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The most popular groups of people on campus are the Greeks, football and basketball players among other athletic groups and then other organizations that are constantly throwing events and being involved on campus. Alpha Kappa Psi Co-Ed Professional Business Fraternity, that I am a member of has social, professional and community service events every semester. One of the biggest events that my fraternity hosts is Career Day which is when we have over 100 companies come to our campus who are recruiting for internships and jobs for college students to take advantage of. The best way to get involved and be in the circle of all the events that are going on around campus is to join an organization of your interest.

Are what they're called. I'm in the largest one called WMU squirrel club, yes thats right we go around feeding squirrels

Western has quite a few events on campus. Each department brings in its own speakers/performers fairly often. Normally teachers will encourage students to see speakers for extra credit. I haven't had two many guest speakers in class, I think it would be nice to have more. Their are tons of groups and activities on campus. I've spent much of my time working on campus at the Help Desk, so I haven't quite gotten to involved. But I've been to a few events, and everyone is really cool and open to talking and hanging out.

The Indian Students Association's performance for Western Michigan University's 18th annual International Festival.

I think that there is a big greek community here at WMU. I see lots of girls with greek purses, sweatshirts, etc. walking around campus. I don't live on campus so I don't know much about campus living. When I decided to come to WMU as a out of state student, I had the option of living with my aunt who lives in Portage (which is just a few minutes from Kalamazoo), this makes my tuition cheaper because it's my permanent residence now, and it is cheaper than living on campus, at least as far as I could tell from the cost of room and board plus meal plans!

the athletic teams - especially the football team - get special treatment for sure. the football team gets more funding than any other sport and also get special hotel rooms and such to make them comfortable. there are a lot of great bars in kalamazoo and some fantastic breweries, but i don't think wmu students drink any more than any other college

In the black community - YBM will always be big, different greeks will shine at different times. I think Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma are the two big ones at the moment. I love NSBE, we have many professional development activities for our students. When I was in the dorms everyone left their doors open 2am on a tuesday, either just leaving a bar (Firehouse if any, Tuesday isn't a big day) but I am probably studying, maybe even cramming for a Wed exam CAB always have Miller Movie and other cheap/free events Bronco Bash is something big that happens at the beginning of each year and of course homecoming and at homecoming I always attend the free NPHC Marchdown (black greek stepshow) People party often - Under 21 Thur-Sat, Over 21 Wed-Sun. Any day there is a bar that has a lot of people there Frats/Soros in the black community are important Last weekend I was actually at NSBE's National Convention Saturday Night - Dinner at the Union with live music and then catch a movie at the Rave. Bowling is also fun, other than that there isn't too many close options (1 miniature golf place and no go-cart places within 5 miles)

Sports aren't a huge deal for most people. I know a lot of people who love to go to hockey games and football is popular with some but i think the overall temperature towards sports is luke warm at best. The theatre department is quite good on campus and they put on many good shows each year. WMU also has the Miller Auditorium that shows a variety of shows from comics to broadway. True to the stereo type there is always a party going on somewhere. Each weekend and even most week nights there are numerous students partying, for better or worse. If drinking isn't your thing, there are numerous local things to do as well. Kalamazoo is a vibrant city with many restaurants, theatre, art and many other fun things to do. Since it is a college town many places also offer student discounts, including the movie theatres.

There a lot of large student organizations on our campus. Of course, I have to put a large plug in for Greek Life because I do not know who I would be today without the support of my sisters and the community of people who have taught me what it means to be a leader. As far as other organizations, the Western Student Association and the Campus Activites Board are definitely the largest. WSA is our student government, with senators elected from various organizations on campus and academic colleges. CAB is responsible for concerts, movies, performers, comedians and other large scale events that come to WMU. Theater is also huge on our campus. Our musical theater and theater performance students are an elite group of some of the finest performers I have ever known.

The most popular groups on campus seem to be the greek fraternity/sorority groups around campus. Athletic events seem to be pretty popular, especially ones with rival schools. I met my closest friends through work, and through friends of my brother. If I were awake at 2AM on a Tuesday, it would most likely be either working on a project due wednesday or just getting in from a bar.