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What all can we do on/off campus during our freetime?

Last post 10-21-2008 6:58 PM by bulldog09. 9 replies.
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  • 10-07-2008 3:57 PM

    What all can we do on/off campus during our freetime?

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    I'm just wondering what all is out there to do on/off campus during freetime because one of my other possible colleges is about 20 minutes away from Chicago.

    Girls are always right, just deal with it.
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  • 10-08-2008 1:36 AM In reply to

    Re: What all can we do on/off campus during our freetime?

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    There is so much to do!!! I will give you everything I can think of at the moment.

    On Campus-

    Student Government sponsored movies- We have a new one every week and they are free to students. We watch them on a huge projection screen in a lecture hall on campus most of the time, but sometimes they are outside and sometimes at the pool. We always get movies that are current enough to not be on DVD yet.

    Out-and-About in Indy- The Program Board sponsors field trip like outtings on the weekends. Sometimes it is things like White Water Rafting other times they just coordinate a shuttle bus to go back and forth from the mall all day.

    135 clubs- Getting involved is on of the easiest and most rewarding ways to stay busy.

    General Facilities- Holcomb Garden is a Botanical space on campus that places Butler firmly as the 7th most romantic campus in the nation. All students have free membership to the HRC which means free working out, training, swimming, jacuzzi, basketball, Wii, etc. Each Residence Hall has a front desk that will check out tons of movies, ping pong, and pool equipment for free.

    Residence Life- ANy free time that you may come across in college, you will willing give away to your new friends. There are no curfews, no bedtimes, and no limits to the fun you can have meeting new people.

    Off Camus-

    Butler is 4.6 miles from downtown Indianapolis. The 12th largest city, and the nation's largest Capital. There are limitless things to do in Indy with downtown so close and Broadripple, Butler's Greenwich Village, even closer. But have a bustling night life and great shopping/eating scenes.

    I hope this helps!
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  • 10-08-2008 4:40 PM In reply to

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    It does.  Thanks! Big Smile

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  • 10-12-2008 5:45 PM In reply to

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    Hey! I just wanted to add my two cents because I am from the Chicago area and it is one of my all-time favorite cities… and yet I ADORE Indy and don’t think I would want to be anywhere else for college.  I think of Indy as the cheaper, more homey, friendly, accessible, up-and-coming trendy city that I love to come home to every time school starts up.Let me expand a bit on these ideas:CHEAPER: Let’s face it, Chicago is EXPENSIVE, and that is no good for the college student budget L  Almost everything is cheaper in Indy… you can actually find free parking on the street downtown or you can park in the mall lot for like $3 (try finding that price ANYwhere in Chicago).  Museums here are cheaper, or like the fantastic Indy Art Museum (right down the street from BU), FREE J.  Concert tickets are cheaper.  Food tends to be cheaper.  Gas is cheaper.  Need I go on?MORE HOMEY: Indy has the urban feel, but the people are not rude or impersonal like you can sometimes get in a big city.  People are very friendly and share a camaraderie just for being part of our community.  For example, I went out to dinner at a restaurant downtown for my 18th, and when they found out it was my birthday, the staff not only sang to me, but assembled me a birthday gift wrapped in their flyers.  People are just kind and welcoming like that.  People in Indy are also very familiar with Butler and think very highly of it, so they will immediately love you if they find out you are a BU student.  Seriously, when I go to the grocery store wearing a Butler t-shirt, I always have random people stop to talk to me about how great our academics are or how much they love watching the basketball team.  Oh, and the city is FULL of our alumni and friends of Butler who come together to support our university… it’s cool to have that family atmosphere and feel like this is OUR city and they’ve got our back JACCESSIBLE:  They are not 2 million people living in Indianapolis, so things are not so competitive and hectic as they are in a big city.  Like I mentioned above, BU students already have the advantage in this city, and I think the ratio of college students to businesses, non-profits and government officials headquartered in this town is definitely in our favor.  Internship and job opportunities are always abundant around here, and employers know and love to work with BU students and grads.  Indy is also accessible in terms of entertainment and free time… it’s not super-crowded so you can usually find a place to park downtown (as long as it’s not a Colts game day!) and tickets to events like rock concerts are easier to get then they would be in a massive city like Chicago.  (We are also really close to Bloomington, where IU’s campus draws a lot of cheap concerts if you’re interested in that.)  TRENDY:  Indy’s cultural scene is already lots of fun and developing more and more each year.   Like Joe mentioned above, Broad Ripple is very trendy, tons of fun, and very close to our campus.  There are also several other cultural districts in Indy including Mass Ave, which is another very trendy area East of downtown with restaurants, shopping, art galleries and theatre, and Fountain Square which is similar but with fun additions like a swing dancing club and duck-pin bowling.  The city is also investing a ton of money right now into the new Cultural Trail which will be a bike and pedestrian trail that connects all these cultural districts to the Monon Trail and has new public art along the way.  (I am WAY excited about this!)  Indy is also developing it’s “indy-pendent” art scene… meaning you will find Indy bands, art, and original theatre here (I recommend the Phoenix theatre!).  Indy is home to more than one film festival (and a really cool independent film theatre), the Penrod Arts fair, and lots of neat cultural festivals like Fiesta, the Irish Festival, the French market, etc.  Expanding the cultural scene and tourist attractions is a big priority for the city right now, so you know that there is definitely even more excitement to come in the next few years.(I added another one…)BEAUTIFUL: Okay, the actual city is no more pretty than Chicago, but the neighborhood that Butler is situated in on the North side is GORGEOUS! Meridian Street, which is blocks away from our campus, is lined with historic mansions and the whole neighborhood is full of gigantic trees that make it green and beautiful.  It is a residential neighborhood, and a very short distance away from the urban environment.  I love that we can be so close to downtown and yet still have the feel of our own college campus.  Not many urban schools can offer that!!So… that’s what makes Indy special.  In many ways we are just like Chicago… we have very popular professional sports teams, a symphony, multiple theatre companies, concert tours, museums, historical monuments and all the shopping and restaurants you could think of.  Tons of conventions and national sporting events come to use our great facilities like the new Lucas Oil Stadium.  We think it’s a pretty great place to be.BUT, after all this, if you really are craving some authentic Lou Malnati’s pizza, Michigan Avenue, or a Cubs game… you can catch a MegaBus from downtown Indy and be at Union Station in Chicago in about three hours for as cheap as $1. I should also note, my response is only focused on what there is to do OFF-campus.  On-campus life is so busy and fun that you could easily stay in “the Butler Bubble” for the entire semester without leaving… but I don’t recommend this because, hey! You’ve got all the resources of a fantastic city (as Joe said, the 12th biggest in the nation) right here at your doorstep JIf you have any questions, let me know! I always enjoy chatting about my lovely city and school.

     

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    Christina '10
    http://go.butler.edu/cs/blogs/christinaL
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  • 10-12-2008 5:54 PM In reply to

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    sorry that is so terrible to read... I wrote it in Word but the formatting got all messed up!

     One more time!

    Hey! I just wanted to add my two cents because I am from the Chicago area and it is one of my all-time favorite cities… and yet I ADORE Indy and don’t think I would want to be anywhere else for college. 

    I think of Indy as the cheaper, more homey, friendly, accessible, up-and-coming trendy city that I love to come home to every time school starts up.Let me expand a bit on these ideas:CHEAPER: Let’s face it, Chicago is EXPENSIVE, and that is no good for the college student budget L  Almost everything is cheaper in Indy… you can actually find free parking on the street downtown or you can park in the mall lot for like $3 (try finding that price ANYwhere in Chicago).  Museums here are cheaper, or like the fantastic Indy Art Museum (right down the street from BU), FREE J.  Concert tickets are cheaper.  Food tends to be cheaper.  Gas is cheaper.  Need I go on?MORE HOMEY: Indy has the urban feel, but the people are not rude or impersonal like you can sometimes get in a big city.  People are very friendly and share a camaraderie just for being part of our community.  For example, I went out to dinner at a restaurant downtown for my 18th, and when they found out it was my birthday, the staff not only sang to me, but assembled me a birthday gift wrapped in their flyers.  People are just kind and welcoming like that.  People in Indy are also very familiar with Butler and think very highly of it, so they will immediately love you if they find out you are a BU student.  Seriously, when I go to the grocery store wearing a Butler t-shirt, I always have random people stop to talk to me about how great our academics are or how much they love watching the basketball team.  Oh, and the city is FULL of our alumni and friends of Butler who come together to support our university… it’s cool to have that family atmosphere and feel like this is OUR city and they’ve got our back JACCESSIBLE:  They are not 2 million people living in Indianapolis, so things are not so competitive and hectic as they are in a big city.  Like I mentioned above, BU students already have the advantage in this city, and I think the ratio of college students to businesses, non-profits and government officials headquartered in this town is definitely in our favor.  Internship and job opportunities are always abundant around here, and employers know and love to work with BU students and grads.  Indy is also accessible in terms of entertainment and free time… it’s not super-crowded so you can usually find a place to park downtown (as long as it’s not a Colts game day!) and tickets to events like rock concerts are easier to get then they would be in a massive city like Chicago.  (We are also really close to Bloomington, where IU’s campus draws a lot of cheap concerts if you’re interested in that.)  TRENDY:  Indy’s cultural scene is already lots of fun and developing more and more each year.   Like Joe mentioned above, Broad Ripple is very trendy, tons of fun, and very close to our campus.  There are also several other cultural districts in Indy including Mass Ave, which is another very trendy area East of downtown with restaurants, shopping, art galleries and theatre, and Fountain Square which is similar but with fun additions like a swing dancing club and duck-pin bowling.  The city is also investing a ton of money right now into the new Cultural Trail which will be a bike and pedestrian trail that connects all these cultural districts to the Monon Trail and has new public art along the way.  (I am WAY excited about this!)  Indy is also developing it’s “indy-pendent” art scene… meaning you will find Indy bands, art, and original theatre here (I recommend the Phoenix theatre!).  Indy is home to more than one film festival (and a really cool independent film theatre), the Penrod Arts fair, and lots of neat cultural festivals like Fiesta, the Irish Festival, the French market, etc.  Expanding the cultural scene and tourist attractions is a big priority for the city right now, so you know that there is definitely even more excitement to come in the next few years.(I added another one…)BEAUTIFUL: Okay, the actual city is no more pretty than Chicago, but the neighborhood that Butler is situated in on the North side is GORGEOUS! Meridian Street, which is blocks away from our campus, is lined with historic mansions and the whole neighborhood is full of gigantic trees that make it green and beautiful.  It is a residential neighborhood, and a very short distance away from the urban environment.  I love that we can be so close to downtown and yet still have the feel of our own college campus.  Not many urban schools can offer that!!So… that’s what makes Indy special.  In many ways we are just like Chicago… we have very popular professional sports teams, a symphony, multiple theatre companies, concert tours, museums, historical monuments and all the shopping and restaurants you could think of.  Tons of conventions and national sporting events come to use our great facilities like the new Lucas Oil Stadium.  We think it’s a pretty great place to be.BUT, after all this, if you really are craving some authentic Lou Malnati’s pizza, Michigan Avenue, or a Cubs game… you can catch a MegaBus from downtown Indy and be at Union Station in Chicago in about three hours for as cheap as $1. I should also note, my response is only focused on what there is to do OFF-campus.  On-campus life is so busy and fun that you could easily stay in “the Butler Bubble” for the entire semester without leaving… but I don’t recommend this because, hey! You’ve got all the resources of a fantastic city (as Joe said, the 12th biggest in the nation) right here at your doorstep JIf you have any questions, let me know! I always enjoy chatting about my lovely city and school.

     

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    Christina '10
    http://go.butler.edu/cs/blogs/christinaL
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  • 10-13-2008 6:27 PM In reply to

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    Thanks.  That helps a lot.  I'm actually thinking that Butler seems like it would be great to go there.  Thanks to both of you for answering.

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  • 10-18-2008 3:28 PM In reply to

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    Christina, I didn't read that, but the length of the post is convincing enough for me.

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  • 10-20-2008 3:18 PM In reply to

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    That's kinda what I thought, and I read it lol :)

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  • 10-21-2008 12:04 PM In reply to

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    haha, sorry guys.  I am infamous for ridiculously long posts - thanks for reading it though! : )
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    http://go.butler.edu/cs/blogs/christinaL
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  • 10-21-2008 6:58 PM In reply to

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    No problem.  I learn a lot from it though.  Thanks! :)

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