<p>Could anyone describe the various social activities common at Wesleyan?</p>
<p>Get drunk with friends.</p>
<p>Get drunk alone.</p>
<p>Play Quoridor.</p>
<p>Streak.</p>
<p>Clubs. (Say, Boogie Club.)</p>
<p>Smoke alone.</p>
<p>Smoke with friends.</p>
<p>Smoke and then party.</p>
<p>Party and then smoke.</p>
<p>Eat out with friends. (Say, O'Rourke's.)</p>
<p>Get drunk alone, invite friends over.</p>
<p>External parties. (Say, Eclectic or a senior home.)</p>
<p>Theme parties. (Say, Halloween.)</p>
<p>The point, I think, is that it's hard to generalize. Perhaps my personal perspective would be more helpful: I don't drink; I don't smoke. I don't feel any pressure to do either of these activities, although there is an abundance of opportunities to partake in either or both. I have more fun than I can handle.</p>
<p>I'm with monoe. I don't drink or smoke but (socially) I'm having an amazing time. There are all the stereotypes you want here (geeks, hippies, jocks, etc.) and every combination possible and every not-possible-to-fit-into-any-category possible. So it's fun. There's a lot of hanging out in rooms and hallways. Lots of parties - some drinking, some theme/dancing. Lots of nudity. Lots of movie-watching, lectures to go to, film series, clubs to go to. Fraternities and literary societies to hang out at. Abundance of fun things! And yes, if you just want to sit on the hill and get high, there's that too.</p>
<p>There is some limited spectator sport activity. Women's basketball is a very crowded venue on Friday and Saturday nights (it's also popular among townies for some reason.) Hockey has a pretty good following (though not always very good record.) And football and baseball are hard to avoid since they are played right outside the windows of the main reading room of the library.</p>
<p>Are the men's basketball games well attended as well?</p>
<p>I can't comment from personal experience, but, apparently the new gymnasium does draw crowds, as this clip from an article in the <em>Argus</em> not long ago attests:</p>
<p>"It is a great advantage to play at home," Holland said. "We don't have to travel, and the opposing team gets fatigued coming here. We practice on our own floor every day. And the crowd has been our sixth man out there. They provide us with the energy that gives us the edge we need. They really have helped us win close games. We feel like we can beat any team in the league here."</p>
<p>Likewise, Kelly attributed the team's solid play at home to the enthusiasm displayed by the fans.</p>
<p>"This has been the best home basketball atmosphere in my years here at Wesleyan. We have lots of knowledgeable fans, and they give us confidence, and the energy we need to keep going. It is hard for us to get tired in that type of atmosphere," the standout center said."</p>
<p>Tell me more about these dance parties... every weekend? how many people?</p>
<p>Thanks johnwesley. My son is visiting with the coach soon and we don't know a lot about Wesleyan's basketball program.</p>
<p>hey, what mindless jock hijacked my thread...? ;) I want to hear more about the parties...</p>
<p>There's usually about oIne significant dance party each weekend, I'd guess. Tonight there was a schoolgirl-and-geek party and a coming-out party. But there were always options - for example, I spent the evening and wee hours of the morning in an all-night snuggle-and-reading-of-The-Phantom-Tollbooth. Exciting. Wow, I've used a lot of hyphens...</p>
<p>One of the unique things about Wesleyan is that it is an LAC that is almost completely surrounded by a stable, functional, working-class neighborhood; it has affordable places to eat and drink (if you're of age) and places to shop for household necessities. By very cleverly buying up a lot of the housing stock surrounding it, Wesleyan has kept the market competitive and given rise to a rich party circuit for its own students, so much so, that the neighbors (many of them Wesleyan professors and staff) have begun to complain.</p>