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Best Things

  1. The beautiful campus
  2. The friendly deer
  3. Convenient public transportation
  4. Great facilities
  5. Approachable people
  6. Activists
  7. Fun downtown area
  8. Student ideological diversity
  9. The unique quarter system
  10. The amazing views

Worst Things

  1. Lack of parking
  2. Lack of school spirit
  3. The spread-out campus
  4. It can be quiet on the weekends
  5. Lack of sports teams
  6. Lame parties
  7. No Greek Life
  8. Tree sitters throwing things
  9. High cost of living
  10. Merrill (Cardiac) Hill

Most Recent Contributing Author

Name: Alexandra Iorfino
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Major: Politics and Psychology

Fun Fact: Alexandra has a not-so-secret obsession with squirrels.

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