Manutd11

Social Scene, Music Scene, Where are youu???

I've found that Dickinson is amazing in terms of academics, but the town of Carlisle has next to no culture, Wal Mart is listed as an attraction on a brochure distributed by the town's tourism board. If you're looking for a music or club scene, there is none. A big issue with parties around campus is that the majority of them are held by lax/football bros and their frats, so a lot of people end up pre-gaming in dorms and wait patiently for that fun event that comes along once in a while or that party that anyone is allowed into. True, if you join an organization, you have more chances of going to a party but what happens if you just want to have fun and don't want to be given a set of obligations with your want to hang out on the weekend? I think part of the issue is that DPS (Public Safety) is just to big for the school, which means that a lot of the little get-togethers that are held near campus that everyone is welcome to, get busted right away. There is also a slight preferential treatment for athletes by public safety. an officer once said, regarding the lacross team, "I'd like to think that I've got your guys backs and you've got mine." ... this is bothersome as the lack of parties often forces people to go into dorms and drink more because there is nothing else to do.

Housing Is Interesting?

I've been moderately happy with my dorm (Baird), but that's because I have a single and my roommate lives with his girlfriend. I wish that there was some diversity to the dorms on campus, but they pretty much all look the same. My dorm was freshman housing last year.