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The most popular student activities are probably athletic events. Nothing beats going to historic Allen Fieldhouse with 16,000 of your closes friends and experiencing the best home court advantage in college basketball. The vibe of the university kind of rises and falls with athletics. However, many students enjoy other things as well. Notorious speakers are brought in and can be viewed by students for free. There are also $2 movie nights in the Union, a popular student activity. If you are looking to watch a movie, there is free cosmic bowling Friday and Saturday night at the bowling alley in the Kansas Union. This is just a handful of the many opportunities that KU presents to their students!

The most popular student activities are probably athletic events. Nothing beats going to historic Allen Fieldhouse with 16,000 of your closes friends and experiencing the best home court advantage in college basketball. The vibe of the university kind of rises and falls with athletics. However, many students enjoy other things as well. Notorious speakers are brought in and can be viewed by students for free. There are also $2 movie nights in the Union, a popular student activity. If you are looking to watch a movie, there is free cosmic bowling Friday and Saturday night at the bowling alley in the Kansas Union. This is just a handful of the many opportunities that KU presents to their students!

The weekend begins on Thursday night for a lot of people when students usually go out dancing. A lot of people go to "Dollar Night" at The Hawk on Wednesday too. The Hawk is the most popular bar that students go to and a large amount of students have fake ID's to get into the bars before they are 21. Many students go to house parties or fraternity parties on Friday nights. People flock to Mass Street to see a music performance, eat dinner, hang out at a coffee shop, or go to a bar. Alcohol is pretty much embedded into campus life, but if you do not drink there are always a lot of activities going on. Students like to bowl or watch movies at the student union. The student union also hosts fun events like KU's best dance crew and speed dating. The Lied Center on west campus attracts renown speakers and broadway shows. Athletic events are huge at KU. During the fall everyone goes to the football games. During the winter basketball games are insane. KU has one of the nations top college basketball programs and students camp out for hours and days before games in hopes of getting the best seats. The atmosphere at Allen Fieldhouse is incredible. Singing the alma mater and rock chalk chant with the student body before games is a tradition unlike any other in college sports. Greek life is fairly big at KU. I believe around 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are involved, so Greek life isn't so big that it dominates campus social life. The people I know in fraternities and sororities enjoy them. I have met friends in classes and at random places like in line for something. The majority of my friends I met in my dorm freshmen year. Each dorm has its own perks and the rooms vary greatly from dorm to dorm. Everyone keeps their doors open and has an open policy for coming in their rooms. Regarding relationships, people seem to either be in a serious connected to the hip kind of relationship or just randomly hooking up. There is not a lot of casual dating that goes around. More juniors and seniors are in serious relationships than freshmen and sophomores.

The weekend begins on Thursday night for a lot of people when students usually go out dancing. A lot of people go to "Dollar Night" at The Hawk on Wednesday too. The Hawk is the most popular bar that students go to and a large amount of students have fake ID's to get into the bars before they are 21. Many students go to house parties or fraternity parties on Friday nights. Many students go to Mass Street to see a music performance, eat dinner, hang out at a coffee shop, or go to a bar. Students also like to bowl or watch movies at the student union. The student union also hosts fun events like KU's best dance crew and speed dating. The Lied Center on west campus attracts renown speakers and broadway shows. Athletic events are huge at KU. During the fall everyone goes to the football games. During the winter basketball games are insane. KU has one of the nations top college basketball programs and students camp out for hours days before games in hopes of getting the best seats for games. The atmosphere at Allen Fieldhouse is incredible. Singing the alma mater and rock chalk chant with the student body before games is a tradition unlike any other in college sports. Greek life is fairly big at KU. I believe around 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are involved so Greek life isn't so big that it dominates campus social life. The people I know in fraternities and sororities enjoy them. I have met friends in classes and at random places like in line for something. My closest friends I met at my dorm freshmen year. Each dorm has its own perks and the rooms vary greatly from dorm to dorm. Everyone keeps their doors open and has an open policy for coming in their rooms. Regarding relationships, people seem to either be in a serious connected to the hip kind of relationship or just randomly hooking up. There is not a lot of casual dating that goes around. More juniors and seniors are in serious relationships than freshmen and sophomores.

I am involved with the Multicultural Scholars Program, which not many people know about, but its a program that you apply for and if accepted they give you a scholarship, so it's really nice. Plus, you get support from your peers and you apply to the school you are in. For instance there is a journalism part of the program and a math and sciences part along with about eight-ten more sections, so when you are with your group you can all really relate to each other on classes that you're taking or have taken and you all offer each other advice and support - it's a great program to be a part of.

Kansas Basketball is the most celebrated athletic program in the city. You can usually tell when there is a home game because traffic is ridiculous. After we won the national championship in 2008 pride in the university has never been as hardcore as it is now. This year we are the number ranked basketball team in the nation and that is all that needs to be said about KU sports. I am a member of the Hispanic American Leadership Oraganization or HALO. We provide a home away from home for all the Latino and Latina students on campus. We are like a family and have meetings every Tuesday where we plan events around campus, the City of Lawrence and in the mid-west. We do a lot more than just promote our heritage, we do community service and bring big name key speakers to campus. In the early 90's our organization brought Cesar Chavez to campus to talk about civil rights. We have about 40 members are aside from school events we just like to hangout with each other and talk about how Latino we are. Drinking is a very large scene at KU along with some major drug use. That doesn't mean that you have to drink to have a good time. My friends and I get together and play football at the local parks, go downtown and eat, grill out or go dancing. Granted we usually are drinking when we hangout with each other but we are all of age. My girlfriend and I can have good time without booze. In reference to girlfriends, don't try and meet people at the bars because its just bad news bears. Try getting involved in student groups you are passionate about because usually you will find another who has the same ideals as you. That's how I found my lady, in HALO, and we have been together ever since. Honestly it is hard to find a cool girlfriend up here who is someone that you can grow with. There are hookups all over campus but if you find someone who likes you for you than I would do what I could to keep them.

Athletics are very popular, especially Mens basketball though football is growing.

There are a lot of popular things on campus; many people are involved in student senate and things like that. Others like to do intramural sports. I am one of those who is involved in the sports; I like to play ball and stay active. I also am a part of the pre-pharmacy club so that I can get an idea of what I'm up against in the next couple of years. Athletic Events are tres tres popular!! There is a big dating scene...lots of boys to choose from. My friends and I met through our schol hall...it's great! At 2am on Tuesday I'm either talking with friends or doing homework...usually talking with friends. Frats/Soroities are over-rated. Last weekend I went dancing at the club and then had a girls night with friends and had some fun. On a Saturday night you can go bowling or dancing...you can also see a movie or just go over to another person's hall to hang out. Off campus I usually go out to eat, go grocery shopping, go dancing....things like that.

Going to basketball and football games is probably the most popular activity to do. Specifically within the scholarship hall system, there are so many different social events that help you meet people. Almost any time of the day or night, you can find someone to talk to if you're sick of studying.

KU offers so many social activities that it's impossible to go to them all. SUA (Student Union Activities) is a great group that makes sure there is always something happening for students to take advantage of. In the residence halls, people often leave their doors open unless it's finals week. During that week, everyone is couped up and focused on studying.

The scholarship halls at KU are very unique as compared to many other colleges in the U.S. You must be selected to live in the scholarship halls, so the community is really close knit. What I love about it is that different halls have different events all of the time! Since I don't drink, this is very useful because I can have fun and be with my friends without getting intoxicated and watch people make fools of themselves!

It all depends on who you are but everyone can find a party secene, especially if you go to veggie lunch.

It all depends on who you are but everyone can find a party secene, especially if you go to veggie lunch.

The most popular groups are the religious ones, especially those affiliated w/ Christians, the gay/lesbian groups/supporters, and anything politically left. I live in a scholarship hall and we have girls leave their doors open all the time. Athletic events are EXTREMELY popular. They are a very big deal at KU, to the point that we have to plan ahead for many days to get a seat. We have guest speakers all of the time. Theater is not as popular. Students more often go because of a homework assignment. Dating is harder today than for the past generations. One, we have to differentiate between if the person is gay, straight, or taken. Then, since our generation is very technological, many people are a lot more hesitant to ask people out face-to-face, so they do it over the internet or through texting, which makes it more impersonal. I met my closest friends through my house and classes. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I am doing homework/studying for a test. People party all of the time. We have a saying, "Thursday is the new Friday and Wednesday is the new Thursday." So basically the bars are hopping during the nights of Wed-Sat. And if there a big celebration or event occuring, the more parties there are. Those in fraternities/sororities think they are extremely important. But those who are not in them could care less for them. Last weekend I celebrated the NCAA Championship. A Saturday night w/o drinking: you could go bowling for free on campus, watch a movie on campus for $2 or go to a movie theater.

Definitely the most popular people right now is the basketball team. We love KU basketball, and are beginning to love KU football. People will camp out weeks in advance to get good seats at Allen Fieldhouse. People do not leave their doors open in the dorms. The only exception is to the scholarship halls, where I live. There are 50 of us that live in each "dorm", so we know each other a lot better than the 600 people in each regular dorm. I met my closest friends through classes and through other friends. One of the coolest traditions at KU is to walk the hill for graduation. Another is doing the rock chalk chant and the alma mater before every game and after any game we win. The Greek system is huge here, but many people feel like you have to be rich to rush. They do many things for the community, including giving money to the KU cancer research center in KC.

i study a lot during the week. political groups are pretty popular on campus, but people play a lotttt of intermural sports. ku puts on tons of events and social activities so there is something to do literally every weekend. dating is fun, and there are always lots of options. i met my closest friends through my scholarship hall. frats and sororities are big, but most people just stereotype them. they really aren't that cool and we all know it. last weekend i had a girls night with movies, ice cream, dinner, and friends. i also went to a KC wizards game with the KU club soccer team since lawrence is so close to KC. i don't drink, never have. there are PLENTY of non-alcoholic options. friends can always find fun things to do.

A lot of students are involved in activities for their housing--Greek life or scholarship hall parties, shows, and volunteer work. Multicultural groups also get a lot of participation. I've never lived in a dorm, so I don't know too much about the experience there--I've heard theft can be a problem in certain dorms, but if you're careful, you'll be fine. In the scholarship halls, we have number pads and codes for all the entrances, so within the hall we can leave our doors open. I met my closest friends through the scholarship halls. If I'm awake at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, I'm either up late talking with my roommates or working on a big project. Athletic events are insanely popular, because KU sports rock! I would like to see more support for women's athletics, though. Guest speakers often present to full audiences; KU brings in speakers of great interest to students, many classes encourage students to attend these events, and the general public is often welcome to listen as well. KU has a renowned music program; students and community members come to concerts. The Lawrence community strongly supports the arts, including theatre. KU has more traditions than I can even think to list here. Some of them are shared with freshmen on Traditions Night during Hawk Week. I don't know how often the average person parties--some people go out every weekend, starting on Thursday night. Fraternities and sororities aren't very important--you don't have to be in one to "be" someone. The sororities have some of that rich, ditzy, shallow stereotype, but this certainly doesn't apply to all members of every sorority; I know many individuals who belong to both sororities and honors programs. The fraternities don't have quite as bad a stereotype. On a Saturday night, you can see $1.00 campus movies, go out to eat downtown, or see one of countless concerts or shows.

There is always something social going on at KU. Between sporting events and tailgating, concerts and plays, house parties, the bars and Greek Life, there is always something going on and somewhere to be.

Being an athlete, I spend a lot of time around athletes, and I also am not involved in some things that other students are. I don't know a whole lot about the night life, since I am in bed by 10:00 or 11:00 most nights. I am involved in a local church as well as some on campus Christian groups, and that is how I have met most of my best friends that are not on the track team. The greek community is huge and very active. Athletic events are the center of activity for most students, though the music and theater departments flourish as well. Downtown is the hub of social life, and you can find people doing anything from bar-hopping, hanging out at coffee shops, and volunteering to help the homeless.

SUA keeps us very busy, but when there is a day or evening when campus is quiet, it is guaranteed that Lawrence won't be.