<p>Whats the student life like over there? What's there to do in Indiana?</p>
<p>After staying there in a dorm for a weekend during a football weekend, I would say there is alot to do on campus. There is all the fun things to do while there is a football game (drummer's circle, pep rally, the game itself, tailgating etc. etc.). I arrived on a Friday night so at the dorm I stayed at (Stanford) one wing was pretty much one big party (the stale beer smell came all the way to our side). The people we stayed at had a huge party watching LOST. From what my sister has told me, there are some trips/retreats planned by Campus Ministry. So pretty much there are a wide variety of things to do @ ND, pretty much a normal college campus in terms of social life.</p>
<p>i have 3 direct quotes of "there are seriously no hot girls there"... would ne students like to support/refute? lol</p>
<p>KSazn is pretty accurate. Saturdays during football season (and adjacent Friday nights and Saturday nights) tend to revolve around football. With Weis and the recruiting classes he has been building...there's no reason to think Irish football isn't going to remain strong indefinitely.</p>
<p>I am a frosh at ND now. I do not drink. But if you DO drink...there will be ample opportunity, believe me. Because social life is very dorm-centered, you don't even need to leave your dorm to drink. I guess...the image of ND students drinking "Natty lite" and carrying on at a Catholic school has always seemed a bit contrived to me, but that's just personal preference.</p>
<p>You can also attend parties with alcohol if you do not plan on drinking, there are a lot of those types of people.</p>
<p>There are a lot of social activities for non-drinkers too. Flipside is a drink-free club that sponsors weekend activities such as movie watches and bowling. The Student Union Board plays a recent movie hit for $2 every Friday and Saturday night (for example..this week it's Talladega Nights). The Huddle convenience store also rents out movies. If you can find transportation, the town around ND provides some stuff to do as well - bowling, golf, University Park Mall, etc. There are tons of quality clubs too. </p>
<p>I lament ND's social life at times, especially as a non-drinker, but the thing you have to remember is that non-drinkers are going to be in the minority at almost every college. It's a matter of making quality, like-minded friends in your own dorm..so that no matter what you do, you can have a good time doing it.</p>
<p>Ugly ND girls?............Wow..perhaps. I am dating a non-Nd student, so my honest perspective here says...They're mostly average lookers. Of course, exception to every rule. I wouldn't base my college decision on it, though.</p>
<p>Appearance wise, this isn't Florida State but we have plenty of girls who are out of my league, lol. I think we have a lot of attractive females, no worries. Check out facebook for a random sampling.</p>
<p>I am also a non-drinker and often have found it very hard to find things to do on non-football weekends. There are things offered by Flipside and the SUB, but if you do not have others to go with you to these events, you end up with a bunch of people who have already come in specific groups. </p>
<p>A very large majority of the girls in my dorm drink, usually every weekend and often starting on Thursday afternoon, which I find kind of disappointing for a school whose student body is supposed to be somewhat intelligent. </p>
<p>At this point I am just unsure of what I will be doing every weekend once football season is over and hoping that I will find ways to overcome my boredom.</p>
<p>Remember that there are many more sports than just football and there is a lot going on. Go to a basketball game, a hockey game, see your friends in a play... that is what I do at least.</p>
<p>I haven't really found it to be a problem to find things other than drinking to do on the weekends, but perhaps thats because of the friends I have made. We all seem to have similar attitudes towards drinking/partying (moderation being key) and so, although we've gone out a few times, we have spent the majority of Friday/Saturday nights watching movies, going to Target/the mall, decorating our dorm rooms, carving pumpkins, just hanging out, etc. It doesnt seem like drinking is too much of a problem in my dorm (Walsh), but thats probably becaise most people go to guys' dorms to party and maybe I'm just oblivious... Out of curiosity, what dorm are you in NDchick?</p>
<p>I am in PE</p>
<p>well if i get accepted i will deff be drinking so i wont have that boredom problem! haha cmon its college loosen up! lol jp i kno wat its like ive spent the last 2 years of h.s. not drinking b/c of sports while ALL of my friends drink and smoke it sucks... but neways so wat r the rules... i heard guys dorms no one cares if u drink as long as it stays in the dorm but the girls dorms are a lot stricter about it...? thats wat my cousin told me at least... i think shes in walsh but im not sure...</p>
<p>Jvon, its important to note that the boredom problem doesn't necessarily come from drinking or not drinking- I've heard plenty of people complain about being bored of drinking and wanting other things to do as well. In order to avoid boredom, I think that it's more important to go out and find alternate forms of entertainment than to "loosen up" and drink in college. Going to parties can be fun, but I know if that's what I did every weekend, I'd get really sick of it. Anyway, in terms of the rules, yes, alcohol is pretty easy to come by in the guys' dorms (excluding Morrissey), but things are tamer in the girls dorms.</p>
<p>Lil bit off topic...... but</p>
<p>hows the support at the baseball games?</p>
<p>its nice to see all of the alternative drinkn programs</p>
<p>So, what is there to do on campus? Plenty! ND provides an endless assortment of plays/shows/comedians/you name it. For example, Itzhak Perlman was here a few weeks ago, I know the London Philharmonic Orchestra is booked, the Vienna Choir Boys are coming, etc. That's all good if you're an artsy person, but what if you aren't? Well, as someone mentioned before, there are tons of different sports to watch, as ND is incredibly athletic overall. If you don't like to watch sports, you can participate in them. Right now I am on the ND Ultimate Team, which is one of the best-funded ultimate teams in the nation (AKA dues are about 10% of what they are elsewhere). I am also in the orchestra and the band. If you like camping, it's not hard to get involved with a local BSA troop (as I have done). There are clubs for everyone's tastes, from juggling to rock climbing. Joining these is as easy as showing up on Activities Night and signing up. On top of all of that, dorms tend to be very social. Pretty much any time I want I can find someone with whom to play pool or ping pong in the rec room or Smash Bros. Really, there just isn't any limit to what you can do here. </p>
<p>However, I would issue some minor caveats. It seems to me that South Bend exists b/c of the University. There just isn't that much to do off campus except go to parties. In addition, because athletics are so much a part of this school, people who enjoy watching TV all day or actively hate football (This is not equivalent to being apathetic. Even if you don't care about the game there's a magic to the way students feel and act regarding this legendary team) might want to consider other schools. </p>
<p>These reservations aside, ND is a wonderful place. Here you can find as much to do as you would like. I can honestly say that I have not yet had a dull moment since I arrived.</p>
<p>Support is usually fairly good for baseball but has been insane the last few years because some football player dude is also a decent pitcher :). It will be interesting to see how it is this next year now that he has gone pro!</p>
<p>I was at a women's softball double header at ND two years ago, and it was packed. They played the fight song, danced to the little the jingle, etc., and all the students there really got into it. The team I was with (the opposing team) could not believe how many students were there for a softball game. They stayed the whole time, too.</p>