Queens University of Charlotte - Coronet / Edelweiss Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Qrientation Apprehension gave be homesick: way to schedules were full comprehension as and there was an surely as abundance of new disorientation gave friends and way to Freshmen experiences to CODE orientation during the with. The week of August 22 through August 29 '86, A glorious hodgepodge of events ranging from advisor meetings to that Hrst succulent piece of Domino's pizza made up the sometimes frenzied, sometimes mellow, always exhilerating outdoorfindoor course at Woody Woodward's gave new meaning to the phrase l can get by with a little help from my friends! Freshmen leamed about each other as well as the Queens College traditions that make up campus seven days. After the life. They leamed to initial good-byes deal with dorm life - there was no time to community showers, '86 crabby roommates, scheduled meals, and the lack of reliable transportation. They invaded Carowinds in screaming pink tee- shirts singing Violent Love at the top of their lungs and waved good-bye to summer from the top of Thunder Road! They leamed that matching comforters were practically required and bussed to Southpark Mall to get them. Overall, orientation was a fast- paced bonding, a time of making friends. Nancy Kazmuerski prepares for the amval of the freshmen Freshmen listen to another lecture of dorm life Allison Frantz and Michelle McGurk organize a group of freshmen for their tnp to Woody Woodwards

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In The Beginning . . . No place like home Lane Klotzberger tnes to pull her room into some order . . . there was much mass tconfu- sionl and empty space lin the dorml. But on the first day this was sowed by the entrance of the freshmen to their new world. They trooped sheets, pil- lows, clothes, pictures, and teddy bears, along with other necessities of making the dorm cozy. After the hike into the room, it was time to organize the chaos of the room. And then on the third day, the upperclassmen anived and moved in their dorms. By the end of the fourth day all the rooms had been transformed into an in- dividualized room especially designed for its two occupants though this chaos was controlled more was created when e girls spotted old fnends and even new acquaintances The dorms and campus were filled with the sounds of Finally getting her luggage out of her room, Betsy By- ron stacks it in the hall. ff lax I . th 1 if i W 'J - -1 ,.- U, K 'I r .Y. 'P' R y ze, 4 . . ri? ' T e r . ae S-' 1 , -.. A Q N . ' A V A- zfas- - i I K 1 -4s4.,.:mfi.i.i'. I I I l 'f'-1:55-:'t.i'- qv . ,. ' - - ' - -. ' . - V