Chicora College for Women - Nods and Becks Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Student Life 9

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 Student Life Lifestyles change when the transition is made from high school to college. Gone is the day when you always got up early and fixed your hair and make-up just right for that special guy in history class. Now, you have to choose whether to push the snooze button a few more times or roll out of bed, and slip on sweats and run to class. Mom and Dad are gone, they are no longer there to make your decisions. No one tells you whether to participate in orientation activities, go through sorority rush, to run for class president, and never do you hear, get up, it is time for class! (unless you have one GREAT roommate) It is now all up to you! You have to set your own priorities and goals to achieve. Your ability to strive for excellence on the Queens campus can make or break you, not only academically but socially. There are many opportunities to take advantage of during college and if they are taken seriously they can provide a lot of satisfaction. Nothing is more rewarding than being an orientation leader, singing in the Queens Choir, serving at the Moravian Love Feast, being in the fall drama, or writing for the Queens Current; just to name a few, blit the decisions are YOURS. Graduation is a long way from the Queens Connection and the decisions get even more difficult to make — like whether to finish your term paper that is due Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. or go to the beach with the buds.

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Tm T 7 don't know what I'd do without those girls in the blue t-shirts. A freshman's father Frankly, a lot of people wouldn't know what to do without Orientation leaders. For one thing, the new students would have to unload their cars by them- selves. There would be no ice cream social, no cam- pus tour guides, and Dean Kerr would have to teach Violent Love to the new students. The hard work and FUN began August 23 for the Orientation leaders. During the two-day workshop that preceded orientation, the leaders were taught new games, learned about the psychological as- pects of Orientation and strategies of handling a group of new students. On August 25, the new students arrived. Around 11:00 a.m. it began to rain, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the orientation leaders: they continued to bring stereos, teddy bears, and clothes to dry safety. The leaders' job of helping out didn't stop after the big move-in: they were always around to help answer questions, lead campus tours, and participate in games. Basically ori- entation leaders are around to help make the transi- tion from leaving home and going to college a little more bearable. Fortunately, the only activity planned during Ori- entation was not unloading cars. The Orientation Committee, composed of four students, Cathy Jea- kle, and Dean Kerr, planned a great variety of activi- ties. Some of the planned events were an ice cream- goodbye party for the parents, entertainment by the leaders and committee in Tillett, a city tour, a picnic at Park Road Park, a Charlotte O's Baseball game, a movie at the Cinema and Drafthouse, and an unfor- gettable trip to Carowinds. Overall, Orientation '83 was a success. The mon- ey and effort put into Orientation really showed this year. said Leader Tammy Breneman. It was an im- provement over past orientations, which is a good sign for the future. Maybe the enrollment will grow. — Allison Lyon ABOVE: A turtle always adds “snap to a dorm room according to Cathr Poral. RIGHT: Bryson Coffee helps Public Safety officer Sara Minnis direct cars in and out of the parking area during the move in day. 10 Orientation