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I'm involved with the Cross Country and tracks teams. This is where I've met my closest friends and thats who I hand out with all the time. It just feels like a small athletic fraternity of its own and you'll meet life long friends and people being apart of an athletic team.

I am on the Iowa Men's Tennis Team Last weekend I went out with my team I met a lot of my friends through my team and people they know, and just being outgoing and talking to people Do not do anything off campus I leave my dorm door open, most people are the same. The people on my floor are pretty close and we all hang out together during the day

The intermurals are huge and all the sports have a good fan base. Most of the time people leave their doors open to their dorm room and many people just walk in and start talking. If i am up at 2am on tuesday i am pry studying. people party every night of the week, if you want to party you just need to know where to go.

I'm involved in Football, Track, and Athletes in Action. If I am awake at 2am in the morning Im either playing the game Call of Duty 4, or punching my pillow asking myself why am I not sleeping (because I have 615 am lifting on wednesdays). A lot of people party. It's college. There's three things to college social, athletic, and school. You can do them all but you can only do two well. Pick your two. Frats, no body likes.jk. Guys that join Frats think that it is an automatic in with girl. It won't work. Sororities seem like they do a lot in the community but in the social part it seems like a bunch of girls not ready to let go of high school.

I am unaware of any organization being more popular than others on campus. All of the athletic teams seem to generate a large turn out. I met my closet friends through a similar friend we all had prior to coming to Iowa. I am unfamiliar with the dating scene because I do not date in Iowa. If I am awake at 2 am on a Tuesday I am either studying or hanging out with my friends. People party Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Fraternities and Sororities are very unimportant at Iowa, which is very different from my undergraduate experience. Last weekend I went to visit family. I go to the movies or out to eat on Saturdays.

The football team is pretty popular and gets lots of attention but the smaller teams and sports receive their deserved attention as well. The group I'm involved with is the field hockey team. Yeah, dorm doors are often open year round. Athletic events are pretty popular and well advertised. Football gets the most attention. A student can be involved in fraternities or sorities if that's what they want but it isn't something the students are pushed into. Lots of opportunites to have fun either with alcohol or without (the movies).

Being a student athlete is something I will always be happy I did. It has been an amzing experience.

Some of the most popular groups on campus are obviously the Greek community, Dance Marathon, political parties, and the various athletic teams. During the first couple of weeks at IOWA all the doors were left open on our floor, but as the semester wore on the doors began to close -- not out of rudeness but the need to study! Football games at IOWA are huge. Even though we didn't have that great of a season last year -- the student section was packed every home game. I met my closest friends because of rowing. If I'm awake at 2 am on a Tuesday I'm most likely studying. Some people party every weekend -- starting on Thursday. Last weekend I watched a movie on Friday night with teammates (we had practice saturday morning) and Saturday we went into Coralville and had dinner.

Football is the sport that rules here. People live and die by Hawkeye football. It has been a struggle the last few years, but it is going to get exciting pretty soon. On a Saturday in the fall there is just a buzz around the city and walking to the stadium is quite an experience. Once inside Kinnick Stadium you will be taken aback by the passion of the fans. I will never forget running out of the tunnel for the first time. It was a life experience I will cherish.

i feel that people do not take some sports seriously. I wish we would have more people attending sporting events that were not football or mens basketball. we have some really talented athletes and i feel that people have no idea because they won't take the time or chance to go see what they are all about. I really enjoy going out to the bars and just dancing while having a good time. I think that you don't need to go to the bars and drink just to have a good time. You can go shopping or see a movie or bowling. It seems like people tend to party a lot and that they are not taking school as serious as they should be.