Oklahoma Baptist University - Yahnseh Yearbook (Shawnee, OK)

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K X. . . E f Z . L,A , U pperclassmen like Gene Phillips often help freshmen move in their dorm rooms on the first day of orientation. Students move in a variety of things, including books, televisions, and refrig- erators to help make their rooms more like home. - photo by Steve Holman n the first night, during orientation Erin Edwards and her friends attenc the freshmen picnic. Besides eating thf traditional hamburgers, freshmen be came acquainted with one another while meeting some of the upperclass men. -photo by Steve Holman The ture I wanted to show that Frosh can have friends, and I hope we set good examples for them. Andrea Vaught l met some of my best friends during the orientation. Some were even upperclassmenf' ,mi Miner Orientation

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Junior Teressa Yates types a name tag for freshman Donna Gislason while she waits for her survival kit from the Student Government Association. Regis- tering freshmen was the respon- sibility of the SGA.-photo by Steve Holman ,.,,,,..a-Ola How About Hand? Moving In Brought Helping Hands From SGA, Upperclassrnen And Staff he first day of mov- ing in and orienta- tion was a day of long lines, heat, humidity, and However, it was exhaustion. also a time of new friends, new faces, and experiencing dorm life for the first time. Moving in was a culture shock for some freshmen arriv- ing on the campus. Serena Na- kamura from Honolulu, Hawaii, was trying to recover from jet lag when she arrived. She said she noticed one specific thing different in Oklahoma than in Hawaii, l'm use to being around people with a lot of dif- ferent ethnic backgrounds, When l came here, it was wierd because it appeared as though everyone were caucasionf' Darlene Young, a freshman from Chicago said, 'fMoving into WMU was a mess because most of my things didn't come until Tuesday in the mail. Young felt that orientation was helpful in helping her to find her way around the campus. She also liked the ClA's. They were cool and told us what to expect and what not to ex- pectf' The ClA's were a group of students who helped freshmen learn Ka-Rip, the Freshman Creed, and the Alma Mater. They also helped freshmen get use to the campus and their new environment. For sophomore Doug Mon- teith, it was his first year to be a ClAi l liked meeting all the new freshmen because l prob- ably wouldn't have met half of them, if l hadn't been a CIA. l think orientation went real well. lt was really fun. Before orientation, and be- fore all the students arrived, the RA's were on campus. An RA workshop took place one week before students arrived. It was full of seminars, counsel- ing sessions, and preparations for everything to come as an RA, Kerr RA Pamela Brown said that the first day of moving in was like a mad rush with peo- ple beating down the doors. Another RA, Monica Mullins, had a more biblical view when she said, lt was like after the Egyptians had been wandering in the wilderness and came into the promised land. One way or another, we all arrived on Bison Hill and moved in. - Orientation

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The Big Picture Frenzy Ends Week Whats an imaginative. fun way to end two long weeks of initiation? For the freshmen, it was Freshman Frenzy. spon- sored by the Zeta Pi Lambda social club. The frenzy boasted several game booths. a dunking board. and a live band. At the game booths. freshmen won stuffed animals. or if they preferred. tried their hands at dunking the bop- cops at the dunking booth. Later the fresh- men listened to Distant Friends, as they played both Christian and rock-n- roll music.- lnitiation reshmen Kim Duke and Katina Foster disobey ClA rules by try- ing to communicate with each other during the first initiation ceremony in Nble Complex. They were waiting for the bop- cops to begin their presenta- tions. -photo by Brad Shirley While bowing on their knees, freshmen listened to the ClA's give instructions for an initiation presentation. In the back- ground, a mixture of rock-n-roll and science-fiction sounding music entertained the fresh- men. -photo by Brad Shirley