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NEWS
| AUGUST 22, 2005
Warm Welcome
Volunteers assist freshmen with
big move to campus
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| The Shorthorn: Mark Roberts |
| Broadcast communication senior
Veronica Villa waits for her friends Friday morning
before carrying a load of supplies into Arlington Hall
during Move-In Day. Several campus groups and organizations
were present to help at the event that began at 8 a.m.
and continued through the weekend. |
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By Kayla
Murillo
The Shorthorn staff
Nursing freshman Rebecca Byrd waited in
anticipation by her belongings for volunteers to help her move into
the room she would now call home.
Byrd said she is excited about the coming semester and feels more
at ease because of the warm welcome she received from the students.
“I think it’ll be a lot of fun,” she said. “It
already feels like home.”
Byrd was one of many freshmen who moved into Arlington Hall as part
of Move-In Day on Friday.
The day consisted of hundreds of students, faculty and staff volunteering
to help freshmen move into the residence halls. Water bottles were
given to the volunteers to cool off from the heat. They hauled carts,
mules and dollies to help fill the freshmen’s rooms.
President James Spaniolo spent the morning visiting the residence
halls lending a hand where needed.
He said the event was not just about moving students in but aiding
students to adjust to campus.
“We’re a community helping students get their things
to the residence hall,” he said. “It’s a way to
say, ‘Hello. Welcome. We’re glad you’re here.’
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Watching the many orange shirts volunteers wore, Spaniolo said he
was impressed with the large turn out. The help received is a way
to welcome the new school year, he said.
“We can begin the year with high expectations and high hopes,”
he said.
Kinesiology junior Will Floyd recalled how he felt on his freshman
Move-In Day.
“It made me feel not as scared,” he said. “Meeting
different students made me realize it wasn’t hard to talk
to people.”
Jake Schmidt, kinesiology sophomore and
Sigma Chi fraternity member, said that when he moved into Centennial
Court apartments his freshmen year, only he and his parents where
there for the move.
“It’s really a lot easier moving in this way,”
he said. “Five of us get it done with one trip.”
Schmidt said students who come to help freshmen move in also take
the opportunity to let them know about the organizations they can
join during the semester.
“We give them cards with contacts they will need in order
to rush,” he said.
Some students he helped asked him about life on campus, and he told
them that college is about responsibility.
“You’re your own boss,” he said. “You don’t
have your mom waking you up in the morning. You’re in charge
to get to class.”
Byrd’s father, John, thanked the helpers because he and his
wife were able to save time moving his daughter in.
“We were planning to take three to four hours,” he said.
“Now, we should be out of here in 30 minutes.”
CORRECTION
This story should have stated that volunteers
were available to help both freshmen and upper-classmen move into
dorms.
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