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Most popular organizations-greek, seminole student boosters. I was in the Marching Chiefs, a group of 400 students composed of music and non music majors. Many students in the dorms leave their doors open, it depends on the person. Atheltics are VERY important, especially football games. Basketball and baseball are also popular. I met my closest friends through the band, even though we all eventually quit. If you're awake on a Tuesday at 2am, you are just leaving AJ's sports bar flippin tuesday. People party a lot of the nights of the week...not every night, but there is always something going on if the opportunity arises. Last weekend I went to happy hour and then a house party, went to Tom Brown Park, went biking, and went out to the strip. Off campus I usually run or bike, go to a friends house, go to a movie.

we have a lot of activities with famous guest speakers, celebrities and musicians dropping in all the time. i cant even begin to describe what goes on.

Dorms are good for socializing, athletic events are extremely popular, and frats/sororities seem to be of extreme importance. I live off campus, so I don't make a big effort to be involved in on-campus activities.

Seminole Student Boosters is the group on campus that has the most members. Our greek life is also very prevalent. When I lived in the dorm, I always left my door open to talk to people. I noticed a lot of other people in my dorm did the same as well. Athletic events are huge on our campus. Everyone loves to go to them and cheer for our team.

I'm currently involved with the Lady Spirithunters (LSH), which is an on-campus, registered student organization that is a spirit-honorary. Our mission to promote school pride, FSU tradition, participation in support all Varsity athletics, and community service. There's a little something for every one in LSH, and that's a lot like campus in general. There's the Catholic Student Union, the College Democrats, Soar Board, Service and Greek fraternities and sororities, clubs of all kinds and calibers-- there's even a student-run Circus! Not many other schools offer something for everyone quite like Florida State.

FSU has over 430 student organizations. It’s okay I know you’re shocked, so I’ll repeat: FSU has over 430 student organizations! There is something for everyone to do from the Black Student Union to the FSU Pie Eating Club (yes, they get together and eat pies). And if among our vast number of student organizations you cannot find anything that interests you, Student Government Organization offers you the choice to create your own student organization, and all you have to do is get nine other people to join! SGA and the Student Union provide a student-run event almost every single night. These include movies, comedians, and even performances by our FSU School of Theatre and the School of Music. Perhaps the only downfall to FSU’s social life is Tallahassee is the worse place to date in the world. The city and campus is so individual student oriented that it offers little in romance. If you are looking for a sweetie though, get creative. Grab your honey or prospect-honey and head out for Lake Ella or our campus reservation for canoeing and a romantic picnic. Try some of the restaurants on the outskirt of town for a candle-lit dinner. Don’t let our overbearing single-life at FSU prevent you from finding someone special to snuggle.

The fraternities and sororities are one of the most popular groups on campus. They host different fundraisers and events around the university. I am involved with the Women's Center. It is a group that discusses women in today's society, though men are more than welcome to come to the meetings. The women's center is a part of "Stop Rape Week" and hosts speakers such as Inga Muscio. I really love being involved and I look forward to my meetings each week. There is a women's wellness workshop coming up soon that should be interesting. People are very open to new ideas, which is good to be aware of. I know that a lot of my friends who live in dorms don't know many people on their floor, I got lucky because the majority of the girls on my floor leave their doors open and talk all the time. It's really like a sleepover. I think the key to getting to know people on your floor is to be outgoing and friendly. One student described my end of the hall as "one big room," because we are always together and in each other's rooms. Some of the girls on my floor are now my best friends in Tallahassee and I'm even planning on moving into an apartment with them next year! Athletic events are extremely popular and luckily most of them are free for students, including football and basketball games. It's really cool because the sporting events have this spirit group called the "nole zone," where students can sign up for free and receive a t-shirt and have special seating for the basketball games. Traditionally, people are thrown into the "birthday fountain" at Wescott on their birthday each year. Hopefully your birthday isn't during winter because your friends don't usually spare you! It's fun to go out dancing on the weekends. One of my very favorite places is AJ's. Downstairs they have a bar/food area and darts, upstairs is an outdoor dancing area. It's really fun because they play all sorts of music: Tuesday's are 80s nights and Friday's are 90s. Floyd's tends to host Dayglo. It's really at night and everyone is supposed to wear white. You receive neon colored bottles of paint upon entry and when you go inside it's black and there are black lights everywhere, the music is loud, and people dance and squirt paint all over. It's definitely something everyone should experience at least once! There are a lot of guest speakers invited to the campus, as well as celebrities. It's really awesome because students get discounted tickets. Art Garfunkel and Sarah Silverman both performed at the school and speakers like Inga Muscio and Rushdie come to speak. The warehouse is a location where writers come to read pieces of their work and speak to people, it's great-especially for people with majors in journalism or writing; you have a chance to meet a lot of fantastic literary figures. A lot of people like to go out to Landis Green. It is a large grassy area in front of the library. It's a great place to lay out on a sunny afternoon and there are plenty of trees for some shade to study under. A lot of people play ultimate frisbee and football out on the lawn. I once went there at 2am after a night of dancing to cool off in the fountain with some friends, and it was full of people laughing and getting to know one another. The student life center has an on-campus movie theater that shows movies nightly and it's free for any student. They play anything from old movies that students vote on to previews of movies before they hit regular theaters. It varies each night. FSU also is home to a flying high circus. Students can actually take a class that teaches them different circus acts and eventually they will perform under the circus tent in front of an audience. The FSU film school holds auditions for people to be a part of their projects and the theater is always performing plays, such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They even sell bags of props at the door! Off campus is the FSU Reservation, which is a recreational area where students can rock climb, lay out by the water, canoe, or camp.

Greek. Newspaper, a great community of smart people getting together and talking about current issues and letting people know about them. Yes. Very popular. Pretty popular, Pretty popular. Dating scene is large. Pretty easy to find a mate or just a hook-up on Friday at Bullwinkle's. In the dorm. Watching TV or bullshitting on the computer. Definitely hanging out with friends. Or getting out of the bar. Seven Days of Opening Nights is pretty soon. St. Patrick's Day is always big. Any excuse to drink is a big holiday. ALL THE TIME! Not that important to most people, but the world to those involved. Hung out with my friends, drank. Saw the wreckage of a plane crash. Anything you want, as long as you're with friends. Most things, live, go out.