A couple questions about W&L

beautyistruth
Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:18:33 +0000

I can only address 1, 2, & 4, but here goes:


Yes, Lexington’s small. sometimes it feels really small (after Freshman year, esp). However, students often leave town for the weekend, or even the night (I just got back from Roanoke with my friends). Students also often go visit friends/friends of friends in UVA, Tech, W&M, etc. If you feel like leaving, you can probably find someone to leave with, if you want to stay, there’s stuff to do in Lex, too.
There is gossip, but there will always be gossip. One of the things I like about the school is that when I go home and someone says, “Oh, W&L, do you know ______?” I almost always at least know the name, usually know something about them (the Greek system is actually really useful here, as I can just shorthand into, “Oh yeah, she’s an XYZ, I love them.”) This year’s freshman class seems more gossipy than usual, but that may be in part that there have been certain websites encouraging gossip.
Sports are not really big here (most people leave the football games at halftime), but there are some pretty hardcore fans. The nice thing is that the games are free. If you’re hankering to watch something more meaty, you can always head down to VMI and watch their football, which always draws a big crowd.