Campus Life

The food is not the best, but you learn to find the best out of it all

Campus dining is the pits. It's not that healthy nor that tasty. They're trying to improve it, but improvements are far down on administration's to-do list, it seems.

KIVO hummus & salads were great Pandini's is always there for crap food As soon as you're 21 - invent in refillable growlers at Iron Hill Late Night Runs to SHEETZ during study sessions is totally trashy, but completely worth it

Things are always different here and are circulated often which is good to break monotony.

The food at Franklin and Marshall is great. I transferred from a larger school where I was really disappointed in my bang for my buck when it came to food. F&M has a large kosher, international, vegetarian, and organic selection, especially since the fresh food available in Lancaster is great. Several different places on campus use your meal plan as well as the main dining hall.

It's not as bad as some students make it out to be, but we need to see some serious improvements. There needs to be another coffee shop/something similar with better hours. There needs to be fresher food in d-hall, and more vegetarian options.

Again, I do not eat in the dining hall that often, as I can just go home, however the dining hall has a million different options. For example there is a KIVO - Kosher, International, Vegan and Organic station. Pandini's is another area in the student center that offers Mexican, Italian, etc dining options. There are also great places to eat in Lancaster City surrounding the campus.

The food is by no means amazing, but it's edible. Pack some Spaghetti O's if you can't afford to eat out a lot. It's a good thing most of the residence halls have their own kitchens for underclassmen.

Food is decent and varied. Plenty of options, but like most schools not as good as homecooking.

Greek Life is huge on campus

Join if you're a guy, unless you're on a sports team. Otherwise, good luck getting into parties.

LOVE! If you're a guy - pledge freshman year or the party scene WILL BE ROUGH for awhile. Technically past first semester freshman year, guys are not allowed into parties unless they are a brother or on the brother's guest list. As far as sororities go, I have my bias - and I always will; but joining this group of girls was the best decision I've ever made and they still hold an amazing place in my heart.

They are not on campus and are not recognized by the college but they are an active part of campus life.

Greek Life is pretty small in size - about four sororities and seven fraternities - but for the small class size, it's perfect. If you're not involved in Greek Life, it's easy to avoid, but the students involved in Greek organizations only contribute to the campus.

Be aware that Greek life takes up almost 50% of campus, with 4 sororities and 7 fraternities. Compare that to Penn State, for which Greek life only makes up about 10% of the student body. That said, members of Greek organizations don't live in houses (with 5-7 exceptions per house), so it doesn't really dominate campus as much as you would expect.

Growing on campus. I am not involved in Greek life and it doesn't affect me at all socially. But, if Greek life is for you then there are many options and great groups of people to get to know.

There are fraternities and sororities you can pledge. Many are community service oriented. You are never pressured to join anything and there is no hazing just fun activities.