Not sure if this helps, but when I was in college ('99 - '03), I corresponded a good bit with a student from Beloit; we were both amateur writers obsessed with Babylon 5 and geeky things in general. I've long since lost touch with her, but from what I remember she talked about the fandom community Beloit had, which put on a decent-sized SF convention every year.
I remember comparing it to my college, where half the frat boys had copies of Heinlein in their closets but wouldn't admit it publicly. :-)
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Not sure if this helps, but when I was in college ('99 - '03), I corresponded a good bit with a student from Beloit; we were both amateur writers obsessed with Babylon 5 and geeky things in general. I've long since lost touch with her, but from what I remember she talked about the fandom community Beloit had, which put on a decent-sized SF convention every year.
I remember comparing it to my college, where half the frat boys had copies of Heinlein in their closets but wouldn't admit it publicly. :-)