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range of amazing activities outside the classroom.</p><p class="link">View all clubs and organizations</p></div></a></article><article class="photo-feature"><a class="photo-hover" href="https://www.northwestern.edu/studentaffairs/"><img alt="students with a laptop on the lakefront" src="../images/campus-life/undergrad-img.jpg"/><div class="text-over-image"><h2>Undergraduate Student Life</h2><p>Learn about campus life from housing and dining options, as well as our Evanston home and neighboring Chicago.</p><p class="link">Go to Student Affairs</p></div></a></article></div></section><section class="contain-1120 bottom-margin-big"><div class="section-top contain-970"><h1 id="arts">Arts and Culture</h1><p>Art exhibitions. Lectures. Concerts. Performances. Watch world-famous artists at the top of their careers and fellow students at the start of theirs.</p></div><div class="three-column-links group"><article><h2>Music</h2><img alt="student with her french horn working with a professor" src="../images/campus-life/music2-sm.jpg"/><p>Each year, Bienen School of Music students, faculty and guest artists showcase their talents at hundreds of performances. Visit the new Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, <span>located in the campus's Arts Circle.</span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.music.northwestern.edu/">Bienen School of Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.music.northwestern.edu/davee">Davee Online Media Library</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.music.northwestern.edu/events">School of Music concerts and events</a></li> </ul></article><article><h2>Theater and Dance</h2><img alt="students on stage applauding" src="../images/campus-life/theater-sm.jpg"/><p><span>With world-class programs in acting, musical theater, dance and performance studies, the School of Communication teaches students to build their skills on the stage. Watch them train in productions that are performed year-round.</span></p> <ul> <li><span></span><a href="https://communication.northwestern.edu/" title="Northwestern’s School of Communication">School of Communication</a></li> <li><a href="https://wirtz.northwestern.edu/">Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts</a></li> <li><a href="https://amtp.northwestern.edu/" title="The American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University">American Music Theatre Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/1771" title="Calendar of events from Northwestern School of Communication">Wirtz Center calendar of events</a></li> </ul></article><article><h2>Visual Art and Film</h2><img alt="student painting on a canvas" src="../images/campus-life/art2-sm.jpg"/><p>Visit the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art's galleries, Print Study Center, or auditorium for film screenings. Students also curate the Dittmar Gallery and study the theory, production and history of art and media.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://art.northwestern.edu/">Department of Art Theory and Practice</a></li> <li><a href="https://communication.northwestern.edu/academics/radio-television-film/">Department of Radio/Television/Film</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/">Block Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/norris/arts-recreation/dittmar-gallery/">Dittmar Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/events/">Block Museum calendar of events</a></li> </ul></article></div></section><section class="contain-1120 bottom-margin-big"><div class="section-top"><h1 id="athletics">Athletics and Recreation</h1><p>A charter member of the Big Ten Conference, Northwestern sports 19 highly competitive varsity athletic programs. And thanks to numerous intramural and club sports, as well as a number of athletics and fitness facilities across campus, you don鈥檛 have to play varsity sports to be a student athlete.</p></div><div class="alternate-photo-float bottom-margin-big group"><div class="image-left"><img alt="football players running" src="../images/campus-life/athletics-img.jpg"/></div><div class="text"><h2>Varsity Athletics and Intramurals</h2><ul> <li><a href="https://nusports.com/">NUSports.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://nusports.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetGroupList?groupCode=NW&linkID=nwu&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=">Buy tickets</a></li> <li><a href="https://nurecreation.com/">Sports clubs and intramurals</a></li> </ul></div></div><div class="alternate-photo-float bottom-margin-big group"><div class="text"><h2>Fitness and Recreation</h2><ul> <li><a href="https://nurecreation.com/facilities/">Evanston facilities</a></li> <li><a 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