<p>Ok so I was wondering what are we in for week 1, as in orientation. </p>
<p>Are there going to be big parties with booze everywhere, or are we going to be forced to listen to administration drone at the podeum?</p>
<p>Are we going to be able to hookup with people?</p>
<p>Is it true that the people we meet this first week, will probably be our closets friends the next four years?</p>
<p>What should we avoid doing?</p>
<p>Dude, shut the **** up!</p>
<p>If you have to ask...</p>
<p>Honestly, some of orientation parties are my favorite all year. Every fraternity section, lots of off campus stuff, Shooter's one night, etc... it's just very lively, very fun. You meet tons and tons of people, so that's a hard question to answer. Get excited!</p>
<p>What the **** is your problem ultimate frisbee. Get the stick out of your ass. Please.</p>
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<p>I'm sorry, but I can't be the only one who sees the irony in this.</p>
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<p>Well in my experience you're most likely to become close to those that live in your hall/dorm. Not all of those friendships will last...like any other relationship, it's up to you to work at sustaining it for four years, especially if it's one that was fostered by a living arrangement that won't continue.</p>
<p>haha, banana, I got you.</p>
<p>And I agree with banana's comment on the relationships in your dorm. In my case, I knew almost everyone in my dorm, but I wasn't best friends with all of them. Some of them I only really talked to when I said hi to them passing through the hall. I also have some really good friends who lived in my dorm... the kinds of friends I hope to keep in contact with way after college ends.</p>
<p>At the same time, projects that you get involved with on campus will most likely yield the same results. Project BUILD for me was like this... I met some of my best friends there (including my roommate for next year). I encourage all of you to get involved as much as you can without killing yourself... physically and academically.</p>
<p>agreed. my best friends are the people who i spent the most time with - those in my dorm and those in my fraterniy. i do have plenty of friends from other places, but in general i am closest with the people i mentioned.
as far as orientation goes...it's a lot of fun. tons of parties, tons of hookups, tons of everything. don't worry about the boring speeches. if you don't want to go don't. but i would definetly advise you to go to maya angelou. she was wonderful last year (even while i was enduring a horrible hangover....).</p>
<p>How about those alcohol citations the second night of orientation last year?</p>
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<p>Well, ALE actually got in trouble last year for the way that they did things, but my personal advice would still be to steer clear of off-campus parties during the 1st week or so. That's really where the citations were given out. Stick to frats or other parties on West - that's where I went during orientation last year, and I never had a problem. Or, if you're going to go off-campus, try to only go to the smaller parties that don't attract as much attention. I know that sounds unfortunate, but personally I still managed to have a good time during orientation and when people I knew were calling home about their court dates, I was glad I stayed on campus...</p>
<p>yea, and most people had there court date set to during fall break. that's no fun.</p>
<p>but most cases also got thrown out of court because of illegal searches and seizures that were enforced by the ALE. lot's of people got lucky.</p>
<p>so do people practically never get in trouble for alcohol as long as it's actually ON campus? seems like it would be the off campus parties they'd be less worried about, but with the lacrosse incident taking place off campus maybe I can see their reasoning</p>
<p>on west campus it's pretty damn hard to get cited for anything alcohol-related. so if your wasted on west....no worries. on east campus, it depends. if you run into a cranky RA or if you're making too much noise, etc. you'll probably get cited. if you're off campus, the probability of geting cited rises as the amount of people at any party rises. if the neighbors get ****ed and call the cops there's a high probabitily that you could get cited. </p>
<p>all of that being said....if u get cited on campus it's not a big deal (at least on east, by and RA, and for the 1st time). i got cited once last year in my dorm for hosting an "illegal" party in which there was loud music, lots of people and drinks, and beirut. my punishment was a slap on the wrist. i was told wo watch myself for a month and write a 1 page paper describing what i did and how harmful it was to others. i didn't watch myself or write the paper, nothing happened. it's a big joke.</p>
<p>overall, just be smart and careful (i.e. don't host a big party in your room on east). if you're gonna go off campus, try to stick to smaller parties. if u get cited by the police...maybe you'll get some community service and maybe you'll get a warning and be told to go home. it just depends on how the officer is feeling.</p>
<p>the lax thing didn't really change the drinking last year...i don't know if it will this year. parties will be going on though, don't worry about that. lots and lots of parties.</p>
<p>the "get ****ed" in the above post = "get mad at you"</p>
<p>or you could be crafty with the ale. i hid in a shed for two hours and my best friend hid in a closet for two hours. we wound up with no citations. </p>
<p>honestly, the best bet for partying is on campus or at shooter's. the highlight of my orientation was walking to the houses off east, but i really don't know what that situation will be like this yr, esp. with my fraternity friends living primarily in erwin and belmont (2 apartments) instead of houses. no one will stop you for drinking on west-- the worst that will happen (unlike random ALE spottings, which i sincerely doubt) is someone telling you to pour a beer can into a cup and to stand in a random dorm room instead of the hallway.</p>
<p>Hiding in a shed for two hours... sounds fun...</p>
<p>um, so last year, about 100 freshman got cited by policemen at parties for underage drinking, so dont do that.</p>
<p>Off-campus. The Durham Police aren't as, uh, "understanding" as the ones on campus.</p>