The Cougar's Byte

ver wondered what students just like you want to do before graduation? Are you looking for something to do on a dull night? There are so many activities to take advantage of at Kean University and around the area. Want to actually complete them all before graduating? Print or cut out the list and check them off as you go!

1. Take a campus tour
2. Visit all of the residence halls
3. Apply for a scholarship
4. Go to a Student Organization of Kean University meeting
5. Join a fraternity/sorority/organization
6. Go to an on campus sports game
7. Go to a performance at Wilkins Theatre or in the Little Theatre
8. Study abroad
9. Make the dean’s list
10. Buy a yearbook
11. Sing karaoke
12. Work at an on campus job
13. Write a paper a week in advance
14. Start a CCT
15. Attend various meetings until you find a group that fits you
16. Lose the freshman 15
17. Live on campus
18. Visit New York City
19. Go to a free local concert
20. Go to the beach (any one of them)
21. Find out where Health Services is before you need it
22. Buy a class ring
23. Visit Sage and Scout at the Turtle Back Zoo
24. Join an intramural sports team
25. Go to Homecoming
26. Vote in the Student Organization elections each year
27. Serve as an officer for a club
28. Stay on campus for an entire weekend, taking part in campus activities
29. Attend the Campus Awareness Festival
30. Rollerblade, skateboard, or bike in and around campus
31. Go to office hours and get to know your professors
32. Visit the Holocaust Resource Center
33. Clean out your Cougar e-mail account so it’s not over quota
34. Schedule a financial aid appointment online
35. Advocate for Ramen Noodles as an acceptable meal
36. Vote!
37. Have a game or movie night
38. Listen the Kean radio station, 90.3 WKNJ FM
39. Checkout a book from the university library (textbooks don’t count)
40. Read a book for fun (preferably one that does not apply to your major)
41. Write a good resume and have it looked at by the career development and advancement office
42. Go to Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure
43. Have friends or siblings visit for the weekend
44. Take a picture with the Kean Cougar
45. Actually study for 25 to 35 hours at least one week each semester
46. Donate blood at one of the on campus blood drives
47. Take a foreign language class
48. Visit Kean at OCC
49. Learn to cook (in the microwave)
50. Visit one of the campus galleries
51. Take a tour of Liberty Hall
52. Go on a sponsored retreat
53. Wake up early enough to catch breakfast during Psyched About Wednesday events
54. Attend the annual Breast Cancer Walk
55. Take the train to campus from your home rather than driving during Ride Free week
56. Meet Dr. Farahi
57. Take lots of pictures
58. Thank your professors for a great class with a handwritten letter
59. Find the location of all of the blue safety call boxes
60. Consolidate your student loans
61. Go camping in the Pine Barrens
62. Play snow football or make a snow angel in the winter
63. Access your Kean e-mail
64. Take a summer course
65. Have a meal at each campus eatery (Downs Hall, the University Center cafeteria, the Cougar’s Den)
66. Buy a cup of coffee from Starbucks
67. Purchase a Kean sweatshirt, T-shirt, or one of the many items the bookstore has to offer
68. Declare a major
69. Take a class that you would enjoy taking that doesn’t count for your major
70. Play on the Cougar Green
71. Learn the Kean cheers
72. See a Broadway play
73. Go on a "traditional" spring break to an island or Florida
74. Work with a professor on a research project for a semester, summer, or a week
75. Go skydiving
76. Visit the career development and advancement office before your senior year
77. Score a prime parking spot
78. Take advantage of student discounts
79. Read the campus newspapers and newsletters
80. Go to the Tropicana Diner at 4 a.m.
81. Workout in the Harwood Arena gym
82. Take a road trip to an away game
83. Spend some quiet time at the 9/11 Memorial
84. Play volleyball in the sand outside of the University Center
85. Join a pick up game of basketball on the courts
86. Go to the Senior Formal or the annual Gala
87. Call the University Diner for delivery to your residence hall
88. Go to a dance or party in Downs Hall
89. Find your future best man or maid of honor
90. Have a sleepover in your friend’s residence hall
91. Take a night class and sleep all day
92. Stay up all night writing a paper the day before its due
93. Meet with your advisor
94. Attend a free yoga class at Harwood Arena
95. Watch the Kean Soap Opera "Union"
96. Go for half price appetizers at Applebee’s after your 7:30 p.m. class
97. Take a class with a friend
98. Ride the trolleys for no reason
99. Pay your graduation application fee