and you never pay for beer. Everything considered off-campus (where parties happen) is just accross the street from the dorms. Everyone walks everywhere or takes the free SafeRide service if its late or really cold. Expect drinking games, crowded dance floors and a good time.

quite a few students go to the hockey games, and during the fall, a lot of students go to the soccer and football games on the weekends because the weather is great. It's not allowed for students to leave their dorm room doors open, a fire hazard or something, but they would if it were allowed. A decent number of students go to athletic events. they will usually go for a half then head somewhere else. fall sports are more popular than spring sports, and speakers are usually pretty popular and the venue gets filled up. based on the speaker determines how big the venue will be. Can't say much about the dating scene except that it is mostly people hooking up and being 'exclusive' for a couple months then they move on to someone else. I met my closest friends through the soccer team since we are together everyday, and also through a friend from home who introduced me to her closest friends. llamapalooza was great this year, and that happens every year. the best parties happen on saturday nights, friday nights there are smaller parties but big bashes are on saturdays. there is something every night of 8th block, and they are always full. off campus quite a few people go camping, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, they'll go to denver. it's an active group of students so they're usually doing something along those lines.

I would say that many people do leave their dorm doors open because it's a pretty trusting atmosphere. One couple I met at the airport who were from Colorado Springs commented that they often go to events at CC (speakers, music, theater, etc.) and that they felt CC was the cultural hub of Colorado Springs. The dating scene is non-existent. People hook-up or are in long-term relationships but few people actually date. I think it's because of how small the school is and it's unfortunate that it is that way. I did hear however that something like 1/5 of people actually end up marrying a fellow CC alum. CC is a fairly big party school and it is hard to find stuff to do on the weekends outside of that but the administration is trying to crack down on that as well. It is hard to find activities off campus like I said.