University of California-Santa Cruz Top Questions

student govs are very popular as well as orgs that give people the opportunity to identify with specific things, religious views, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. I am the co president of college ten governement and i love being a memeber of student gov and making decisions that can help others. some students leave their doors open but it depends on the floor the students live on. athletics aren't that popular. i met my closest friends on my floor, i now live with someone who was my nextdoor neighbor in the dorms. naked-run happens every year. some people party more than others, it depends on the person. on a saturday night i could go bowling or go out to dinner or go out to a movie with friends.

I don't know, I don't follow them. Classics happy hour, we go to the pub in town every Friday night and hang out with the classics professors and students and drink. Yes. Not so much. I don't know. Somewhat. Normal? In my dorm. Procrastinating. First rain and 4:20, look them up on wikipedia. Frequently. Not so much. I'm actually studying abroad right now in the UK. Get stoned, hang out, go into town and watch movies. Hang out, coffee, movies, drink, go swimming, etc.

If you do not want to hang out in the dorms and drink your entire freshman year, you have to put forth the effort to get involved in some sort of activity or sport, of which there are many. The Greek system here is essentially nonexistent, so do not look for that as your social outlet. But there are many ways to meet people and get involved with whatever you are interested in at the same time. There are tons of activities going on all the time- concerts, lectures, movies, plays... so you will only be bored if you are not creative or lazy, which unfortunately happens to some people. Off campus one will either go to house parties, which more often than not get rolled by the police by midnight, or hang out in town. The Catalyst nightclub is a good venue to see live music at- lots of reggae artists, East Bay rappers, and something for everybody else.

wide range of groups. SAM- art for the students by the students. Some do leave doors open, some don't. Athletic events are NOT very popular. Guest speakers can be good, theater is not popular. Dating is not that good here. My cloest friends do not go to UCSC. 2AM tuesday = Studying/ painting. Traditions/events = 4:20 (thousands gather to smoke weed at 4:20 on April 20th), First Rain (Naked run throughout campus at night of the first rain of the season) People party too much for their own good. Frats are frowned upon. I broke up with my girlfriend last weekend. I read on a Saturday night. Off campus = beach, shopping, movies, dining, bowling, surfing, mountain biking, etc.

Organizations are very specialized. The "most popular" organization on campus would have to be one that requires little effort and not much focus. Of course it is always intelligent to involved oneself with campus publications: either CHP or FRL!. The dorms have a strange sense of security. Many people "card" their doors, meaning they are left open at all times. Meanwhile there is a huge graffiti problem in the dorms. The result is ease in entry into the dorms and a constant uneasiness watching it happen. If I am awake at 2 am, I am almost certainly working on something due in the next week. I am only up so late due to bad planning. Traditions that I remember off hand: St Patrick's Day April 20 (4/20) there is a news-worthy gathering in the meadow Christmas: That thing we all leave for

I'm not really sure what is the most popular group on campus. I am a student leader for college ten. some students leave their doors open but not that many. athelitics are not very popular. The dating scence is pretty slow. you usually meet people in your classes or at the bars. if i am awake at 2am on tuesday i am usually hanging out with friends or doing homework. One tradition that happens every year is The first rain naked run, 4/20. People party as often at ucsc at as other schools. fraternities and sororities are only important to a small perfect of students. Last weekend i attended a dance, a play and did homework. you can go to a local cafe or go downtown and see a movie. off campus i go shopping and hang out with friends.

On a weekend, there are NO parties. Don't come here if you are looking for one.

I don't know what groups are the most popular on campus. I'm involved with Matchbox Magazine, the only UC-wide literary/art magazine. Students generally leave their dorm doors open. Athletic events are semi-popular. Guest speakers vary on a wide scale from extremely, overflowing-ly popular to empty. I am usually surprised at the number of attendees at guest lectures that I attend. Theater is fairly popular. I am unaware of the dating scene at UCSC. I met my closest friends in the dorms freshman year and through the Wilderness Orientation program. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday I'm probably by myself in my room reading, doing work, or on the computer. The most important traditions to UCSC students are running naked in the first rain and drum circles on nights when there's a full moon. People party just about every night of the week. Greek life is extremely unimportant. Last weekend I threw a party at my house and did homework. Saturday nights on campus seem fairly busy with non-drinking related activities. Off-campus, I go to bars, stay at home, go to restaurants, go for bike rides, and go shopping.

All of the ethnic centered groups (asian american/pacific islander, Mexican/Chicano American, Black/African-American) are quite popular. College Democrats is pretty popular too. most people don't get too involved with clubs and organizations, often because they don't care or they don't have enough information TO get involved. The tennis team is supposed to be pretty good; students like the volleyball and water polo teams as well. women's basketball was pretty popular until the basketball gym went under construction. most students leave their doors closed but a lot of them usually at least leave it cracked when they are home. athletic events aren't too popular because the school isn't big on athletics. guest speakers usually come to specific lectures and are sometimes advertised to the campus community but they're not too prevalent. Theater is pretty popular. there's at least one production a week. the dating scene is pretty hard. most freshman end up dating someone on their floor. people are flaky here. most kids that aren't involved aren't looking for a relationship either. a lot of kids would rather hook up than be tied down to someone. nearly everyone met their closest friends on the floor/hall they lived on freshman year. i don't really have close friends here; all of mine are at home. people are always partying! well they try to party. there is an ordinance in the city of Santa Cruz cuz the old people weren't having it. the dorms are pretty strict about partying as well. when people have off campus parties, they usually last around 3 hours until the cops come and break it up. at 2am, if i'm awake, i'm studying or doing homework i procrastinated on! a lot of people go home for the weekends because there's not much to do here. except for during finals. everyone stays. a lot of people go to san jose and the city because there's more to do there. but then you need a car for that. people go downtown to the bars and to eat at the restaurants or to hang out a cafe. when the weather is nice the beach is a BIG hit. the world famous boardwalk is also pretty popular during the spring and right when school starts in the fall. there isn't a mall in the city; closest one is about 20 minutes away. the biggest business in santa cruz is costco.

There are tons of groups on campus, I'm not actually sure which are the most popular. I am in a group called WATER-Working Advocates to End Racism. We are a small group of about 8 members who meet weekly to discuss racism and white privilege, as well as plan events like open mic nights or art shows. Students here leave their doors open a lot in the dorms. Athletics is very unpopular here, and there aren't many people who are involved in them. If they are involved, not many people attend their games. I know in my three years of going here, I have never been to a sporting event or even been asked to attend one. Guest speakers are all over the place here, and it seems like there are speakers for something interesting at least several times a week. Theater is pretty popular, but not necessarily a stellar program. As for the dating scene, I would say it's about average. I met my boyfriend here. I met most of my friends by becoming a Resident Advisor and meeting other student leaders. However, most people meet their friends by who they lived near in the dorms. IF I am awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I am most definitely studying. As for traditions, there are a few dances at the beginning of the year, Take Back the Night march, AIDS walk, protests, Practical Activism conference. People party a lot as first years but it dies down after that. I would say the average first year parties at least once a week while the average upperclassman parties at least one or two times a month. Fraternities and Sororities exist at UCSC, but they are not university-sponsored and only like 1{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student population is is one. Last weekend I went to an offcampus birthday party for a friend of mine and did a lot of homework. A Saturday night that does not include drinking can be going out to dinner with some friends, attending theater performances, catching a show downtown, going to the movies, or doing homework.

Some students leave their dorm doors open, not really in the apartments though. Athletic events aren't really popular but the gym and the p.e. classes are. Lots of different theater stuff goes on. The dating scene is creepy, there are a lot of creepy guys in Santa Cruz. I met my closest friends in my classes. I'm not awake 2am on a Tuesday... First rain is fun, opers festival, halloween stuff, and the different residential colleges have a lot of events. People party on the weekend and sometimes the weekdays too. There aren't that many fraternities/sororities and they aren't that important but there are some for those that are interested. It's finals week so last weekend I studied, and then went to Saturn Cafe and the beach. On Saturday night there are midnight movies at the Del Mar. Bowling. Cruise the Boardwalk. Hang out with your friends. Play boardgames. Go for a night hike. Eat. Off campus you can hike, go to the beach, the boardwalk, shop, visit people, take mini-road trips to San Francisco or Monterey.

Many students engage in intermural sports. I am particularly involved with the activitied at my college (9 and 10) There are always speakers and special events around campus, its almost impossible to keep track of all of them. You can always catch a free play or show at the Barn on any given week-end. Most of the friends I have are affiliated with the same college as me, many of them i met through my involvement with my college. The people that party tend to do so every week-end yet there are people who don't party frequently or at all. Off campus offers shopping, restaurants, movies, bowling, the beach, concerts, etc

tradition: the first rain. everyone runs around naked during the first rain in the fall quarter. people party a lot. the parties often get raided by CSOs though. i don't really enjoy them because of that. the off campus parties are a hassle to get to because no one drives here and the bus are always packed. frats are NOT important here.. off campus: beaches, "downtown"(1 strip of stores)

There are a lot of multi-cultural orgs on campus. I'm involved with Gamma Phi Beta International Sorority. Some students leave their doors open. Athletic events are not popular. Guest speakers are pretty popular. Theater is pretty popular. Very sad dating scene. I met my closest friends through the freshman dorms, other people, and the sorority. I hopefully would be sleeping at 2am on a Tuesday because I have an 8am class the next day. Oh the traditions... there is "The First Rain," Greek Week, Multicultural Festival, and the little gathering on April 20th. People are always partying. This school hates frats and sororities. Last weekend I hung out with my mom who came to visit and showed her around Santa Cruz. You can go see a movie. I hang out, go shopping, and go on adventures off campus.

it might not seem like there are a lot of parties, and I mean sometimes there arent, but more often than not there is a big party @ least on the weekends. The bars are big Tuesdays and Thursdays. Im in a sorority and it really helps make a big campus seem smaller, but

I like the social life, I like to go to partys and have fun. I wish our school was better at sports and had more team pride, as well as more frats, etc.

The ultimate frisbee, swim and water polo teams seem to be the most popular on campus however attendance at these games is seriously lacking. I volunteer at the condom co-op which is part of the health center on campus and we sell safer sex supplies at cost for the students on campus. It's also a resource for any questions they might have about sex and safer sex practices. Most residents leave their doors open at the beginning of the year but as they find their group of friends the doors tend to remain shut. Athletics events like i said are not very popular. There are many guest speakers that come to UCSC. The theater department puts on many shows and is known for Shakespeare Santa Cruz. The dating scene can be difficult because the university is divided into 10 different colleges. My closest friend was my roommate, and i work with my other closest friends. If i'm awake at 2am on a tuesday i am most likely doing homework. Each year UCSC has the naked run on the night of the first rain of the year. People party every weekend. Greek life is only about 2{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the population at UCSC. Last weekend I went to a few parties off campus. On a saturday without drinking one can go downtown to the movies, go bowling at the boardwalk, just hang out with friends, go to the many programs that may be happening that night on campus, or just stay in. When i go off campus i usually go to friends' houses and hang out with them and go to parties.

I'm involved with nothing.

Organizations? Bah! Actually there's a few fraternities and Calpirg and some other things around here, but I, like many of my friends, don't really get into that stuff. I used to be really involved in extracurriculars in high school, but at UCSC there's a lot going on whether you sign up for stuff or not, so it's not a big deal. Students are very open at the dorms, depending on what part of campus you're at. I know people that would rig their doors to never lock, and you could knock on their door whenever you felt like it and they'd hang out with you. Athletic events are not popular, really. Guest speakers, especially poets and famous people, do tend to frequent the campus and draw large numbers, and the theater program has free shows that get big numbers as well. Andre Nickatina comes here pretty often and has really popular shows which a lot of people like. The dating scene itself is just like any other place, but it's a really cool place to go on fun dates if you're involved with someone. There's this awesome restaurant called Chocolate downtown that is a really cute romantic place to go on a date. My closest friends are from Porter college, and I met them by living near them over the course of my freshman year. If I'm up on Tuesday at 2am, I'm either playing videogames with my boyfriend and his housemates or finishing some homework or playing on my computer when I should be sleeping. Every year there is the First Rain and 4/20. These events are legend. People party pretty often, but it's not a daily thing. Frats and sororities are really not important at all: you can find plenty to do outside the greeks. Last weekend I went on campus for a guy's 21st birthday and my friends had a wine and cheese party at their apartment. If you don't want to drink on a Saturday night you can go out to eat, go to a show at the Catalyst or the Attic or otherwise, go bowling, if the weather is good you can go to the beach and have a bonfire, or you can hang out with friends at each other's houses which is what most people seem to do. Off campus is basically the same as on, except it's less of a community vibe, there's no CSO or RA people, and the food is usually better because dining halls are not exactly gourmet cuisine most of the time.

There are a lot of organized groups and clubs on campus, but none of them have major popularity. I am a part of one of 2 international sororities on campus, and we have a lot of events and its a lot of fun, but greeks have a pretty bad reputation on our campus and we aren't allowed to have houses so that limits us. On a scale of 1 to 10 the popularity of athletic events is about a 1.5...people generally only know we have sports teams at all because of the parties they throw. In terms of dating, I read on a website once that the girls at santa cruz were graded as "A" and the boys as "C-" and I think that pretty much sums it up. There aren't as many people out on the dating scene because there aren't as many people worth dating. But there are so many other things to do that it usually doesn't matter. I met most of my closes friends here during the first week in my college, Cowell. We all lived in one of two adjacent buildings and met at one of the get-to-know-each-other socials that seem lame, but are really handy. Santa Cruz does an amazing job of placing roommates together, and my freshman roommate is still my housemate and one of my best friends. While living on campus, there is always something going on and always someone awake, there is never a dead moment (except sunday mornings). People party pretty often here, but it has been restricted by the party ordinance which will slap a house with huge fines if the cops show up, but there are ways to avoid it. I spend most weekends partying friday, saturday and sometimes thursday night and spend my days studying or enjoying the campus by hiking or picnicing. If I need a night away from drinking, I can generally find a friend who feels the same way and we cook ourselves dinner and watch a movie or go out to a cafe downtown. There are plenty of low key things to do downtown and its a common place to find students.