University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

Flying Ahead ... Welcome to Ole Miss. Very few students know what to expect upon entering college. You have Just left high school, where you were with people you have known forever, to walk into a university of about 10,000 people of whom you know no one. Some are lucky to have some of the tried and true friends from high school with them, but it ' s amazing how much like strangers even those people will seem. Welcome to college. It can be pretty scarey, but there is something truly special about Ole Miss. She opens her arms to everyone entering her halls, and you won ' t feel like a stranger for long. There are as ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ many diverse organizations and activities on campus as there are diver- sities among the students who attend. Ole Miss be- comes a home, and you will be sur- prised during that first break. " T^~nT 4 ji ^ Photo by Greg Coleman that one you had so longed for those early days, to find that you Just can not wait to get back. For most, college is also the first time you are out from under your parents ' watchful eye. Managing not to be over- come by the heady feeling of independence and new responsibilities can be overwhelming , but there are perks to being so far away from home; new friends and new places means ... opening 3