As much as college is about working hard and earning a degree, a lot of it is about the social aspect. For reminiscent, practical or humorous purposes, here is a long list of what some college students do for fun.
Frisbee: You will see it happening in any quad. Frisbee golf, Ultimate Frisbee, Good old traditional Frisbee. If you are ever trying to get college students to sign up for a credit card, offer them free Frisbees. - Guitar: Everyone and their mom plays guitar these days.
- Party: The reality of college life, an inevitable verb happening on college campuses.
- Eat: It’s a social aspect of college. Food is the ultimate bribe tool when trying to get students to come to clubs and meetings.
- Hacky Sac: A great way to break a little sweat, practice some foot-eye coordination, and not get any studying done.
- Coffee Date: When two people come together, the outcome is usually a trip to some coffee shop on or near campus. It’s become part of the college culture.
- Watch movies: It’s what you do when there is nothing else.
- Watch television/Usually full seasons over the course of a few weeks: It’s what you do when you are addicted.
- Sleep: A sacred practice that is indulged in quite frequently.
- Bike ride: A form of transportation when going from class to class or pure adventure.
- Read: To escape from reality for a bit, getting a glimpse into the lives of others.
- Facebook stock: What none of us admit we do, but do.
- Bon Fire: Especially on beaches on Friday nights.
- Bubble Tea: Another aspect of social college culture. That’s just what we do: Eat, sleep and drink bubble tea. It is the college student’s life mantra.
- Hang out in the quad: It’s where many events take place. It’s where college happens.
- Juggle with clubs: I don’t understand this strange phenomena.
- Listen to music: The ear buds are strategically placed into the ears and the student escapes while walking from class to class. Sometimes this is done to avoid social interaction, other times it is done for the sake of a good craving for some music.
- Eat Top Ramen: It’s the cheapest staple food that has a decent enough flavor and is semi-fulfilling.
- Ride Razor Scooters: A trend on few college campuses.
- Dumpster Dive: For the sake of free and fresh locally made bread, doughnuts, and other delicious things. But you have to know where to go and when to do it.
- Streak: Will Ferrell set the precedent on this one in Old School.
- Go to concerts and shows: Because supporting local music is a great thing, and the musicians are our friends.
- Talk on a personal radio show for a couple of hours: About nothing in particular. It is usually fairly entertaining and introduces some good music.
- Look at reviews on Rotten Tomatoes: To see which movies are worth seeing, and which are not.
- Read Twilight: From what I’ve heard the series is emotionally appealing to women in particular.
- Watch Twilight: From what I’ve seen, the acting is cheesy and over dramatized.
- Rollerblading: It was big in the 90s, and from what I have seen recently on these sparse sunny days it is making a come back.
- Catch Phrase: A much loved group game that spurs controversy on who the device was touching when the buzzer went off. A word of advice: Pass before pushing.
- Banana Grams: Speed Scrabble (basically)!
- Get tattoos: Because it’s cool, that’s why.
- Have philosophical debates: Because we enjoy learning and arguing.
- Have Jam sessions with an array of random musical instruments, only a common key holding the songs together: A great way to meet new people; blow harmonicas and strum guitars together.
- Skype: It connects us with friends and family that are states away.
- Procrastinate: While it’s not productive, it is a lot more fun.
- Stay up until the wee hours of the morning: The cause of dark under eye circles, falling asleep in class, and studying until the test is handed to you.
- Sleep in incredibly late: Unless you have class, it is justifiable.
- Spontaneous mini road trips (i.e. the Olympics in Vancouver B.C.): While we are not tied down, we might as well do something against the grain and out of the ordinary.
- Find new music on Pitchfork/Read reviews: Reading news about a wide array of bands and listening to their brilliance.
- Watch Lost: The mysterious island’s secrets keep unfolding and it keeps us hooked, always wanting more.
- Blog: A great way to connect and interact with people.
- Mario Kart: There’s something so rewarding about crossing that finish line in first place.
- Red Box: Though the movies are pretty cheesy, they are cheap.
- Themed parties: MLK Jr. Day, the Olympics, Lady Gaga, etc.
- Slack lining: Who ever knew balancing could be so fun?
- Laying in hammocks in trees around campus: Especially on sunny days.
- Chess: A game of silence, solitude and logic.
- Photography: Everyone has an SLR these days…
- Make films: With handy flip cameras it’s easy to make home-made movies.
- Running: It’s what happens when the pounds from college cafeterias start revolting against us.
- DTR-ing: Defining the relationship.
- Playing board games: Another way of socializing with groups of people.
- Twitter: Updating information about ourselves for the enjoyment of others since 2006.
- iphoning; ipadding; ipodding: Technology has taken us to new vocabulary on college campuses.
- Follow other blogs: Staying up to date on what is going on in one’s interests is a great reason to follow blogs.
- Hiking: To get away from time, and venture the great outdoors.
- Gain the freshman 15: The fear of many.
- Lose the freshman 15: The reality of many.
- Eat at hole-in-the-wall delicious Restaurants: Cheap and large meal portions are a college student’s dear friend.
- Get Engaged: Have you ever heard the term “ring before spring?”
- Start a band: You play drums, Johnny plays bass and Joe plays guitar. So why not?
- Take up a random hobby: such as stamp collecting.
- Get well acquainted with the metro system: because car insurance is expensive, yet we need to get away from campus and explore.
