<p>There are plenty of restaurants (maybe not on campus, but down on the Levee and in Lafayette)… I like a lot of the food here much better than what could be found in Pittsburgh. As for shopping, there’s the Tippecanoe Mall… It’s obviously not as big as a mall in a bigger city, but it has what you need (Sears, Kohls, Abercrombie, Gap, Express, American Eagle, Hollister, etc…)</p>
<p>Why would you want professional sports near a campus? Maybe if you’re rich, you can get your mommy and daddy to buy you tickets, but as for those who have to pay all or part of their tuition, room/board, etc, pro sports are out of the question. I couldn’t even afford to go to a Steelers game before school…</p>
<p>Hm, no symphony, but good bands do swing by. 311 is playing here in November, and our music hall has the second-best acoustics in the nation. Supposedly an agent that was here over the weekend wants to try and book Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and other bands signed under whatever record label that is.</p>