Freshmen

When Freshmen Move In, Things Get Crazy

Run to the hills! The freshmen are coming! Expect tons of mayhem, parties and confused parents driving down one-way streets in the coming weeks.

Latest comment by Anonymous: Wow, Ben! I am glad to hear that you were once a freshman yourself. I guess you just knew instinctively where everything was and where to park etc. on that first day of move-in.
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The Harvard Wait List Is The Place To Be
Students are happy to know that all the tears they cried and all the sleep they lost was not in vain... or was it? Students that were wait-listed to schools like Harvard, Princeton and UPenn will be given a second chance as a greater number of waitlisters are being accepted. In an article for... MORE »
Latest comment by steeler486: i completely agree here. it is not fair for the students , who are essentially stuck in purgatory waiting on their ivy league school to get back to them. either the ivy league school should tell them right away if they got in or not and not have them hanging around for months.
Let Them Grow Up Already!
It's every parent's worst nightmare; to wave goodbye to their kid from the family minivan on Move-In Day. This bittersweet farewell may leave parents a little teary-eyed but now they can finally start thinking about turning that extra room into the home gym they have always dreamed about. Although parents sh... MORE »
Four Freshmen Bare Nothing Much
Submitted by an OTR reader, the above photo is of four freshmen girls.

Ladies, for future reference, lose the pants or show the chesticles.
Latest comment by Anonymous: Very nice... how much?

Silly Freshmen...

Silly Freshmen...
In the Chronicle today I read about the silly ickle freshmen who, when charged for possession and distribution, proceeded to send an email to save their skins saying the found substances were merely: "...oregano, powdered sugar and vitamin C supplements."

Right.

At least they were original with the oregano and didn't say... MORE »
Latest comment by anony_ms: hahaha, oh how i love it.
powdered sugar? please.
Freshman Pseudointellectual Bullshit
Fear the freshman armed with a thesaurus. When using big words, the goal is to communicate more effectively, not less. Also - if you don't know what a metaphor is, please don't use one.

In other news, someone got drunk and climbed onto the roof of La Residence last Sunday.
Latest comment by Pokey T: @ Anonymous: Wow, that's what I get for skimming. Great find.
Good Job, Freshman Douchebag
Words of wisdom to dumb frosh everywhere: when you're being approached by cops, don't pull liquor out of your pants. It's just really not a smart thing to do.

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Blog Spotlight, Part 2: "UNC Student"
Lee Storrow's blog is titled "UNC Student: Thoughts from a college freshman," and if you're thinking it sounds a bit bland, you're probably right.

And yet, it seems noteworthy. Lee posts daily about his experiences at UNC as a freshman living in E-house. He's liberal and politica... MORE »
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