Katie
We have over 300 clubs, and I know that because I was a tour guide here! There are so many clubs, I don't even know what half of them are, but I know we have something for everyone! We even have a Price is Right club! The clubs that I looked for were sport oriented and biology oriented. If I hadn't been taking 19 credits per semester and if I didn't need at least a 3.7 GPA, I would have loved to get involved with more activities.
I think some popular clubs are intramural sports and IV (intervarsity-religious group).
During my freshman year I lived in the res halls and got along great with my floor mates. Everyone left their doors open and was eager to meet everyone and make new friends. [THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE, INCOMING FRESHMEN!!! EVERYONE IS IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU AND DOESN'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE!] Come sophomore year, people are settled into their groups of friends and it isn't their main goal to meet people anymore. People are still nice and friendly, but it's not a "Hi, I'm Katie, let's be friends!" scenario anymore.
I met my boyfriend on our intramural volleyball team. I was actually dating someone else at the time that we met and we were more just acquaintances. Thanks to facebook, he saw when I became single over the summer and popped up on my chat asking how I was doing, and we never stopped chatting after that! That's my experience with the dating scene. He's the only Winona student I dated so I don't know much else about the dating scene.
If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday morning (AKA every day freshman year) I was up socializing with my roommate/floor mates, or walking to Kwik Trip for a tasty snack. Now that I'm older and cherish my sleep a little more, I'm never awake until 2am!
Last weekend (the weekend before finals) I spent about 19 hours studying biochemistry. It's a tough class! Normally on weekends I hang out with some friends, do some homework/studying, workout, and do something outdoors if it's nice out. On a Saturday night you can go bowling, see a movie, walk around the lakes, or go to the scenic overlook.
How often do people party? Depends on the person! Some people never ever party, some people are out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday every weekend. My grades and wallet come before partying, so that's not exactly my 'scene'.
Chen
It is the NAPC, a students organization which will organize the movie night, concert, lecture time, bowling night, and so on. So much fun with the NAPC.