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nothing to do but drink on campus because storrs is a dead area.

Fraternities and Sororities are the easiest way to make good social connections and get invited to some of the best parties. They all tend to be the same type of people, though. People get involved-ish with clubs, it depends on how lazy they are.. most people I know are too lazy to go to club meetings all the time. Intramural and Club sports are pretty competitive and fun, and athletic events are alot of fun to go to because people get really into the school spirit thing. Partying starts thursday night and dies down after saturday night. If you want to go to a good party, wait until people with off-campus apartments throw one, or sometimes Frats will throw a party at their house, or you could try some of the on-campus suites for a more small-scale party. The weekends consist of drinking and, in certain groups of friends, smoking alot of weed. If you have nothing to do and you're a freshman, you walk down the rape trail to Celeron and Carriage house and hope to wander your way into an upperclassmen party.

There are a lot of musical groups on campus. I am on the step team. Everyone loves the basketball and football team. There is a lot of things to do because its such a big campus. There is greek life on campus, and there are a lot of parties.

Okay, so to get tickets to a basketball game you have to be one of the luckiest people in the world. Last year they used a lottery system with ...interesting... results. The major performing arts theater of campus, Jorgensen, usually has something interesting to go to and it holds everything from pop or rock concerts to ballet. In my dorm, almost everybody kept their doors open; it was just a really nice atmosphere and no one felt threatened in any way. I have a few very close friends, one of whom is my roomate who I did not meet until move-in day. People are, for the msot part, remarkably nice and understand that college is a new experience for every incoming freshman. There's a section of campus called Husky Village (behind Towers) and it's a bunch of new buildings that are fraternity and sorority houses. Most of the greek life is there, and it's not very prominent at all in the grand scheme of things on campus.

I haven't gotten to know too many other floors besides my own, so I may be a bit biased. But I firmly believe that I live on the best floor ever to exist on a college campus. Anywhere. Ever. Someone's door (ususally more than just one someone) is always open, and everyone is welcome. From routine chats in the hallway to uncoordinated but incredibly successful pow wows, my floor has become one big family. We are all so close and so friendly, sometimes it's hard to remember where one roommate ends and the other begins. Granted not everything is perfect 24/7, but we work through everything together and I can honestly say that I will sincerely miss everyone next year.

drinking, that's all. There is fake activism - but the people aren't really into it.

I highly recommend joining the Agents of Improv. They are amazing.

I'm glad the Greek life isn't that all-encompassing. There's other stuff going on besides frat parties, while those can be fun. After doing sports all during high school, joining rugby was the best choice I've made so far in college, keeping me in shape, giving me something to structure my day with besides classes, getting that feeling of being part of a team back, having great drinkups/ friends to go out with later on the weekends. There's so many people, once you're out of the freshman dorms people have their groups and don't leave their doors open, but everyone's friendly. It's easy to make friends. You just have to go a little more out of your way.

Uconn is hard because it is so isolated from any civilization and it is forced to become really its own cultural and social center. Really, the only things to do, places to eat, things to see are run by uconn on campus. Parties might be at off campus apartments, but that is really the only social activity that is accesable off campus with out a 20 minute drive. Parties are VERY important to uconn and it is expected, by both the students and administartos, that everyones drinks. There is really not anything to do off campus. The student Union is very nice, but only can provide so much for what is lacking from the rural location.

If I'm up at 2am on a tuesday, I'm most likely hanging out with some of my insomniac friends, playing a video game, or puttering around the internet.