Move-in weekend, classes start Monday. Welcome to the ones just getting here and welcome back to everyone else.
Quick orientation, since this sub is getting going again after a long quiet stretch:
r/semo is the region, not just the campus. It includes Cape, Jackson, Sikeston, Perryville, Farmington, Ste. Genevieve, Poplar Bluff, the Bootheel, and the small towns between. If you're driving home on weekends, or you came here from somewhere else in the area, this is your sub too. There's a pinned thread for questions about SEMO and the area. Dorms, what to do on a weekend, whether you need a car, where to eat. Nothing is too basic. You're in good company.
Locals! Students are arriving this weekend who don't know anything about this area yet. What should they know?
- Where do you actually eat that isn't McDonalds on Broadway?
- What's worth driving to on a Saturday? What about within walking distance of either campus when its not sweating balls outside?
- What do people get wrong about Cape in their first month?
- Is that shady BBQ place by river campus actually sketchy? (No, it's called True Q and it will be the best pork steak you ever order)
I'll start: Mana Tea. The Vietnamese coffee is excellent and the salted cheese foam drinks are better than they sound. And Ebb & Flow is a great place to hangout with a few drinks and the jammed up burger.
And that's about where my usefulness ends. I have a car and live on the far side of Kings Highway, so I'm a bit less familiar with the day-to-day near campus. But I'm always glad to help and chime in when I can!