We asked Kate...
What are the most popular student activities/groups?
Parties are pretty prevelant here; the campus is located in the middle of a small town surrounded by cornfields. This can definately lead to bordem, and bordem can definately lead to drinking or taking drugs. But, the scene is pretty easy to avoid if its not your thing.
Your freshman year, frats parties are pretty central to the social scene, but again, it is easy to find something else to do. Movie nights are big around here; our library has a great selection of films.
Knox does a decent job of bringing speakers to campus, but they usually present on weekdays, so students do make their own fun on the weekends. If you can, bring a car! Not much is within walking distance, but a car can get you to Peoria or other larger cities, and if you have a car, you can avoid taking taxis to the movie theater or Target (they get really pricey).