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Orientation: The Highlights of Your First Week

HANNA BARKER

Orientation is one of the most exciting, exhausting parts of freshman year. Between moving in, making new friends,
and saying goodbye to loved ones, it's a lot to take in. McDaniel does a good job of helping 'you adjust to college life,
but in case you're as overwhelmed as I was, here's what youshould look forward to in the next few days:

After picking up your key to whoever brought you here. department and feeling right McDaniel. At risk of sounding

and lots of freebies, head at home- you'll also be able like a cliche, studying abroad

on over to the "Community Day two is filled with solidify your interests or even at McDaniel's sister campus

Service Plunge" Information placement tests, . meetings discover them! in Budapest, Hungary was

Table. You'll -be able to with FYS groups, and floor When the campus the single most exciting, eye-
opening, enriching experience
sign up to participate in a meetings. Look forward to shuttle comes to bring of my life. Most people I
know who have studied
local service project to help Karaoke Night to chill out students to' Target, I sure abroad would agree with me.

you get connected with the after a long day of: academia. hope you're on it, because it's That night, go to the
Hyponosis everit. You'll
community while meeting But 'take it from me- likely you a) forgot something probably laugh really hard.
I know I did while watching
your fellow first year students. ''American Pie" is, like, fifty important and b)' don't have my entranced friend attempt
to rap in Japanese after
I remember helping clean the times longer than you think it a car. If you miss it, though, transla~ng a message from
the aliens- something about
Boys and Girls Club right is, and probably not the best never fear; campus shuttles saving the polar bears.

next door to campus- it was song choice. run most Saturdays to many

a rewarding way to make new . Westminster locations.

friends. .Friday is just as action- In the evening, they're

The Introduction packed, but with a lot to look showing liThe Hunger

Convocation is a McDaniel forward to. You'll meet your Games." Need I say more?

College tradition marking advisor, attend your first FYS

the formal beginning of the class, get your. ID card, and Most Saturday events are

academic year.. The exciting attend Academic Department' optional, but here'ssot11-e The culminating Orientation
part .is when you get to Receptions. Taken at face you won't want to miss. I'm .event is so popular that
ring the Old Main Bell, an value, that can sound rather sure at this point in your upperclassmen usually try
action you will repeat upon boring, but these receptions experience you'll be so tired to sneak in- Choices. It's on
completing your time at are a great way to gauge how of ,presentations, but you Sunday night, but I can't tell
McDaniel College.' The sad well you fit into a certain should seriously go to "Our

part is that soon after comes discipline. I remember going World" to learn about the you much more about it. Just
the time to say your good byes to learn about the English study abroad opportunities at that it's awesome.

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