100 things to do before you graduate

1. Go to a free local concert

2. Find “your” coffee shop hangout

3. Go to the Sycamore Hot Springs at Avila under a starry sky

4. Sit on the sidewalk and eat fresh fruit and tri-tip sandwiches at Farmers’ Market

5. Get lost in the “spider building”

6. Dress up like a fool and ride
your bike around town for the Bike Happening

7. Go skinny dipping. just that once

8. Have a bonfire on the Oceano dunes or at Port San Luis

9. Host a costume party

10. Enjoy free tacos on the beach at The Cliffs

11. Pile as many friends into the back of a pickup as possible to watch a movie at the Sunset Drive-In

12. Go horseback riding at Montaña de Oro

13. Go to the Nipomo swap meet with your roommates and buy something completely random for your apartment

14. Strike up a conversation with the stranger next to you at Barnes n’ Noble

15. Karaoke

16. Hike Bishop Peak under a full moon or at sunset

17. Take a Sunday bike ride to Morro Bay

18. Say hi to the flamingos at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero

19. Take at least one “just because I want to” class that doesn’t count for anything

20. Go on a Poly Escapes trip

21. Join an intramural sports team

22. Take ballroom dancing lessons for a quarter

23. Study abroad, even if only for a summer

24. Go camping at Big Sur for a weekend during the school year

25. Don’t forget to call home

26. Finish the Rec Center’s triathlon

27. Find a friend and rooftop and stay up there all night, sipping wine and philosophizing about life

28. Go line dancing at The Grad on a Thursday night… even if you hate country music

29. Watch the Monarch butterflies at Pismo Beach in spring

30. Do a random road trip: just good friends, a map and Highway 1

31. Take a picture with the Puck statue downtown

32. Go to the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles

33. Eat a burger from Sylvester’s in Los Osos

34. Go around the world by finishing all 40 beers at Spike’s

35. Ooo and ahhh at Fourth of July fireworks at Cayucos or Pismo Beach

36. Stick some gum on the wall in Bubblegum Alley. Creativity is encouraged

37. Serve as an officer of a club

38. Go to ASI’s Dusk ’til Dawn event

39. Buy your mom a gift at the spring craft fair in University Union Plaza

40. Go to free craft Friday at the Craft Center

41. Get obsessed with a new TV show and marathon it

42. Make a beer pong table out of something random

43. Go to a midnight movie at the Fremont Theatre in costume

44. Go to office hours and get to know a professor

45. Cheer for the Mustangs at a Cal Poly sporting event

46. Stay up all night for no reason

47. Go to Another Type of Groove slam poetry

48. Picnic at the Poly P

49. Attend the SLO Film Festival

50. Eat cereal for dinner

51. Advocate Top Ramen as an acceptable meal

52. Tour Hearst Castle

53. Drink a 6 a.m. beer on St. Patty’s Day downtown

54. Have a pumpkin carving party for Halloween

55. Have a game night

56. Write a letter to the editor to the Mustang Daily

57. Vote!

58. Check out a book from the university library. Textbooks don’t count

59. Go to Trivia Tuesday at Woodstock’s Pizza

60. Fly a kite at the beach

61. Read a book for fun

62. Make a good resume

63. Go surfing at least once

64. Have friends or siblings visit

65. Visit the on-campus arboretum

66. Finish a crossword puzzle and sudoku by yourself

67. Volunteer for Wildflower

68. Get some friends together and make a team for Relay for Life

69. Eat a late night burrito

70. Ride the bus or bike to school instead of driving

71. Actually study 25 to 35 hours for a week

72. Go to Pint Night downtown

73. Talk your way out of a parking ticket

74. Donate blood

75. Be a WOW leader

76. Go kayaking at Morro Bay

77. Take a foreign language class

78. Learn to cook something well

79. Become political

80. Debate with someone about something you care about

81. Spend hours online procrastinating your homework

82. See a show or performance at the Performing Arts Center

83. Go swing dancing at Madonna Inn

84. Play a game of Ultimate Frisbee or disc golf

85. High five the peace guy downtown

86. Visit your adviser

87. Explore Poly Canyon

88. Go to the University Art Gallery in the Dexter building

89. Visit the Equine Center in spring to see the foals

90. Go to the Open House booths and tractor pull

91. Find your favorite sushi place

92. Spend a day at Lopez Lake or Laguna Lake

93. Go see the elephant seals at San Simeon in spring

94. Protest something

95. Mini golf at Boomer’s in Santa Maria

96. Go to the shooting range

97. Go wine tasting

98. Take lots of pictures

99. Buy your cap and gown

100. Brace yourself for the real world