People are very independent here and I would say that that helps lead to some overall lack of involvement. Clubs organize events but people don't go. However, the Music Coalition has been organizing some good concerts lately that people do go to. KLC (the radio station) seems to be in shambles, I don't even know if they are streaming online anymore. Part of this is not their fault as they got kicked off the regular air waves a few years ago and people lost interest. I think they should be revived.
The Pioneer Log is in better shape than KLC, although not by much. We are basically out of money, we do not have enough to print all the issues we usually do in one semester. Also, we usually get paid and that is probably not happening this semester. However, until we run out of money, we will come out every Friday with at least 20 pages of pretty good studd.
People leave their doors open ostensibly but that doesn't mean they want to talk to you. I guess it just is nice than the door being closed.
People don't really go to athletic events, I think, but each sport has its own group of supporters. The Theater department puts on good programs and a lot of people go see their plays. And there are always smatterings of people at guest speaker events and lectures depending on the topic.
I met my two best girl friends on Facebook before I even got to LC. Of course we weren't best friends then but it became that way after we met here. I don't think this is a common thing for people, it just happened to me. People are easy to meet in classes. I like having "class friends" and then once the class is over or the semester ends, we can be friends in real life.
If I am awake at 2am on Tuesday, I am definitely doing homework. I think a lot of people end up staying up really late finishing things because they were socializing earlier in the day. I don't really do that but it seems a popular tendency.
People used to really be into Homecoming but since they changed it last year to be "family and alumni friendly," its not so popular anymore. This year it was basically a disaster because they made you take a bus there but there weren't enough buses for all the people that wanted to go. It used to be a great drunken, debacherous night but it doesn't look like it is going to be anymore.
Partying occurs all the time, however, I would say MOST people limit their partying to Thursday through Sunday. It's not that people don't have classes Friday that they party on Thursday, it's just that they are impatient for the weekend.
There is no Greek life of any kind at LC, thank god.
Last weekend I went to see a movie at the Portland International Film Festival, I saw the Dancer exhibit at the Portland Art Museum, I went out for dessert and chai tea at the Pied Cow on Belmont, and I cooked a dinner of tofu tacos. I usually do things that don't involved drinking on the weekends. However, drinking and good activities are often combined. The weekend before last I had a party where people drank but we also played Taboo, danced, and made creme brulee.
Off campus, I go to a lot of movies, museum-y things, thrift shopping in Portland (the Bins, House, Red Light, Buffalo Exchange). Hanging out on Hawthorne is always fun, there are lots of things to do/consume there. I don't do a lot of nature-type things, but lots of people hike or ride their bikes in Tryon State Park, go on Campus Outdoors trips (to the coast or a mountain), or take the Campus Outdoors Mt. Hood ski bus to go snowboarding.