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School does what it can to entertain students. Drinking is number one activity here. If you don't drink, I wouldn't recomend coming here. Weekends are party based or clubbing. Social groups especially greek life is hated by the school.

There is always something to do here. Because of this it becomes a motivation to get your homeworl done so you can go out or hang out with friends.

The town of Hamden is not terribly exciting; it consists mainly of strip malls and chain stores. However, the city of New Haven is just a drunken bus ride away.

PARTY.. Quinnipiac kids know how to party. Thursday-Saturday kids party. i met my closest friends through my dorm freshmen year. i love my friends. i drank last weekend. if i am awake tuesday at 2 am, i am either doing homework or talking to my friends.

People tend to stay on campus a lot. Night life in New Haven is a lot of fun with many of the surrounding colleges going there too. Athletic events are pretty popular, but mostly the hockey games are well attended. There are 2 frats and 3 sorrorities on campus. They are popular but by no means take over the campus. It isn't for everyone, so it is completely your chioce. Quinnipiac is not a "party" school per say, but there are a lot of parties that go on Friday nights being that Thursday and Saturday are bar nights.

SPB is HUGE on campus. They plan 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the activities on campus. They do a great job! There is always something going on!

Some athletic events are pretty popular at QU. Our men's hockey and soccer teams are decent competitors, and everyone loves to show school spirit at the basketball games.

People here go out to New Haven every thursday and saturday. Friday is spent in Hamden whether it is at an on campus party, local bar, or house party. Its like a large high school in the respect that the sports teams here are treated like gods. The best way to meet a girl here is to be on a sports team, if youre not its kind of hard but not impossible. If youre not drinking on a saturday night theres nothing to do. There are two frats on campus and there all a bunch of losers for the most part, but they think they run the campus. With the new arena a lot of people go to the basketball and hockey games. Those teams are pretty good.

We have a large amount of athletes per student. You seem them everywhere. People are mostly friends with people in their hallway or friends from class, but it's definetly hard to show up to parties and not recognize a lot of the people. It's easy to have friends here and keep them. People party every weekend, and often drink on weekdays. Thursday is a party night, hands down.

Lots of drinking

You do not need to be a part of Greek life to make friends. Alot of people choose to drink and party on the weekends but if it is not your thing, there are activities every Friday and Saturday night on campus.

Seriously...trust me...everything's great here when it comes to fun. Plus the females overpower the guys at a 60-40 ratio. : ) THAT is a fact, not a stereotype.

Clubs are quite popular at Quinnipiac. People live on campus till senior year which ensures many friendships and always something to do.

Most people just join some form of sports team. Eh, whatever. Go ahead and play your childhood games if you please. The dating scene? There is no dating scene. Theres a one-night-stand scene, and a lets-date-and-get-into-a-melodramatic-fight-about-how-he-slept-with-another-girl scene, but other than that.... eh nevermind, people just like to fuck. Oddly enough, people dont really smoke here. Kinda smelly in the dorms, ya know? Umm, the musical events are pretty cool, theres a couple of local bands on campus.

Hockey and Basketball are the most popular thing up in our new TD Bank North arena's. They're amazing.

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The men's hockey team is the most popular team in the winter. In two freshmen dorms, the doors stay open by themselves, so the doors are open if someone is in the room. However, in the other two freshmen dorms, the door automatically closes, so the doors aren't open as much. People party every weekend, however, they also study so the weekend before finals is quiet. Greek life is not important because there are no on campus houses. There are only 3 sororities and 2 fraternities. On a Saturday night without drinking, a student can go to an on campus event such as a movie.

If it wasn't for joining a sorority my sophomore spring, I probably would have graduated with maybe 4 friends, including my 2 roommates. People say joining Greek Life is like paying for your friends, but whatever, I found a bunch of girls who I can be myself around, which is so important. After I graduated, most of my friends moved back home, but I was still at QU for grad school. I ended up becoming very close with some of the girls in the sorority who were a year below me. I really can't stress how great it was to join. Greek Life gets little respect on campus, even though we do a lot for different charities. Granted, we like to have fun, but at the same time, we help others.

There are a lot of clubs and intramurals if you are not involved in D1 athletics. Sororities and Fraternities are popular, but do not make up the bulk of campus activity. Hockey games on Friday nights are extremely popular.

Students in the freshman doors definitely leave their doors open to meet new people, but in the later years it is less common. Events are not too popular; sports are the only thing that really attracts a decent amount of students. People party every weekend, including Thursdays. Fraternities and sororities are not popular here. On a Saturday night you can go to the movies or go to a QUAD (QU After Dark) event on campus, instead of drinking.

Greek Life has a big presence but they're not known for parties. It's a bar school. Get a fake.

The group I'm involved in is the Pep Band and it is alot of fun. We get to go to ice hockey and basketball games for free and we get to play music to boost the moral of the fans and support the teams in play. It's organized and the music is well chosen for the type of games we go to.

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There are a lot of fantastic activities (like QUAD events and the Coffeehouse), guest speakers (including former Presidents), and alternatives to a Saturday night spent out drinking offered to students. However, I'll say again it speaks to the shallow values of the student body that these events are sparsely attended (or in the case of Former President Carter's visitation, students were mandated to attend for classes). I have a deep respect for those students and school leaders who put on these events but to have certain student organizations organize a movement to get students to come on ByStudents.com and attest that Quinnipiac University has a diverse and active student body doesn't put attendees to these suffering events, and in facts makes the jobs of those student leaders trying to fix the problem that much harder. Like I said, it's like having cancer, refusing to believe it, and therefore-- doing nothing about it.

The Greek life here pretends to be influcetial, but they don't really do much. TKE is more of a popularity fraternity with very little community involvement, while SigEp, while it has its flaws, is a little better in terms of affecting the university and the student body. The sororities never seem to have any presence, aside from selling cookies sometimes. Otherwise, there are clubs for a lot of interests, and new clubs are not hard to make and promote, and student activities are very supported. There are also university-organized activities that people go to from time to time, but very often they are ignored towards the second half of the semester when people realize that getting drunk is better than seeing a magician perform.

popular organizations: SGA (student government), PRSA (public relations), SPB (student programming board), WQAQ (radio), Q30 (tv station), the summit (yearbook), etc. students in dorms do leave their doors open, for the most part only in freshman dorms because the older kids have more private dorms. athletic events getting more popular. guest speakers are not so popular and neither is theater unless it's required. dating is random and sporadic but definitely prevalent. "if you're awake at 2am on a tuesday, what are you doing?" well it's 1216 am on a monday and i have a 10 page paper due tomorrow at 1230 in the afternoon but i fell and chipped a bone in my elbow on may weekend and i don't remember it and somehow i got the ability to email my teacher and this survey to let her know i wont be able to attend class or finish the paper...but i'm writing this after experiencing the best kush in the entire world. frats and sororities are sort of popular. traditions are based on rivalries and may weekend and spring concerts...party thursday-sunday and depending on when you want during the week, the bars are always open.

The most popular groups/organizations/clubs/teams on campus are the fraternities and sororities, student government, Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, the men's hockey team, and the men's lacrosse team. I'm involved in TKE. Yes, students in dorms often leave their doors open. Men's hockey and basketball games are the most popular athletic events. I met my closest friends freshmen year that lived by me in commons. If I'm awake at 2am on a Tuesday, I'm doing homework. People party every thursday, friday, and saturday Fraternities and sororities are very important...they do a lot on campus. Last weekend I partied and did homework. Homework, sleed, watch/go out to a movie or go to dinner off campus. Go to clubs, dinner, movies, the mall...etc.

pretty easy to make friends here, alot of activities. the drinking schedule is pretty much thursday is the start of the weekend and saturday is the last night of drinking for most, although you can find a party every night if you know where to look. thursday is usually a club night, friday and saturday are on campus, unless you have a fake or are over 21 in which most people go to the bars, mostly Toad's Place(Toads for short) in New Haven. there are free movies on saturdays if you don't drink.

Freshman year living in Ledges was like its own little community; everyone left their doors open and welcomed others. Sophomore year living at Mountain View was a bit more secluded because there were so many people living in one room alone (we had 11 girls). Even though it was more quiet, students still kept their doors open. Junior year is a bit more secluded and students do not usually leave their doors open. Frats and sororities are becoming more popular but you do not have to join them in order to have a social life.

Student Programming Board has a huge presence on campus and in student life. They plan the activities that the most people attend, like the spring concert, and campus sponsored movies, games, etc. In any hallway on campus you'll find a few doors open, usually not most though. Partying completley depends on the group of people. Some people don't at all, and find other things to do, like the university sponsored events. Some people party 3 or 4 days a week, either on or off campus, sometimes at sports houses down the street. Frats and sororities here are different from most schools. There are 2 fraternities and 3 sororities. They sponsor a ton of school events but they don't live together in a frat house like at a lot of state universities. They aren't very big on campus, the majority of students are not in them. Off campus, you can go out to eat at many of the local resturaunts in Hamden. Or, you could go shopping at some of the clothing stores, sports stores, or the walmart in town. you can also venture into New Haven which also has a wide variety of resturaunts, 18+ nightclubs, and shopping.

Quinnipiac's social scene; much like every college, people drink. Most people drink 3-4 times a week. You NEED a FAKE ID. If you don't have one you will be out of the social loop. The Greek Life on campus is horrendous. No one joins frats.

People are generally inviting when it comes to partying and are always willing to acquire a new drinking partner. The hockey and lacrosse teams are big events to attend, and tend to be a good time. There is not much tradition, and the closest thing we had to a tradtion was shut down this year by an uptight administration. People like to party in their rooms a little too much, and they only come out to head to the bars in New Haven.

The most popular sports team is definitely men's hockey. Quinnipiac unquestionably has the most school spirit when at men's hockey games. A group I'm involved with is Quinnipiac's student run radio station - 98.1 WQAQ. It's a GREAT organization!!! Everyone involved in the radio station is extremely funny and crazy! We have so many laughs, while broadcasting quality radio shows as well. We have a departments such as Music, Promotions, Production, Business, etc. WQAQ actually won organization of the year for this school year (2007-2008). I would highly suggest joining! The dating scene at Quinnipiac is mixed. There are a lot of people with significant others (on campus or at home), but also a large group of people who are single. I met my closest friends through 98.1 WQAQ and and through friends from home who also came to Quinnpiac when I did as a freshmen. People definitely party on campus or go to bars/clubs in New Haven often. Some people go as many as 3-4 times a week, while others go 1-2. How often you want to party is up to you. There are a lot of things people can do on campus if they don't want to drink. SPB (student programming board) hosts a lot of events. They have comedians, show movies (outside on the quad if it's nice out), set up inflatable and moon bounces, have concerts, and sometimes just silly things like tie-dying t-shirts and midnight breakfasts. There is also a movie theater in New Haven and North Haven along with MANY restaurants and awesome places to eat.

students leave their dorm rooms open, people bounce from room to room all the time, athletic events are somewhat popular. guys hockey is extremely hard to get tickets for since its always sold out, boys basketball is pretty popular too. people party on wednesday-saturday. there is no saturday night fun without drinking.

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Some of the most popular groups on campus are Greek Life, Student Programming Board, Student Government Association, and the various dance groups on campus. There are many different groups on campus...if you're not part of Greek Life it's not like you are an outcast...there are many people on campus who are not involved in them. As far as athletic events go, hockey games are really popular in the winter...almost event seat is filled by students when we have a home game. Activities are provided every Friday and Saturday night from 8pm to 1am by Student Programming Board and QU After Dark, so there is a lot to do on campus that doesn't involve drinking and partying. One of my favorite traditions that is new this year is Relay for Life. It was the most amazing experience I had on this campus. QU came together as a community and raised over $112,000...it was incredible and made me very proud to be a part of this community.

need more involvement. Alot of ppl go to newhaven on the wekends. Lots of activities for people who dont drink.

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Hockey and Basketball are a big thing here especially with our new sports arena. Everyone goes to games and they are a lot of fun. I am in a group called CAP (community action project). I do community service around the area and at school whenever I can. We have a lot of guests speakers each year, students go to by choice or because if they go they will get extra credit for a class. At 2am on Tuesday I am usually sleeping, some people are doing work, and others are drinking. My closest friends are from my building freshman year. I have met many new people my sophomore year but freshman year I made my closest friends. May weekend is every year and there is usually concerts. People party every weekend either on campus, around hamden, or in New Haven. Fraternities and sororities are not that important here, they sometimes even made fun of. Some people like them but they aren't like other others. There are always things to do around campus if you do not drink but I think most kids here drink.

I would not say that there is a most popular club or team on campus. People do what they are interested in. I am in volved with the finance club. There are a bunch of trips to New York City. I went on one, it was a conference regarding how to get your career started on Wall Street; it was a very good learning experience. Also they have a large book which you can put your resume in and they send it to over 400 companies. This club is a great opportunity to advance your career. People in the dorms leave their doors open. The athletic events here are very fun. By far the most popular has to be the hockey games. Our school has a lot of guest speakers. These people are very inspirational. Early on in the school year Jimmy Carter spoke. The dating scene is what you make it. Some people date, however other just hook up. Then there are the people who have mates from home. I met my closest friends just by living in the dorm I was put in. On a Tuesday, if it was 2 AM and I was still up I would be doing homework. There are no real traditions that I know of here. The party scene is what you make it. Some people party everynight. Others strictly Thursday through Saturday. Greek life is not very popular here. There are two sororities, and two frats. They cannot have houses because of CT state law. Last weekend was the unofficial May weekend... If you do not want to drink on a Saturday there is a student programing board which show unreleased movies.

Intramurals are probably one of the most popular organizations on campus. Every sport has a d1 and d2 division and it gets pretty competitive. Student Programming Board usually has an activity every weekend night, but your best bet is making the fun yourself.

I have three groups of friends that I hang out with at Quinnipiac. The first is a group of girls who lived on my floor freshman year. The second is a group of friends I have met through classes in my major, and the third group is people I have met through my work study job. No one really goes home on the weekends, most people stay on campus or go to New Haven. There are university sponsored events every weekend, usually going from 8pm-1am, open for all students, free of cost. If students want to party, they can easily find a place to do so, yet there are also a lot of students who don't like to party, so finding alternative activities on the weekends is easy as well.

At orientation, you have to be outgoing and meet friends-- this is where most people meet their best friends. Orientation is like no other experience you will have in your life. Not many people date, but a lot of people do I guess-- there are a lot more girls than guys but its not a big or noticeable deal. Greek life is not huge, they don't have a house-- it seems kind of like a cult for people who have to buy their friends-- I would recommend it at a big school however. Each weekend, a group of my girl and guy friends go to New Haven on both Thursday and Saturday and party here in rooms on Friday. I would say the majority does the same. 2am on a Tuesday.. Homework or just talking in Study Lounges, many people don't sleep here because they procrastinate until 2am to start studying and papers. It is really good to be involved with a club that has to do with your major (fundraising, meeting older people to guide you, cute sweatshirts haha, resume reasons) and others if you are interested/have time. If you are a health science major, chances are you won't though.

I am not in any groups, but I know that student government is a big group on campus. Students in dorms always leave their doors open, expect bigger dorms like Commons and Ledges. The hockey games and basketball games are the most popular. I feel like guest speakers are pretty popular, but theater is not that popular. I know people, like myself, who are in long relationships and then many who are single. But i do not know much about the dating scene because i do have a boyfriend. My closest friend lives across the hall from me and i met her because of that. I am also close to her friends, who i met thru her. Watching TV, i really don't have a lot of homework. May weekend was a tradition that happened every year, but i was cancelled for this year (2008). Spirit week either just started this year or has been around for a while. People party every weekend, and many times Thursdays. I do not think fraternities and sororities are very important on campus at all. Last weekend i went home, but otherwise it was "fake may weekend" and i would have been partying at least one day. On a Saturday night, the campus always has programs or movies to go and see. Off campus, i go shopping or sometimes out to dinner.

Intramural sports are very popular. There are different sports offered each season, including soccer, basketball, dodgeball, softball, or volleyball, as well as some others. Most people leave their doors open especially in the freshman housing and people will stop in if they see your door open. The hocksey games are QU's biggest sport and many people will go to these games, especially on the weekends. Because the arena is off campus, shuttles are provided for transportation there. There are a few fraternities and sororities that a bunch of ppl join, but joining is definitely not crucial to your social life. Thursday nights are popular for going into New Haven and going out to clubs. Shuttles are provided for free transportation there and run until about 3am on the weekends. On Friday and Saturday nights, you can always find a party somewhere on campus to go to. If you don't want to drink, there is also a club called QU After Dark (QUAD). This organization provides events all weekend from 10 pm - 2 am for people who want to get away from the drinking scene.

Thursday and Saturday nights are the main nights students take the shuttles into NewHaven. Friday nights are spent on campus in the dorms. Frats and Sororities are more social clubs, they don't have houses. I wish more people left their doors open, there are still people on the other side of the hallway that I have never met.

Quinnipiac has much to offer when it comes to activies. These activites range anywhere from athletics to drive in movies on campus to nights in new haven.

My favorite acitivity is Phi Sigma Sigma, my sorority. It has been a way in which I have been involved in both the community as a whole and more around campus. It broadended my horizons and I have made quite a few new friends.

There are a lot of clubs and organizations you can get involved in here. I, personally, helped out back stage at the last theater production, and I plan on doing it again. There are also a fair number of club sports to participate in. My closest friends that I have here include my roommates, some girls from next door, and some girls from farther down the hall. So I've basically met them through living in the dorm. Most people I know get along really well with at least one of their roommates, if not all of them. There are a lot of parties that go on on the weekends, but if you're not looking to drink there are always activities on campus geared specifically toward people who don't want to drink. The Greek life is pretty prevalent here; my roommate joined a sorority. But of course, you're totally fine with social events if you don't join a sorority or a fraternity. People go into Hamden and New Haven a lot to go to the movies, go out to eat, shop, go bowling. There is definitely stuff to do here.

Most popular teams are the hockey and basketball teams. Most studnets in dorms leave their doors because it helps to meet new people. Athletic events are fairly popular, especially when we are playing our rival schools. There are a great number of guest speakers throughout the year, which apply to almost every major. People party mostly on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Fraternities and Sororities are popular, but not that important. On a Saturday night, instead of drinking, one can eat dinner in New Haven, see a movie, or walk around town.