(In response to a question of a pair of upperclassmen I ran into a while ago while looking for a place to have dinner)

• To burn extra calories (the answer people seem to expect)
• To shake off the bad energy I accumulate from being cooped in at the dorm while studying
• To reflect, the same way you think through things while in the shower
• To get away from the noise at the dorm (paradoxically)
• To see different kinds of people aside from the ones at school
• As a CBT exercise to get over my anxiety in crowded places
• Stress management, instead of slamming doors and throwing things at the dorm
• Procrastination (what I was really doing a while ago)