<p>The speech teams are really good and well supported (Model UN, Mock Trial, Debate). There’s both College Dems and Republicans. It’s not nearly as politically active as, say… UC Berkeley, but it’s not nonexistent. Student govt. is pretty popular and present on campus as well.</p>
<p>Aside from those, there are a ton of extracurriculars. 130+ student run clubs and groups, plus club and intramural sports. The second week of each semester they have an “activity fair” where all the clubs and groups set up tables and you sign up for the email lists of the ones you’re interested in… then you can pick and choose which you attend. Sometimes there were multiple things I wanted to do at the same times - almost too much going on! Everything from the newspaper to geology club, cricket club to canoeing.</p>
<p>The reputation isn’t always reflective of reality. There’s Muslim and Buddhist student groups on campus, South Asian Cultural Club is very active, as are Japan Club, China Club and Korean Student Assn. 2/3 of students study abroad - they’re really pretty worldly, and everyone would be accepting.</p>