Landmark Lanes on Farwell is another bowling alley down on the east side there...it's an ok place. Yeah...I'm wondering why you started classes today too...I know UWM started the semester on September 4th http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/smile.gif Either way, UW-Madison is way better http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/grin.gif...I'm from Greenfield and if I would have went to UWM, it would have been like high school all over again...all my friends that go there still commute and live at home with their parents...and they're 20! http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/ohwell.gif...90% of the people from my class who went to college ended up at UWM...I like the freedom away from the family, and Madison's a close enough drive that if I need to get home, I can do it quickly...the girlfriend lives in Milwaukee which sucks, but I guess I see her enough...I do admit I miss Brewers games though, and the lake...Milwaukee's a fun place though...definitely lots to do. As for the advice on going out or not, I'd encourage you to get out there as much as you can...just meet as many people as possible...I went out thurs, fri, sat and an occasional weeknight during my freshman year here at madison last year and I still ended up with a 3.1 GPA with relatively no studying...perhaps I just got lucky, but I think if you balance your time well and try to procrastinate the least as possible, you'll do fine...WoW might be a good habit to drop though...I'm kinda glad I never got into the whole video/computer game thing, or else my grades might have suffered a bit...just be glad you're comumuting for now...my rent at school here is almost 500 bucks a month!...i have to work 20-25 hours a week just to make rent and a few small groceries...balancing that much work with a harder school schedule...not that much fun. Just watch out for Milwaukee cops...they're sticklers! They like to give out lots of underage drinking tickets/bust parties etc....2 of those for me in the past year in Milwaukee...that's not much fun either! Just be smart about things I guess??? Have fun!