2001 ORIENTATION ISSUE BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
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HERALD August 24, 2001
Orientation No. 122
HWS Extends Warm Welcome to Class of 2005
This Week: News
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Welcome! From The Herald
Feature 4 When Saga Just Won’t Do...
Schedule 6 Orientation Events & Descriptions
Sports New Coaching Appointments
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Melissa Roberts Editor-in-Chief
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reparing for Orientation 2001 has been exhausting. The amount of hard work put into the next few days can be seen by just looking into the eyes of the handful of students leading the first-year welcome this upcoming weekend. However, when the first members of the class of 2005 begin to flood the parking lots of JPR, the Hill, and Mini Quad, the Orientation Coordinators, Leaders, and Sibs will be ready for action. This year’s orientation, coordinated by Hobart senior Dave Shellard and William Smith senior Amy Dundas, has been in the works for months. “Since January,” said Dundas, with a hint of pride in her voice. Her counterpart, however, speaks more lightly of the work they’ve put in. “We started yesterday,” noted Shellard. “We just make
it up as we go along,” he said with a smile. Dundas and Shellard spent the summer on campus, planning the weekend’s festivities, as Orientation Coordinators (OC’s). Their assistants, called Orientation Leaders (OL’s), arrived on campus August 17th, and the SIB leaders that they oversee came in on the 21st. Each part of the staff went through training and team building activities, and helped to organize the multiple tasks that needed to be carried out to make Orientation a success. The weekend is packed with activities to keep First-Year students occupied and entertained. The events (scheduled on Page 6) promise to provide First-Years with the opportunity to meet lots of people and familiarize themselves with the campus and campus community. The OC’s and OL’s are interested and eager to see how the events they’ve helped to plan will CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
A Few Suggestions... from the Orientation staff to the First Years - Get involved, and be sure to attend all of your orientation events. Even try out the optional activities -- you never know, you may have a good time! These activities are designed to help you meet people -- take advantage. Think of it this way: what do you have to lose? - Remember that you’re not alone. There are 550+ kids in the same boat as you are, with no idea what they’re doing. Don’t be intimidated -- and don’t isolate yourself. - Get plenty of sleep. College, and orientation in particular, requires a lot of work -- and it will leave you tired at the end of the day. Ignore your nocturnal urges and get some sleep -- at least for these first few days. - Don’t even THINK about touching alcohol. Hobart and William Smith is completely DRY through orientation -- even for students that are 21. If you get caught drinking, you WILL be asked to leave campus, whether or not you’re of age. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule.
OC Amy Dundas prepares “A Moveable Feast” for her Orientation staff during some down time this past week.
Things I Wish I Knew... ...by someone who’s been there Ian Schlanger News Editor
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s first years at the colleges you may be compelled at some point within these virgin weeks of school to ask an upper classman, “What do I need to know to survive my years at HWS?” If one does get a sufficient response from those hallowed ancients of col-
lege experience, one might leave satisfied that you are armed with an arsenal of knowledge to make your college experience a smooth one. For the rest, and probably the majority, of you out there dying to know the secrets of a successful college experience, here are some things that CONTINUED ON PAGE 2