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social life is based around the friendships. THere are paties every week but they tend to get boring after awhile

If you are under 21, or do not have a car, there are usually three main social options for you over the weekends; the fraternity lodges, the on-campus student apartments, or the dorms. There are also usually other events going on during the weekends sponsored by the school or one of the many student organizations. Aside from tailgating for the football games, Richmond's school spirit is limited at many sporting events. The students have a lot of pride in their school, but would rather party than spend time at a sporting event.

No one goes to anything. If you want to actually be with people, get used to drinking cheap beer or going to overcrowded frat houses.

FRISBEE IS AMAZING! Ultimate frisbee is one of the most down-to-earth groups on campus and is a great way to exercise and meet great people! Nobody goes to sports games. Dating at Richmond is a lot like middle or high school - a bit juvenile. Males are generally immature and looking for a hook up and/or to get drunk. Not a lot to do that doesn't involve drinking.

The only social activities involve drinking and partying and richmond is even slowly taking those away. Doesn't look too good...

The Richmond social life is heavily greek oriented. Parties revolve around fraternities, sororities having no clear purpose for existing on campus. These parties are not exclusive but amazingly repetetive. Each one resembles another you had been to the night before. The students will forego and and all off-campus activities and the majority of on-campus ones in favor of these parties. Free concerts or movies that appear are shockingly underattended. Getting off-campus without a car is also extraordinarily difficult. The University likes to taut their "Spider Shuttle" available for students wishing to travel around town. However this shuttle is often cancelled, limited in its scope, and runs only at a few, rather inconvenient times on the weekend (not Sunday). The best advice I can give is to enjoy campus life for the first year and a half or two years while still taking advantage of what limited off-campus events or activities you can, then attempt to branch out into the community, moving off-campus by your Senior year. I would go so far as to recommend moving to the Fan, which will put you not too far from campus and allow easy access of city buses.

Its a pretty sporty place. most kids are fairly friendly. dating scene really doesn't exist first year, most girls are kinda superficial and dumbed down or if they aren't they are just into academics and don't do much else. if you're awake at 2 am on a tuesday and you're me, you're probably wandering around the dorm wondering what you are going to do and why you are here. People seem to party quite a bit, but not too much. On a saturday night, you can not drink and just hang around other people I guess.

Greek life is definitely big on campus. The fraternities are particularly important in the party scene, since there is no Greek housing, but the frats have lodges. People party there or at the senior apartments. If you don't want to drink, your options can be limited. You'll have to find a group of friends who don't want to drink either and do stuff on your own. Off campus there are a lot of things to do, but students don't take advantage of them. Intervarsity is also a large organization for those who are religious. Club sports teams also are a large group, as is WILL for women. No one really leaves their doors open after freshman year. If you're awake at 2 am on a Tuesday, you're probably doing a paper. Traditions at Richmond are one really cool aspect-for freshmen, there's Proclamation Night for women, where you write a letter to yourself that you open senior year, and Investiture for men; and the ever-popular Ring Dance, where junior women receive their class rings at a dance at the fanciest hotel in Richmond.

Fraternities and sororities play a large role in the social life on campus and I am involved with a sorority. It is definitely my main social network, but at the same time, I don't live with anyone in my sorority. Athletic events arent that popular but I attend them occassionally. I always go to the theater events and try to see as many guest speakers as possible. We always have really famous people come to campus so it is awesome to see them for free. I met my closest friends through my sorority and I never would have thought that would happen. I didn't even think I wanted to join a sorority when I came here, but the system is so differnt than what I'd heard. It's not catty and it's really simple, so I joined and found my best friends. The best tradition we have at our school is Pig Roast, or Festivus, as the administration calls it. It is a day in the spring when all the fraternity lodges are open all day with barbeque and bands and everyone on campus is invited to go hang out and party together all day. The party starts around 9 a.m. and doesn't end until Sunday.

A lot of Richmond students are involved in Greek Life. However, those not involved don't tend to support the Greeks on campus. We go to each other's events and help raise money, but it's hard to get campus support. Traditions: Besides Proclamation Night and Investiture - PIG ROAST! People go out routinely every Friday and Saturday. Thursday is becoming more popular to go downtown, and some people have friends over on Tuesday's to play pong. Last weekend: Sorority social at a club downtown on Friday, apartment party on Saturday. A capella practice on Sunday afternoon, AXO chapter Sunday night. Homework and hanging out sat. afternoon.