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Many of the students at URI join fraternities and sororities. The Student Entertainment Committee is also popular. Schools for Schools is a group I became involved in this past year when it first started at URI. We support Atanga secondary school in Northern Uganda which has been going through civil was for 22 years. This year, we did a white flag parade through Providence and had 22 minutes of silence in front of the state house. Athletic events are usually quite popular and fun to go to as well as the theater productions. People on this campus party every night. The only time they may party a little bit less is during finals, but once they are over with, it's back to partying again even more. Last weekend, I played paintball with my boyfriend and his friends in Coventry and got together with family. I'm not much of a party person.

I am not involved to any group or team but I really enjoy watching basketball games with RAMS! I do not do many stuff in Campus! Occasionally I enjoy going to Bagels at Emporium. I like theater very much, but unfortunately I did not have the time to go.

There are always things going on on campus. The Student Entertainment Committee brings in a bunch of "fresh" acts. There are also little things like stand up comedians on Friday nights. Most weekends I spend either hanging out at an off campus house or just hanging out in someones room. Some people are involved in fraternities and sororities. They are fun and there are approximately 15{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students involved in them. They do a lot of community service and aren't all the typical stereotype.

The social life is amazing. There are usually parties in the memorial union every thursday night. Most students in freshman dorms leave their doors open but I find that as you progress through your college years the doors close. The Student Entertainment Commitee (SEC) constantly puts on good shows for the student body. Since my freshman year they've produced Dane Cook, Kanye West and most recently Akon.

URI Basketball is awesome. Football tanks. Students in hall style sdorms leave their doors open. Suite style dorms shut ther doors. There are a few good guest speakers and performers a year. People party a lot. Sororities and Frats are "Super" common and "important."

Once again, I'm sorry, but I go to URI for classes and classes only. It'd be wrong of me to write anything here since I wouldn't really know what to say.

Fraternities and Sororities are huge on campus, as well as the basketball team and soccer team. I met my two closest friends in class since I did not live on campus. Studying. There are always fun activities going on in the spring. Im sure people party most nights, but mostely Thur-Saturday nights. Frats and sororities are important because if you live on campus and you dont have a car they are the only places to party on the weekend. Went to the Muse last weekend, a big URI hang out.

Greek system is prominant here. Dating scene is disgusting, everyone sleeps with everyone.

I dont even know what groups are popular on campus... there isnt like a popular group here. This is college not high schoool Im in the music department... close family blah blah blah. you heard it early. My other family is my RA staff. We arent that close but we get our job done My hall leaves their doors open... they are pretty friendly to everyone This sunday night which is kinda like saturday night there is gunna be a free skate event at the ice skating rink. Its from 9-12am and its a blast you can meet a ton of new people there. Its fun. ok my wrist is tired from typeing. Hope this is enough

The team that gets the most publicity seems to be the basketball team because their record has been pretty good lately. The football team also gets a good amount of people at their games even though they haven't had good records lately, but they just hired a new coach so hopefully we will be better next year! Some organizations that are big are the SEC and the SAA because they put on a lot of the events on campus. I am on the cheerleading team. As of right now we are all girl, although my coach would like to get some men on the team! To be eligible to try out you need to have a standing backhandspring on the basketball court. In past years, there has been 24 members on the team but I'm not sure if that will change this year. We cheer at all home football, and mens basketball games traveling to close schools and basketball tournaments if we can afford it. We also rotate going to women's basketball games. We do a lot of fund raising and work with the community as well and attend UCA camp in the summer. When I lived in the dorms we left our door open if we were in the room so that people could stop by and hang out, but if we weren't there it was closed and locked. In the newer dorms the doors lock automatically. Athletics has a good following depending on the team. The dating scene is just like any college, you can meet people through friends, at parties, in class, walking around campus, at bars/clubs... I met my closest friends in my dorm freshman year and from the cheerleading team. If I'm awake at 2am I am either coming back from Casey's, studying, or doing something completely pointless yet completely hilarious with my friends. Every year we have Rhody Rally which is a pep rally in the fall. There is always Oozeball in the spring, which is volleyball in the mud, it is usually a pretty big event. Some people party every night, some people never party. I usually go out 3 nights a week depending on how much work I have to do. If you want to party you can usually find some place to go. Frats and sororities are very important to the people in them or to people who want to be in them, to everyone else on campus, they really don't matter much. You definitely don't have to be in the greek system to have fun here, but you can have fun in them as well. Last weekend I was on spring break. A typical weekend here for me is Bon Vue on Thursday night, party at my friends house on Friday, usually some kind of cheerleading event on the weekend, and another party/bar on Saturday night, sleeping all day on sunday and maybe getting some homework done. You can go to parties here and not drink, people won't pressure you. But if you don't want to drink you can go to clubs in Providence if you like to go dancing, there are also lots of movies and shopping places around, or you can always just get together with friends for a non-drinking night. Off campus is another whole scene where the upperclassmen live. There are lots of bars, and restaurants to go to as well as different shopping areas to keep you entertained. Plus Providence is only like, 45 minutes away.

Politics on campus are gross. The College Democrats are a bunch of whiny liberal pushovers and the College Republicans are a bunch of ultra-conservative and often blatantly offense blowhards. The best bet is to disassociate yourself from any particular party and play the "moderate" card. Otherwise, you're going to get lumped in with these d-bags. They truly represent the worst parts of their respective parties. Partying happens a lit, but that's college baby. The trick is to find the balance. Work hard AND play hard, otherwise you run a good chance of flunking out or burning out. I worked myself way to hard my first semester and didn't have any fun, and the next semester I failed a class. Some times it's ok to blow off your work to go have fun, just don;t let it be a habit. They weren't joking when they told you that when college is over the things you're really going to remember are the times you skipped class to go to the beach. Fun and friends last a lot longer than lectures and books. That doesn't mean be a screw-up, it just means chillax: your GPA does not define you, but it doesn't hurt either.

Every April the Student Alumni Association throws a huge event called Oozeball. Essentially this is volleyball in the mud, but it is much more than that. Every year we get to feel like kids again standing in mud that comes up to our knees, but your clothing will never come clean again!

Student Entertainment Committee and Greek life are most popular. I'm involved in everything. Students leave their doors open and it is always a friendly atmosphere. If I am awake at 2 am on a Tuesday odds are we got back from Casey's wing night at 1 and we are sleeping. Traditions - homecoming, greek week, ooze ball, relay for life, st. judes up til dawn. People party 2 to 3 times a week. The dating scene is good. Lots of good people and I am very happy with my girlfriend now. I met my closest friend through Greek Life. Athletic events are definitely popular. The basketball team is awesome and even though football is not good, homecoming was packed to to bottom in the bleachers. Fraternity and Sorority life is huge at URI. Last weekend I went to a couple of parties. Saturday night... Providence, go see a movie, hockey game, concerts. Off campus we live.