baton rouge: I'm moving to Baton Rouge for school and I heard that besides football season there's not much to do. I'm from Lafayette so I'm pretty spoiled when it comes to places to go out.|||Baton Rouge, honestly, does not have any really defining places to go. It does have stuff to do if you're know what you're looking for, though. If you're looking for a party, there's always a party somewhere in one of the apartment complexes. Campus Crossings at Highland and Burbank are good bets, so are University Crescent and Commons on Burbank. On weekends, the northgate of LSU is a pretty busy place to go with tons of restaurants and bars. Join some clubs, meet tons of people at orientation, just try to get around at first and you'll be able to find a party. I'm not really a bar/club person, but some of the ones I've been to and heard of are (at northgate) Northgate Tavern and the Varsity, (elsewhere) Brightside Bar and Grill, Chelsea's Cafe, and Splash (Warning: Splash is a gay club). Downtown never seemed too lively to me, and parking can be kind of hard there. I'm sure there are others, but those are the major ones and you should just ask around if you want more. But yeah, if you're looking to get drunk and party, there are absolutely no problems with that in BR. If you're not really the party type, there are plenty of cultural activities. Circle Bowling has 5 dollars for an hour and unlimited people on Thursday nights. A growing art community is ballooning, and you can check out culturecandy.org for stuff like that. Plenty of all-night or nearly all-night restaurants like Louie's, Waffle House, or Coffee Call are around. There are plenty of movie rental places and restaurants, and a movie theater just opened up in Perkins Row, not too far from the LSU campus. If you're going to LSU, keep your eyes peeled to the articles and ADVERTISEMENTS in the Reveille and Tiger Weekly. Often the ads are overlooked, but they usually have at least one or two things to do or bar specials in there. And, of course, there's basketball, volleyball, and baseball season.