James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Anxious and excited about college life. Freshmen girls go to register for classes (far top right) during Summer orientation. Two days earlier than upper classmen. Freshmen pack all their worldly possessions in cardboard boxes (left), and moving in becomes a family project (far bottom) Saturday afternoon the START program sponsored a picnic on the quad, giving students a chance to munch out (below) and to make new friends (far top left). With great hopes and aspirations for the next four years. Freshmen contemplate this important next step in their lives (bottom); the novelty of which will wear off in a few weeks, when the work starts to pile up

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v ORIENTATION jjj XWTAND HOUSING | A Fresh START 24 START Along with the usual Summer orientation, freshmen this year arrived two days before upperclassmen to become familiar with the campus and their roommates before classes started. The Start Thinking About Relevant Topics (START) program organized the activities for the pre-classes orientation. START coordinator. James Krivoski explains that the purpose of the program is to make freshmen feel more comfortable and to show them that folks care about them as something other than students. This is the 3rd year of START but this year ' s activities were slightly different from the others. This year the program addressed more practical details of campus life in order to answer questions such as how do I get a ride home? Where can I eat besides D-Hall? and where should I go if I get sick? Some of the freshmen activities included a picnic on the quad, a shopping spree. Student Activities Night, and a Build a Big Duke game, similar to McDonald ' s Build a Big Mac game, where students filled a game card with stickers from different places on campus and won prizes for filled cards. Krivoski says that a lot of freshmen participated in the activities and the feedback was good. Many freshmen feel that coming to school two days earlier than everyone else is helpful, and say they met a lot of people over those few days. Besides learning where Duke ' s Grill is and where campus movies are shown, the extra two days gave freshmen a little more time to learn that Gibbons Hall should be referred to as D-Hall. and to find out who Uncle Ron is and what he does.

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Showing off the latest in preppie wear (above) Bimbach captures the attention of the enthusiastic crowd with her imitation gold skull eatings The largely prep crowd express their appreciation for the charismatic Bimbach (left inset). Bimbach responds to a crude remark from the crowd (far top) and then retaliates with a witty comeback of her own (far bottom left). Definately (over) dressed for the occasion (far bottom) students bask in the glory of recognition and fame. Cheerful preps pose for the camera (far center) as they discuss the Bimbach performance. 26 Lisa Bimbach