Ouachita Baptist College - Ouachitonian Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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Wearing beanies and looking for classrooms was part of being a freshman First impressions ooking at the campus map in my college catalog, I sat scrunched over, squashed between my ste- reo and portable color TV in the backseat of my family's stationwagon. As we neared the end of 6th street, Flippen-Perrin dormitory loomed ahead of us. I slapped my father on the shoulder and said, This is it, Dad, this is my dorm! Dad carefully maneuvered our overburdened family car into an empty parking spot. As Mom and I began taking boxes and milkcrates from the V back, Dad took suitcases from the luggage rack. Suddenlyfthree very . l seasoned-looking guys appeared and by Ellen M. Stevens 3 . I welcomed me to the Wonderful World of rj Ouachita and offered to help me move j I in. Dad, with two suitcases in one hand I and a quilt and pillow in the other, . quickly accepted. While Mom put Contact paper in the drawers and dad hung the curtains, I got acquainted with my new suitem- ates and crossed the hall to see how the other girls were arranging their rooms. Coming back to my room, I found my suitcases unpacked, my stereo set up Alphabet cheer. Sfudenr ieaders wave iheir posfer-sized ieffers for .their groups. New srudenis were rify'i'ded ihio groups To rneei wiih dpperciassrnen leaders for insfruc- irons abouf orienfaiion. - photo by ieisa Garcia and the curtains hung snugly in place. Now had come the time that I feared most - the moment of letting go. As I walked my parents back to the empty car, Mom and Dad told me last- minute instructions. Mom told me not to wash white and dark clothes together, to eat well-balanced meals, and to not stay out late. Dad gave me the phone number of a friend of his in town who would be glad to help me in any kind of emergency. We reached the car and I gave them both a quick hug, promised to be good and to write as soon as possible. I stood on the curb and waved to them as they waved back to me from inside the car. Suddenly a rush of panic welled up inside me. I began to wonder, Could they make it without me? I felt as if I were already experiencing the empty- nest syndrome. But I quickly pushed these thoughts aside. For eighteen years I had done the very best a daughter could do in raising her parents. It was now time to let them go out on their own. I turned and walked back to the dorm. I had faith that they could make it. l.- ' 5 l Rolling scavongers. Freshmen orieniafion was broughi fo a close wifh a Tiger Traks scavan- ger huni sponsored by OSF. This scavanger group found a spare fire To compiefe their hunf. - phoio by Spencer Tirey Brofherly advice. Jamie Pafferson receives some good-nafured kidding abouf her fresh- man beanie from big bro Ther Shawn. - pho fo by Spencer Tirey Freshmen Orientation 1 5

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