Arizona State University-Tempe Top Questions

ASU parties are unparalleled, flat out. I almost joined a frat but decided not to. Most of the biggest parties are through the frats but you can still find parties all the time even if you aren't in a frat.

Football games are by far the most popular athletic event to go to. I recommend them to EVERYONE!

most popular groups on campus? i dunno. the sororities and fraternities are very visible. christian groups are also big. really, there are a ton of groups. it's hard to say which is most popular. do students in dorms leave their doors open? depends on where you are - varies by hall, really. lots do, some don't. the honors dorms seem to be notorious for leaving doors open. athletic events? oh psh they're stupidly popular. guest speakers? well obama came and a bunch of people showed. i think guest speakers are actually fairly popular too. theater? i wouldn't know, i'm not much of a theater buff. dating scene? like i give a crap, i have a solid long-distance relationship. seems like a lot of people in the party crowd are into shallow relationships and hookups and all that malarckey. but my church peeps seem to be either single or married. my closest friends? i met them at church. hope christian church has really become my family-away-from-family. i wen to passport at the beginning of my first semester, and a campus minister from hope called and invited me to church, and the rest is history! if i'm waking at 2 AM on a tuesday, i could be doing almost anything. last-minute homework, reading, coloring, cleaning, watching a movie in my sister's dorm, talking to my boyfriend, jogging at the SRC track (stupid, i know, but hey i really needed to run! and i wasn't the only fool out there either :P ). what did i do last weekend? don't remember (no, not like that...i don't drink, i just have a bad memory!). i have family in tuscon that sometimes comes and whisks me away to fun hotels or to tuscon, my family from colorado sometimes visits and whisks me away to cheaper hotels or to tuscon, the church has a lot of fun get-togethers (often with free food!), i often spend saturdays doing homework (not sure why), i like to take the orbit and/or city bus to target at tempe marketplace, i go wander around mill, i babysit, i clean...etc. traditions, events....whatever. like i care. how often do people party? depends. on north campus, the weekend starts on wednesday and ends on tuesday. my roommate seemed to go out practically every night, some weeks, and come back slobbering drunk at 5 AM. and she's not the only one i know like that. fraternities sororities? well like i said they're pretty visible. they're always seesawing for scoliosis or whatever on hayden lawn. i think they're pretty big. although the frat houses are GROSS...my aunt says they looked like they needed to be condemned almost a decade ago, when she went here. what can you do on a saturday night that doesn't involve drinking? oh so much! me, i like to do homework, browse bumper stickers on facebook, call all my friends and family in other states with free weekend minutes, hang with visiting family, watch movies with my sister, go over to dinner at my friend ashley's house, or chill with another friend in her dorm. what do i do off campus? target. i do target. i love target. i want to marry target. <3 target is the only off-campus thing i do by myself...otherwise it's probably going to somebody's house from the church, or going to the $3 theater with friends, or renting a movie, or eating at a restaurant. i guess mill...is it off campus or on? well i'm there a lot too. actually, i probably spend most of my time on or very close to campus, and yet i am never bored. (i mean, it does take 20 minutes or more to walk from one end to the other.)

There is always something going on at ASU. There is always a party to go to, people to hang out with, people to study with. Freshman year all the dorms are open for people to walk in and get to know their neighbors. Everybody wants to have a good time and meet as many new people as they can. Whether you join Greek life or just want to chill with some close friends, you will find people who you love and make friends quickly here.

Football is very popular at ASU. I am not really involved in the typical ASU social life so I don't know a lot about it. In my dorm the doors locked automatically. Every once in a while I run into friends on campus but it is rare unless prearranged. Mill avenue is still fun for people who don't want to drink. There are lots of clubs too that you can join to get to know people and to hang out outside of school.

It is no secret that ASU has a great social scene. Living in the dorms was some of the most fun experiences I have had to this day--Meeting new people and enjoying each day. On football Saturday the campus becomes one big party. They allow tailgating w/ alcoholic beverages in the parking lots. There is a party or something else fun to do every night of the week, but everything should be done in moderation. Remember, you are there for a degree, the rest just comes with the territory. I was not member of the Greek System, however I had several friends who were. I can testify that you do not need to be part of a fraternity/sorority to have an amazing time while at ASU.

Okay, so there are a lot of parties. There are also some good social justice groups. Community Outreach & Advocacy for Refugees (COAR) works with locally resettled refugee populations while another group I am involved with, No More Deaths, does a combination of humanitarian aid on the border as well as political activism.

Frat and Sorority life has significantly decreased in the last few years. If you want to make friends...you will always leave your dorm room door open...even when you're sleeping! I met my closest friends when I changed my major and joined a club focused on the major(nonprofit) 2am Tues I am eating pizza and studying with a group of girl friends! There is so much to do that doesn't involve drinking! Movies,shopping,eating out, boat rides, hot tubbing, camping..etc...The beach is 5 hours away...the lake is 2...the snow is 2-3!!! Its great!

ASU gets FABULOUS speakers. I have had lunch with Edward Albee, shaken hands with Barack Obama, and seen Gloria Steinem and Richard Dawkins speak recently to packed houses. ASU Theater is under-advertised, but you will likely see someone naked, so they're definitely worth going to. For such a big university, the dating scene is very insular, you will date a LOT of people who know each other, sometimes at the same time. I found the dorms not to be very social and met most of my friends through classes within my department. Off campus, First Fridays art walk is a fun indie event. There are always festivals going on in Tempe or concerts at Tempe Beach Park, but I always try to put the word out about on-campus art events because they are great, cheap, and under-attended. Sports are a draw for a lot of people, apparently we have good teams.

What are the most popular groups/organizations/clubs/teams on campus? Again our campus is huge, so the most popular groups would be the ones sponsored by the University, for example, USG, PAB, Devil's Advocates, SPARKS, etx. · Tell us about a group you’re involved with. I am the President of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority Inc. We are a sorority that promotes leadership, multiculturalism, and self improvement, through academic excellence, involvement in and service to the campus and community, as well as being living examples of sisterhood across different races, cultures, religions, backgrounds, and lifestyles. We host a variety of different educational programming each year, perform large of amounts of community service, donate to our philanthropy, collaborate with other organizations, and provide a yearly scholarship to an incoming ASU Freshman woman who displays our tenets. We are members of hte Multicultural Greek Council on campus. (We are a nationally incorporated organization, founded in 1997 at UNC, now with 26 undergraduate chapters nationwide.) · Do students in dorms leave their doors open? When I lived in the dorms they did. · How popular are athletic events? Football, basketball, and baseball are the most popular. Guest speakers? There is always someone visiting our campus, for example in the past year we have had Gloria Steinem, Barak Obama, and Mar Jemison, just to name a few. Theater? We have an awesome venue, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Gammage Auditorium, hosts a great lineup of Off Brodway shows every year, as well as ASU student productions. · Tell us about the dating scene. Im sure there is one, but I am happily taken, so have not had to deal with that. · How did you meet your closest friends? Most of them I kept after high school, otherwise through my sorority, or through the Multicultural Student Center.· If you’re awake at 2am on a Tuesday, what are you doing? Homework, or on the internet · What traditions/events happen each year? We have some cool homecoming traditions, as well as annual service events. · How often do people party? Everyday. · How important are fraternities/sororities? Sad to say, not that important, but that is in part due to the Greek Organizations themselves. · What did you do last weekend? I really don't remember. · What can you do on a Saturday night that doesn’t involve drinking? um.. well, movies, mini-golf, swimming, play sports, exercise, play video games, go shopping, hang out with friends, go dancing, paint balling, go kart racing, etc. · What do you do off campus? Work, sleep, eat, play.