The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has so much to offer in and out of the classroom. Before you leave campus, make sure you check all these things off of your college bucket list!
1. Develop a warped sense of time in the UGL
Amanda Brennan
You ever walk in and it's as bright as day...but when you leave it's pitch blackā¦?
2. Concert at the State Farm Center
Amanda Brennan
SFC gets some pretty big names and the concerts are filled with a bunch of college kids! What could be better than that!
3. Explore the Stacks!
Did you know there are 10 floors in the Main Library dedicated to old books? There are "half floors" and moving shelves to explore!
4. Question if the Morrow Plot rumors are true
Walk down Gregory, stare down the random cornfield, and wonder if people really get expelled for walking over the sacred corn surrounded by an invisible fence
5. Find the tunnelsĀ
Is there one that connected the Music Building to the Krannert Center? Is there one that connects Huff to the Armory? Only one way to find out! Find them!
6. Go to a Krannert performance
Krannert holds so many diverse performances throughout the year. You can't graduate U of I without seeing a performance. Or, at least sit in the lobby, do homework and listen to the groups rehearsing.
7. Try ALL of the restaurants on Green!
You've got the basics like Panera, Noodles, Chipotle and Panda. But, don't forget about Mia Za's, Legends, Bangkok Thai and Zorbas! Check each restaurant off your list.
8. Learn what steam tunnels are
I was confused too. You know those giant blocks that blast heat at you on random intersections? Those are steam tunnels. Rumor is they used to connect the whole campus. #TheMoreYouKnow
9. Go to a movie night at the Union
GiphyUnderrated but so fun! They show the classics, some throwbacks, Disney, and sometimes ones so new they were in the theaters only a week before!
10. Get lost in creepy Urbana
Once you're east of Lincoln Ave, welcome to residential Urbana. Usually, it's completely safe and you're walking around houses filled with college kids. But, if you go one block in the wrong direction, it can get a bit spooky on the bumpy brick roads.
11. Please learn the busses
GiphyYeah, yeah this one is kinda for me. Where I have lived the last two years, my classes have been across the street. No kidding, I can see the journalism building out my window. I rarely take the busses but got better at them last year and it was pretty great.
12. Go to a sporting event
Amanda Brennan
I love sports and with Illinois improving, you can't go to Illinois without going to a football or basketball game. Our football team is pretty hit or miss, but we finally went to a bowl game last year...and we can keep improving...right? And our basketball team has gotten SO. GOOD. Here's to hoping Kofi and Ayo pull out of the NBA draft so we can have them at least one more season.
13. Put your name on a random RSO list on Quad Day
Did you even go to Quad Day if you didn't put your name and email on a list just for some free stuff?
14. Sprawl out your study stuff in the Union basement
Okay, only do this if it is not too crowded and no one is looking for a table to study at.
15. Climb Alma for a picture
Amanda Brennan
C'mon...it's "tradition"
16. Walk from First to Lincoln
From one end to campus to another! Get your steps in!!
17. Wait in the world's longest line at the bookstore
GiphyThey should really make a "FastPass" line like Disney World
18. Might as well add "wait in line at Starbucks"
Amanda Brennan
Whether you go to the one in the bookstore or the Union, might as well wait the 30-40 minutes
19. Pull an all-nighter
GiphyOkay I don't recommend this and if you time manage this shouldn't happen, but sometimes it happens and it's just part of college
20. Experience a dorm fire alarm
Amanda Brennan
Going off of that "all-nighter" idea. I technically have never done a true "all-nighter" but I have had my fair share of nights with only 2-3 hours of sleep. One of those being the same time a fire alarm went off. Nothing better than going to bed at 4am, and having the fire alarm go off at 7am
21. Have an exam in the most random building
Someone tell me why I had a Spanish midterm in a chemistry lab
22. Closeout Kams
Amanda Brennan
The better music doesn't start till midnight anyway, might as well stay and close. it. out.
Here's to the best four years!
Amanda Brennan