<p>As much as you're all talking about drinking and partying, etc. how's life OUTSIDE drinking. I don't party much, I don't drink (even though I like to have a good time - like anyone else), and the way I have fun is through clubs and teams, and just generally hanging out with my best friends. Ya, I'm a geek! =P</p>
<p>Is it possible to have some sort of a life outside booze, etc.? Are you pressured into that kind of thing? It doesn't seem that way, but I just want to ask anyway.</p>
<p>Throgan, no worries, i'm in the same boat as you. </p>
<p>There's always a bunch of stuff to do on fridays and saturdays besides drink and party. I'll name a few:</p>
<p>Last friday, free showing of Zoolander at willard straight with free popcorn/soda/candy</p>
<p>This friday, free food night at willard straight. This is where restaurants from all over ithaca compete with free samples for various awards. In the end, the only thing you need to know is free food.</p>
<p>Get hockey tickets - makes fridays and saturdays sooo exciting.</p>
<p>Go ice skating after the games.</p>
<p>Willard straight movie theater - $4 or so tickets, wonderful.</p>
<p>There's a friggin bowling alley on campus (though i have yet to attend)</p>
<p>Play pool at RPCC</p>
<p>Poker</p>
<p>Hang out in a dorm, pop in a movie, pop open a cool brew, and relax. </p>
<p>Public shows at the Cornell observatory, fridays at 9 pm. Free!</p>
<p>Go to a fancy dinner at Stella's, Taste of Thai, or that awesome Mexican place in the commons. </p>
<p>Snowball fight</p>
<p>....these are just a few ideas, somebody add to this list!</p>
<p>Awesome... I knew it probably wouldn't be a problem, but just making sure that's not what college is ALL about. haha...</p>
<p>I do have a few friends in various college though, and the story is generally the same (give or take the seriousness): You'll see someone drunk at least 1/week. My friend at Brandeis says her roommate often wanders into her room a bit wasted on a weekend. Suffice to say, that's not exactly the college experience I'm looking forward to, but I know it happens.</p>
<p>How much is this apparent at Cornell? Is the frequency of seeing people wasted high enough that it's a little disheartening or distracting?</p>
<p>I've never been disheartened by anything pertaining to drinking, but it isn't a distraction to non-drinkers, since it doesn't occur that much during the week (except Thursday and isolated incidents). I mean, I'm sure it would be a distraction if you were studying at 2AM on a Friday or Saturday, but that's not likely. If you want to see people wasted, you go to parties; they're not going to flock to your dorm and bother you. I don't know how many people even get wasted...I think the general concensus is that the same people party every weekend. If partying isn't your thing, people who choose to partake won't bother you, and you'll have no trouble finding friends who feel the same way as you.</p>
<p>It's more amusing than either disheartening or distracting. The only time is can be bothersome is if you have a friend who needs serious assistance for the sake of their health. It's really your obligation as a friend to babysit them, and then reprimand the sh** out of them the next day to prevent them from doing it to themselves again.</p>
<p>I am the type of student who does like to go out to parties on the weekends, but there is minimal partying in the dorms, only pregaming. I can imagine if you're a non-partying early riser it can be annoying to have a roommate wander in drunk at 3AM 2x a week, but that's really just one of the challenges of living with someone else. It's probably annoying to them that you go to bed so early every night and they have to be extra quiet in the evenings.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that you really needn't worry about being bothered by the party scene if it's not your thing. It really shouldn't affect you, and you'll find plenty of people who don't want to get trashed every weekend.</p>