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Bump, but with a blurb to justify it.
If you've got a half hour or so free on weeknights or weekend nights there's a theater (mostly shows movies, but has some live shows) in Blacksburg called The Lyric which could use your help volunteering. It's a community theater and the people who staff the box office and concession stand are all unpaid volunteers. Basically all you have to do is show up a half hour before the movie starts, pour drinks/popcorn for people at the concession stand, and then you're done. You finish up just as the movie starts so you can get a free popcorn and watch the movie for free if it's something you want to see. It isn't a huge time commitment (a half hour/45 minutes a week and the manager will love you) and helping out helps keep a really cool place open, and while there aren't a lot of college students who volunteer there regularly there are a lot of nice, interesting people.
And if you don't want to volunteer, The Lyric is probably the #1 cheap date spot for a freshman to take a girl. Tickets are between $4 and $5, it's usually not crowded, and it's within exceptionally easy walking distance from campus. It's not quite as nice as the newer theaters like in Christiansburg and it doesn't usually show first releases, but the upside is you don't have to navigate your way into Christiansburg and pay over twice as much.
Sorry if this sounded like an ad, but The Lyric is a really cool, sometimes overlooked place in Blacksburg and a real service to the community and students. I know hardly anyone here is in Blacksburg right now (other than me) but try to keep it in mind when you do head there in the fall.
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