Is KSU a "suitcase college?"

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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:30:23 +0000

Hello. As a current first-year student at KSU here’s my take on this situation. First off, I am from Bowling Green, OH (2.5 hrs away from Kent) and I would say that it is somewhat a suitcase school. Personally, first semester I went home a great deal on the weekends just because there isn’t very much to do in Kent itself.

The bars are all 21+, so there’s no chance of going to the clubs or anything downtown. Sure, there’s things to do from time-to-time downtown and there’s activities on campus but they get old…quick! And I was also very involved on campus as well.

I was a broadcast journalism major and was involved with two TV shows there on campus and also a part of hall council. So, needless to say…my plate was full. So, with all that going on with my school career at Kent I STILL went home most weekends because I was just tired of being subjected to the same old things every weekend in Kent.

Now, this is NOT to say that my results are typical for everyone. It just depends on what you like and who you get involved with on campus. A big reason I went home so much was because I always had a three-day weekend since I had Fridays off fall semester. I will say that towards the end of the semester I really started to enjoy being with people I worked on my TV show with and I stayed the last three weekend of fall semester in Kent and didn’t even want to go home. I only went home once during those last three weeks due to a job interview I had back in BG.

Anyway, hope my story sort-of helps! Best of luck. KSU is a good and fun school.