2004 Miracle Yearbook

Getting Started Weekend _Wedi /7,a/ion: ,Whow Afterdrivingthroughcornfields,new students•and parents stepped out into blazing heatandthetropical paradiseof a themed Getting Started weekend: "Destination North Shore." Beforeproceedingthroughthemaze ofDMC stations for keys,registration packets, and orange nametags, freshmen and parents received leis and posed for Polaroids taken with the bee. TheU99.5outdoorspeakers blared Jars ofClay while the Young's Dairy tenthousedfreeicecream,and astation by the SSC provided fresh fruit smoothies. Megaphone-bearing SGA members in a boat on Cedar Lake encouraged students to visit the SGA office. FridaynightmeanttheEarlyArrival Party. "Great music and some pretty sweet inflatable activities made for the perfect end to a breathlessly busy, but very cool day," freshman Joe Dugan said. Saturday meant more arrivals and the annual new student meeting,where small group leaders held up numbered surfboards,and students walked warily into the excitement ofthe chapel. The classic"FiveHundredMiles,"Cedarville style,scared afew but quickly became the favorite ofothers. On Sunday morning,Pastor Rohm addressed the student body and remaining parents, assuring them with his well-known comfort:"There are no giants in the land." Afterlunch,parentsbegan toleave. "I had mixed emotions," freshman Ashley Risner said of her parents' departure,"but for the most part I was excited." With newfound independence,the students went to a Sunday night bonfire in front ofthe DMC for a praise and worship time. And so the year began. 42 Harvest Lawlor RA's do some heavy lifting in the hot sun as they help a new freshman move into the dorm. Printy RA's sit in the warm sunshine outside their dorm as they await the arrival of their new freshmen girls. (Top) Justin Ippoliti and Samuel Hilbert work the U99.5 booth, enhancing the Getting Started atmosphere by'providing incoming students with free give- aways: North Coast .ASIS