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Greek life rules. Most greeks are active in many organizations. Philanthropy is also important to many students. The student body is also very physically active and plays intramurals. People tend to party a lot here and the campustown area is the most popular place to be on the weekends starting with FAC.

The Iowa State Greek Community has been the most rewarding and helpful experience of my college career. I have taken on leadership and community service activities that I wouldn't have otherwise participated in. These are the things that are going to help me get a job-not a multiple choice test!

greek community is very involved

I am in a sorority and i love it! I went greek last semester and would encourage any new student to go greek also. Its amazing how many ppl you get to meet and all the opportunities that are available to become more involved on and off campus

Popular Groups on Campus are Fraternities and Sororities, Hip Hop Club, a lot of activities depend on your major they provide many clubs for those.When I lived in the dorms everyone had their door open, but I know not all the halls are like that I met a lot of my closest friends in the dorms and that is how I ended up joining a sorority. And then I've met all my guy friends through greek events, including my boyfriend. Football and Basketball are huge, tickets get sold out very fast. 2am on a Tuesday night I'd be doing homework, Thursday nights are usually the first night of weekend for a lot of students also the bars in ames provide awesome specials on wednesday to attract the crowds. Traditions each year are homecoming, this involves the whole campus and greek land turns it into a competition with many events that have become tradition and the same goes for greek week. Also Veishea is a campus wide HUGE celebration. Also the Varieties show is another fun event that happens yearly. I would say a large portion of students party at LEAST one night a weekend. Last weekend I worked on saturday and then went out saturday night ot a keg with my sorority sisters before goign to the bar. Saturday nights without drinking there are lots of activities to do, we have dollar theatre, also we have a bowling alley in our memorial union.

The group I am most involved with is my sorority. Through that I have met most of my best friends as well as my boyfriend. The Greek Community makes it so easy to get involved on campus whether it is big events such as Homecoming, Greek Week, and Veisha or smaller philantrophies such as Dance Marathon, Relay for Life, and Blood Drive. I do not feel I would be as involved or know as many people if I was not in a chapter. The athletic events are popular, especially football, but as much as other Big 10 schools. Last weekend I participated in Relay for Life and went out to parties with my friends. I also participated in Greek Week tournaments. There are activities such as ISU after-dark for students who want something to do on the weekends that doesn't involve drinking.

Intramurals are a great thing to be involved in, so is the Iowa State Greek Community. The Greek community has lots of tradition and standards that it holds it members too. Fraternities and Sororities fuel activities such as homecoming and VEISHEA. They create lawn displays, floats and banners to show off their school pride, where are general students don't really do anything like that.

The greek system at Iowa State is pretty big I think, although I come from a school where it was pretty much non existent. Mostly everything I'm involved in is through that, as well as friends, dating, and partying. I never lived in the dorms here.

The Greek community is probably the biggest group of students on campus. I was not a part of it last year as a freshman, but now that I became a part of it, I have had so many more great experiences. There are so many other ways to get involved on campus as well with tons of different activities and organizations. Athletic events are probably the most popular events amongst students. If you don't want to go out on the weekends, there are other events available like ISU AfterDark. I prefer to go party because it helps me release the stress from the week and just have fun. I would say partying is pretty common on the weekends. My social life here is amazing and I just hope it keeps getting better.

Greek life is huge here making it so much fun. The activities are student wide and every month there seems to be a large event where the whole campus can come together. Tailgating is a blast and I always feel welcome where ever I am at on campus or off!

Athletic events are definitely the most popular on this campus, however, other clubs and organizations hold events once or twice a year that are very popular.

Always something to do!

I am involved in the Blood Drive. It is one of the largest student run organizations in the Midwest. I am part of the Design/Tech committee. I help create the letterheads, flyers, posters, t-shirts, and get equipment such as TVs, projectors and screens. It may not be the hardest job, but it does involve a lot of work and there are also about 10 other committees within the Blood Drive Organization that work even harder. We work hard to make the Blood Drive a success and hopefully save millions of lives from the blood donated by our awesome Iowa State students, their families, staff and faculty.

There are tons of ways to get involved on campus. There's clubs, lectures at the MU, an award winning Greek system, inter murals, and much more. There's also plenty to do on a Saturday night whether you're into drinking or not.

On a Saturday night, things that don't involve drinking are basketball games, bowling, movies, plays, concerts, all kinds of stuff! I am very involved with my sorority and drinking is not one of our big pasttimes. We have a lot of other fun things we can do together without involving alcohol.

Greek life is pretty dominant. I would have not enjoyed my experience this year at Iowa State if I were not in a sorority. I LOVE GREEK LIFE, GIVE IT A TRY YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! The most popular sport here by far is Football! Everyone goes to the football games, or at least tailgates before!! People here party a lot, you can probably find someone partying here everynight, but until youre 21 it is only house parties (because the bars are super strict about ID's). House parties get old and boring after awhile.

Athletics are a lot of fun, even when we don't win. Football tailgates are huge and a majority of the student population attends. Drinking is definately an option that many partake in (there are plently of bars and house parties) but there is also a pretty sizable group of people that don't drink. I have met most of my friends through student involvement and the Greek Community. The Greek community is a very strong and safe one at ISU, where students are interested in leadership, philanthropy, freindship, and personal growth. The students involved in the Greek community tend to be the majority of student leaders on campus. There are also strict no hazing polocies at ISU, that every chapter takes extremely serious!!

I'm only involved in Delta Sigma Pi. I didn't want to stretch myself thin by being involved in too many activities. I love being involved with DSP because it gets me involved with campus.

ClubFest is a great way to get involved in many activities. VEISHEA is also huge and there is nothing else like it. Period. There is a parade and several demonstrations, bands, food, and just a huge celebration. It's something everyone looks forward to. When you live in the dorms some floors are extremely social and do crazy things like have Nerf wars. Other floors may tend to be quiet so there is a variety. Football is a huge thing here and there is always something going on at CY Stephens or Fisher Theater. There are also a lot of folklores about finding love at ISU. I even found my boyfriend here. We met freshman year when some group on campus was having their kickoff. We've been together for 3 years! But through that time we've shared romantic moments like watching fireworks on central campus, campaniling, and even mass camponiling.

Greek activities are the mainly what i am involved with. i am also in a learning community. we go to plays together and study for common classes. If i'm awake at 2am on a tuesday i am doing homework, or on facebook. Last weekend i went out with friends for a birthday on friday and saturday it was moms weekend at my sorority. off campus i go shopping or go out to eat or go to movies.

Greeks are pretty popular. We have a variety of Greek organizations on campus. A prospective student could go through formal or informal rush. Lots of students live in the dorms their first year then after that either move into sorority houses or off campus. I don't drink so there are lots of weekends where I don't drink. It is popular thing after class on Friday. The bars on campustown have FAC (Friday after class) where many of the bar establishments have drink specials until 10pm.