Making the Most of Your O Week-By the Office of the Dean of Students

By Becky Stoner

Sept. 9, 2013

This O-Week, I will:

Grow:

· 1 (one) inch, 3 (three) pounds

Mature:

· Mention the word loins during only one (1) icebreaker.

Synergize:

·Curate one (1) business-casual-professional outfit for future interviews and advisor meetings.

Reimagine:

· Myself.

· You could be “Boy Who Is Seven (7) Minutes Early to His Chicago Life Meeting” ,”Girl Who Asks Four (4) Pertinent Questions About Developing Street Smarts” or “Gender-Binary-Rejecting Student Finding Sixteen (16) Accepting Friends.”

Engage

· Add your name to ten (10) RSO listhosts and askyour advisor about tricky things like choosing a SOSC sequence and why sometimes, walking home in the dusky twilight, you feel so damn lonely.

Learn:

Three (3) new street safety tips per day at your College Life meeting.

Carry:

· Your rape whistle everywhere.

Play: Spend one (1) sunny afternoon on the Quad playing Frisbee.

Achieve:· Attend three (3) parties, make one (1) new friend, and make one (1) chipper phone call home.