Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Freshmen and transfer students arrived on campus Sunday, Sept. 7, with orientation beginning the next day. The annual President ' s Reception was held Sunday in the East Quadrangle for the students and their parents. Parents ' orientation was in the gym. Organization heads explained their groups and tried to interest the frosh. Campus leaders spoke to the new students at several luncheons, group sessions and informal gatherings. The week ' s evenings were filled with a movie, mixers. Casino Night and A Night at the Bitter End. The first all-university concert featuring the Byrds was held on the last night. Fitted between all the scheduled activities was fall registration. Welcome Week ' 69 ended with the beginning of classes and some freshmen still complained of Omaha, regis- tration, too many speeches and the length of the orientation. Use only a ballpoint pen. Print on all forms. Fill in all blanks. Pick up an activity card. May I see your I.D.? IMevtf students wined, dined and then some The annual fall and spring registration rusfi is held in the gym. Students must work out their own schedules by working around closed sections and filled classes. Faculty signatures are required for all upper-division courses. 23

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Joe Warin carries a trunk for a Deglman freshman. Campus organizations helped the new freshmen move in. Even at the end of the long registration process students are stopped by the checkers to fill in a blank they missed. Members of the military science department explained the new voluntary ROTC program to interested male students. A faculty member looks over a completed stu- dent schedule for any class conflicts. 22

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welcome week Sunday evening of Welcome Week was reserved for a concert by the Byrds in the Music Hall. Dissatisfied with the country-rock music the Byrds were sing- ing, some students walked out during the concert. 24