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after a year at grinnell, i can say that there are most definitely different atmospheres between the three campuses at grinnell (that is, north, east, south).
north: athletes typically live here, and drinking games (beer pong, quarters, etc) are taken much more seriously than any other campus. other drugs are less emphasized.
east: i want to say that east is just neutral. east has a higher concentration of LAN parties (parties where people hook up their computers in close proximity to play certain games), but also its fair share of beer pong get-togethers. definitely has less atmospheric quality, and feels much more sterile. these dorms are nice, and you would be lucky to get rooms on the third floors of most of them, as they have vaulted ceilings.
south: known generally as the hippy campus. while drinking is just as prevalent here as on north campus, other drugs (and by that, i only mean marijuana, not things like coke or heroin) are much more prevalent. people tend to treat things like drinking games much less competitively than people on north campus, but hipsters are prevalent in this area. be wary of fights about music you've never heard of, and will probably never listen to again.
in terms of niceness/condition, south and north campus are on par, while east campus is technically "better" (because it's new; i would never, ever live there). all i can say is that when you get to campus, you'll know which campus you belong to.
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