University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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IPMk5!S? Hall residents dance and sing for the ladies of Pangbom. A number of different activities were planned over the course of the weekend to help new students meet their classmates and get used to life as college coeds. Photo courtesy of Tom Gorman fifeiaas upperclassmen are eager to show freshmen around and help them get ac- climated to their new school. Groups of students from each dorm reUimed to campus early in order to plan and facilitate the weekend ' s events. Photo hi Claire Fadel mm m 0C3OC directing freshmen to their new homes are placed as far off campus as the Toll Road in an effort to make die new students feel welcome and ease the transition into their new homes. Ph lo t Claire Faild fifei© men of Morrissey Manor profess their adoration for their neighboring sister donn, Lyons Hall. Cbmi spirit is taught ;is s(X)n as freshmen arrive on campus, as is seen in this sign displayed during the Frosh-0 weekend. P ioto courtesy of Steplutnk Seliitiger 018 A FrosH-O

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As Time Goes By Campus Life

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Arrixdng in mini- nns l.xiji io the top with necessities and me mories from home, the members of the Class of 2007 were directed to their new home on Notre Dame ' s campus with signs that read, Drop our cubs off at the Lyons Den and Knott, this way... Not that way. Having planned sevent -two hours of forced miiigling that would begin the Friday before classes started, the Frosh-O staff sported domi t-sliirts and had all the eagerness tind enthusiasm of pre-teen summer campers. Upon opening the trtuik of a car, a herd of sweaty staffers would crowd around it md proceed to unload e -erv- last item, including that overly stuffed duffel bag or suitcase that one might imagine could only contain bowling balls or a home-town-honey. Not all domvs ha -e the con ' enicnce of air-conditioning and some do not even have elevators, makiiig tHs a difficult task in the heat and humidity of South Bend ' s late summer days. Without alkwing much time for the freshmen to settle in, the Frosh-O staff members kicked off the weekend by teaching songs like Escape aitd You ' ve Lost that Loving Feeliiig that would be used to serenade domis of the opposite sex before each event. Wliile some activities like karaoke were coiisidered relatively tame, others were a bit more outragauis, such as being tied at the wnst to a complete stranger and beii-ig told to na gate a crowded diniiig hall. With new people to meet at every activity, freshmen found themselves reverting to the classic tliree questions: Wliat ' s your name. ' What ' s your major. ' and Wliere are you from. ' Jane Marie Russell felt it was mtense meeting so many new people. I coukln ' t remember Liny names, but I at least found myself recognizing familiar faces. Saturday ' s maii-i attraction was the campus-wide dance known as Domerfest. Freshmen walked over to the JAOC wearing their dorni t-shirts and shouting dteir domi cheers, displaying t heir new found sense of domi pnde. Tlie night ' s entertainment included a DJ with a dance floor as well as obstacle courses, sumo wTesding, and blackjack. Qi the last day of the orientation, the freshman class and their parents attended a class mass in the JACC. With the culminatiim of the weekend, it was finally time for gcxxi-byes. Parents retumed home with empty cars iind left the freslimen to Ix i their new lives at Non-e Dame. ' OsfflsSsifeag ' luggage is just one of many tasb for the first weekend here on campus. Mosing ;ill of one ' s things into the dorm «-as a difficult task, hut uppetclass committee members helped with die task. P ioto counesy of Andy R ' emw, The Observer k Campus Life 19