Jesse
Teams: Hockey, soccer. groups: ORC, EnACT, livesounds, club level soccer and hockey. Groups I'm part of: focused on helping kids in the community through tutoring or outdoor activities and education. Doors: in my hall, we used to but not anymore...i think it's because rooms are getting progressively messier and we all have our friends so our friends should know they can open the door when ever. Also, I don't want my music to pollute everyone else's and vice versa. Events etc: All get really good turn outs, especially visiting authors and the hockey team. Theatre I've never gone to.. Dating: A lot of random hook ups and a few very long intense relationships...it's hard to date b/c of how fast moving CC is...just as you start to get to know someone, your class has ended and you're virtually cut off from that person. Friends: I live with them all...we're a really tight hall community. Some of my other good friends are people I have had a class or two with. (my poli sci class that I discussed is where I made a couple non hall friends). 2am Tuesday: Working for class, though it's possible to find ppl to chill with (and drink or smoke etc.) Traditions:...I guess we have cool livesounds events(like on halloween), there's a big ORC safety party, homecoming, the winterball, lamapalooza, the fashion show during 5th block. How often do ppl party: it depends on the people, I have a friend who 'chills' every night unless he has a lot a lot of work. Thursdays, fridays and saturdays are a big deal, though weekends die sometimes b/c of skiing. Frats/sororities: not a big deal at all...only two frats and 3 sororities...parties at sigma chi used to be fun before they got put on probation all the way back during I think 1st maybe 2nd block. Last weekend: it was block break so I was in a hotel near keystone abasin and breck. I went skiing. We drank or smoked (weed) most nights. Saturday with out drinking: go see a movie in town?, uhh blaze?, chill in the dorms, still go to the parties (I go sober a lot, it's not horrible...it can be fun actually--I get to laugh at my beligerent friends). Off Campus: parties in houses off campus, eat at wooglins, go see a movie at tinseltown, go SKIING and hiking etc. ORC holds a lot of outdoor trips over the weekends and breaks.
)
Lucy
The most popular groups on campus are, respectively, the Outdoor Recreation Club, The Freeriders Union of Colorado College (the ski and board club), and EnAct (the environmental awareness group). Intramurals, especially soccer and dodgeball, are quite popular and competitive. The guys and girls club hockey teams both have D3 status and are widely supported.
In terms of social life, the Block Plan has the unique effect of spawning three and a half week friendships and 'relationships'. Meeting more permanent friends, per se, is typically accomplished through extracurriculars and housing arrangements. People do not date at CC. Some 'couples' may be long-term hookup buddies, but it is rare to find a pair that is willing to establish any clear commitment. When they do, you know who they are. Because of the Block Plan's intensity and perhaps effects of the altitude, people party hard on weekends (that is, when they're not skiing). Pot is hugely popular and it was huge scandal when the Princeton Review removed us from top 5 "Reefer Madness" schools. As long as it's alcohol, many do not have a preference of drink type. Psychedelics are also widely popular at CC, but there is never any pressure to do them.The weekend social scene is governed by dormroom 'pregaming', off-campus houses, and various school-sponsored concerts, all of which are typically overcrowded and rowdy events. There are three sororities and two fraternities but the Greek system barely has a bearing on the social life; the sororities never throw any sort of open social event and one of the frats is always on shaky terms with the school. It is important to know that during the winter the social life gets noticeably quieter. This is mainly because of the ski season (people rest up in order to catch the first run of the day at the crack of dawn) and because cold Colorado nights can intimidate even the most liquor-thirsty freshman from trekking to the off-campus houses.
Casey
Most popular groups, etc.: Dance Workshop, hockey, girls' soccer, greek life. Amnesty International last semester put on a concert called Jamnesty with all proceeds going to the Genocide Prevention Network in Darfur. In my dorm building, I don't know anyone who locks their door. Intermural sports, like ultimate frisbee and soccer are very popular, and of course hockey and girls' soccer are big deals. We have great guests speakers often, like Salman Rushdie and Ron Jeremy. I have never gone to a theatre production, and neither have my friends. I live in an all-girls dorm. the dating scene is minimal at best. Through transfer-student orientation and from living on the same floor. At 2 am, I am smoking a cigarette with another friend that also cannot sleep because of stress. I don't know about traditions, as this is my first year here. I know people that party every night, and people that only party about once a month. There are many students involved in greek life, but it doesn't affect the rest of the student body. Last weekend was low-key--hanging out with a few close friends in the dorm building and then going to the used bookstore down the street. Saturdays without drinking: Rock for No Reason (sometimes), on-campus movies, and school-sponsored dances (sometimes), and off-campus activities.