September 2nd, 2011

So today was day 2 of NSO (New Student Orientation), and it was okay. We got a wake-up call at 8 a.m. telling us to be up, fed and dressed by 9 to attend the second session of the orientation. They were giving out prizes and I won a U of L hat, which was pretty cool. We had "Interest Sessions" throughout the day, which were different lecture type things on different subjects pertaining to our University experience here at UL. I went to three: one on how the library can help with papers and what my profs are expecting of them, the second on different techniques to writing papers and the third on Liberal Education and how it's integrated into the Universities courses. They were all pretty informative. Plus, if you attended you got free lunch which, to a student on a slim food budget, it a blessing. Everything pretty much wrapped up at 4 p.m. At 5, my RA's (Resident Adviser's) got everyone on the floor together for a group meeting in order to outline rules and expectations. We also tossed around some ideas of group activities we could do as a floor. The most obvious that came up (since we are certainly not the sober floor [under 18's]) was to go to the pub. Anyways, after the meeting we went up to CJ's which is pretty much the cafeteria as a group as our first "group activity". The RA's are really nice. There's Amy and Collin. After supper, we pretty much just bummed around campus. Most of the kids on the floor (our floor color is orange so if I start referring to the floor as the orange team that's why) went for a liquor run and started a party (what a shocker!) but me and a few new friends got the DVD player working and had a movie night. We watched V for Vendetta. I've finished packing for Rookie Camp, thank goodness, because now I don't have to do it in the morning. I'd also like to wish my mother a Happy Birthday tomorrow and to tell her, my dad, my sibs and my dog that I love you all very much.