('US, somewhat old-fashioned') The quarterback of the football team is a real 'big man on campus'. [=he is important and well-known]
She prefers living 'off campus'. [=she prefers not living in the dormitories/housing provided by the school]
How do you like living 'on campus'? [=in the dormitories/housing provided by the school]
(..) into the Order of Skull and Bones, an elite secret society cloaked as a fraternal order. Yale University is years old this year and were you to visit its campus, you would see that it still has exotic clubhouses which look like tombs where Yale's legendary secret societies meet. (..)2009 Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup
(..) Michael Bloomberg and even Oprah Winfrey, to discuss population control, they were portrayed as superheroes. Behind closed doors on this New York campus, a secret gathering of some of the world's most powerful people: Gates, Buffett, Bloomberg, Winfrey. It was like... Well, it was like (..)2009 Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup