A long, long time ago at a university not very far away, I was once a freshman. Eager to learn about campus and my new settings, I diligently participated in new student orientation with my roommate, Ellie-BellyButton. Well, you can imagine our dismay when we arrived to find a group of--not thirty, not twenty--but TEN students in our orientation group. Not to be rude in anyway, but our Y-group leaders (as they are called at our university) were kind of flops. By the end of orientation our group's numbers had dropped to a paltry three students. And while they say two's a party and three's a crowd, let me tell you something--three is NOT a crowd.
So when I signed up to be a Y-group leader this year, I swore to be infinitely cooler than my predecessors. I planned, I prepared, and I pitched myself into new student orientation with everything I had. And while I may be slightly biased in my assessment, I have to say, NSO was a smashing success! Group Yellow-18 was THE BOMB, and the new students who came were such troopers--we averaged 20-22 people at each event! We had sooooo much fun--from learning each others names while playing frisbee and attending the "Traditions of Honor presentation:
...to building the letter 'Y' in Lavell Edwards Stadium:
...and attending the women's volleyball game:
...NSO was such an adventure!
I am so lucky to have had the new students I did! (And yes, it was worth walking in the heat for two days straight with a balloon tied to my backpack so that they could find me!)
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