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Observation Commons January 26, 2010

I sat in the commons for about forty minutes today and recorded what i witnessed. The most dominant thing i saw was the pople that come together stay together. There was not really any mixing, the people that sat their stuff down were the only ones to return to the table. I didnt see anyone that invited a person that was sitting alone to sit with them. Another dominant factor was that all the groups that were together seemed to be of the same social group. The athletes were social with each other, the sororities stayed together, and although i couldnt classify them into a group, most of the groups look like they should be hannging out together. It was very clickish. I think this shows alot of insecurity in the student population, it seems like we are afraid to leave our comfort zone or walk into a situation that may be awkward. Although most of the people were very polite to one another, it just seemed like they didnt want anything to do with anyone they weren't here with.

Joe Short

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