Beloit College
- Local Atmosphere

Living in a Bubble

Living at Beloit College is like living in a bubble. Students very rarely leave the campus, and when they do it's always with other students from the College. The farthest away they wander is to downtown which is where our bookstore is located. If you want fresh groceries, you have to wait until a Wednesday night when the college buses students to Wal-Mart. Otherwise, you're out of luck.

Outside of "The Bubble"

Besides a few bars, restaurants, shops, and the weekend market downtown, the surrounding area isn't all that happening. Students mainly stay on campus because there is rarely much of anything going on close to campus. Downtown is within a few blocks of the college and is easily accessible. During the summer, there are more events that happen within the community and seem to be more available to students. There have been more and more attempts recently to get students involved in the community and vise-versa. Beloit is not a typical college town, at all.

Beloit Is Not a Happening Place

No one comes here for the great local atmosphere of Beloit, Wisconsin. The town is really run-down with not much to do. It is getting better though. There are lots of opportunities for community service. Since it is so rural there are a lot of camping, hiking and outdoors locations nearby that the outdoor environmental club takes advantage of. You can go for a swim in turtle creek when the weather gets nice or walk down to a restaurant. Chicago and Madison aren't too far so if you really want to go do something cultural you should go there. Lots of students go to either city for concerts or shows or big attractions.