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Nightlife

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Student Favorites
  • The College Delly
  • Green Leafe Café
  • Paul’s Deli
Other Places to Check Out Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar
Favorite Drinking Games
  • Beer pong
  • Kings
  • Landmines
  • Quarters
Useful Resources for Nightlife Fellow students

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

One of the most frequent complaints about William & Mary is its lackluster nightlife. However, there are plenty of opportunities to have a fulfilling and fun nighttime college experience, especially if you join a group that organizes its own social events. An example would include, but is not limited to, joining Greek life. Greek life at William & Mary tends to not only focus on philanthropy, but on creating a fun and exciting environment for sorority and fraternity members, with weekend mixers and parties. Along with Greek life, the student-run organization called AMP (Alma Mater Productions) puts on an endless amount of activities and concerts for all students to enjoy. This includes movies on the Sunken Gardens, carnivals during the last day of classes, and other equally stimulating social events.

For those who are of age, there is also the three infamous bars: the Green Leafe (which caters to an older crowd that wants to relax), the College Delly (which tends to get rowdy and full), and Paul's Deli (which is probably the least crowded of the three). Along with these bars, there are also some other bars coming to the area below the student apartments, right on Richmond Road (the main road on campus). It promises to be a fun, student-centered place for everyone to enjoy.

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Nightlife at College of William & Mary

theanonymous1

'14

Neuroscience

3.8
B+

Underage Nightlife

There's usually something to do when nighttime rolls around. However some nights when nothing is really happening on campus, you could always go to the movies or just hang out with friends. Sometimes, I have to go the lab to do work and work with my peers.

Jan 07, 2012

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Nightlife at College of William & Mary

WMstudent

'14

Business

0.0
F

Things That Don't Exist at William and Mary

Thanks to the combination of the students and administration at W&M and the lifeless town of Williamsburg, there is little to do on any given weekend here. There are only 3 "delis"--bars--in the part of Williamsburg near campus, and all of them are very strict about who they let in. Unlike other college towns, they do not offer many good deals for students or anyone else. If clubs even exist in Williamsburg, students do not know about them nor do they attend them. Parties on campus are hosted by either fraternities, varsity athletes, or occasionally by random clubs and organizations. However, since we are at W&M, the parties hosted by such clubs tend to be boring if not weird. For example, parties are sometimes hosted by the Fencing Team or the International Relations Club. Parties hosted by varsity athletes can be fun, but few other than athletes attend; they are not usually exclusive as far as who is let in, but they tend to be further from campus and non-athletes rarely go. Fraternity parties are generally the most fun, but even those hardly compare to parties at many other schools. Because of W&M's absurdly strict administration and police, parties are shut down often and organizations are punished quickly thereafter. William and Mary wastes its time enforcing punishment for underage drinking even though such activity will take place regardless. Because bigger parties tend to get shut down, students are forced to party--and drink--in smaller get-togethers. Students also tend to drink more than they otherwise would because there is not as much socializing taking place.

Dec 06, 2011

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Nightlife at College of William & Mary

kieffabershot

'11

Psychology

1.9
C-

JOKE

The worst part of my experience at WM by far. There is some truth to the "it's as fun as you make it" philosophy but you have to work pretty hard to find fun places to go and cool people to go with. In retrospect, I wish I had gone greek because it's possible to establish yourself and have a good time without pledging but it would have been a lot easier. There are a total of 3 bars...but that is actually enough because so few students can make it out of the library long enough to enjoy themselves at night. On the plus side- most off campus parties and the bars are basically in walking distance.

Dec 05, 2011

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

Rate the off-campus bar and club scene on the following topics

What is the party scene like on campus?

What’s the best way to get to the popular nightlife spots?

Facts

Club Crawler

W&M students have to travel to Richmond, Norfolk, or Washington D.C. if they want to participate in the club scene.

Bar Prowler

The delis (essentially the bars here) are all located right across from Zable Stadium. Thursday nights are big at the delis, with many Greek organizations there enjoying a tab courtesy of their group.

Closing Time

2 a.m.

Cheapest Place to Get a Drink

College Delly

Organization Parties

Parties that organizations throw are extremely popular events. Most of these occur off campus, and are done to raise awareness and funds for service trips and other clubs. Service is a big deal on W&M’s campus, and partying for a cause is something that the students are all about. This applies especially to Greek philanthropy events, which are fun and tend to attract the most students.

Club ListingsWhat's This?

The Green Leafe Café

Sundays have the "World Famous Mug Night."

765 Scotland St.

Williamsburg

(757) 220-3405

www.greenleafe.com

Bar ListingsWhat's This?

Paul’s Deli

A lot of organizations have tabs at Paul’s on Thursday nights. Wednesday night is "Corona Night," with $1 bottles.

761 Scotland St.

Williamsburg

(757) 229-8976

www.paulsdelirestaurant.com

College Delly

Like the other delis, the College Delly serves food to tourists and students during the day, and attracts the college crowd at night. It features a patio that allows partiers to enjoy the night air along with their pitchers of beer.

336 Richmond Rd.

Williamsburg

(757) 229-3915

www.collegedelly.com

What to Do if You're Not 21What's This?

Fraternity parties

Being under 21 doesn’t hinder students in any substantial way. While they can’t get into the delis, students can get alcohol fairly easily from fraternities on campus, and police don’t really bust people unless they are acting out of control. Getting someone who is 21 to buy you alcohol or going off campus to parties is “the thing.” However, there are a good number of students who opt not to drink, regardless of their age, and that makes it easier for the under-21s to enjoy the party atmosphere in the legal way.

On campus

Williamsburg

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