2011 Miracle Yearbook

4 08 GETTING STARTED It was a humid Friday in August when cars began pulling in at Cedarville University. Early arrival freshman students, their cars loaded with everything necessary to live for a year, were directed to get their key. A line reached from the DMC to the SSC,the freshmen students'faces bright with excitement. The new Printy RD,Charmaine Porter, held a sign attempting to reassure parents. It read: "Don't worry, Mom, we'll take care of your baby." With a welcoming party of RAs,new and returning students, with the help ofthe Getting Started staff, the Resident Life staff, and even some professors, unloaded cars and tried to fit too much stuff into tiny rooms. Collin Mitchell, an RA in Lawlor, broke the record for the most number of mini-fridges unloaded: nearly sixty over the two days of Getting Started. Immediately,students found their roommates and began bonding over shared intersts. On Friday night,a welcoming party for early arrival students was held between the SSC and DMC. A mechanical bull was the highlight of the night, lines moving fast as one student after another flew off the bucking bronco. A few accidents occurred in the intense blow-up obstacle course and on that bull, but the victims quickly forgot about their injuries when frozen fruit bars were of- fered as consolation prizes. As mom and dad drove off, the students were propelled into meetings, ses- sions, and small groups, trying to figure out what to do with the freedom of college life. Freshman students devoured the information that would help them through the rest of their college career at Cedarville. With classes and work on the horizon, students enjoyed their last bit of free summer time by catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. "Seeing friends from last year was great, and Getting Started was so much fun, even though it POURED on Saturday! Being an RA and Getting Started are the only reasons why any sane upperclassman would be at the Early Arrival Party." (Sarah Wilson) The Lawlor RAs clutch a box of Krispy Kreme donuts stolen from the Printy RAs as )r. Brown smiles in their midst. offreshman students wait in the line stretching from the Dixon Ministry Center to the Stevens Student Center. They need their keys! Printy RA Jcirille Uyksir, holds up a sign reminding parents to get a key before their student can get into the dorm room.