It's not that Orientation is necessarily bad, it's just a really looooong process; don't get me wrong--I'm really excited for Davidson--but Orientation is... long.
Today, I didn't have any appointments before the afternoon, so I was able to sleep in this morning, which was wonderful if I may say so myself. I woke at about 9:30 and showered, hung out in my dorm and played some guitar.
I gathered a group of my hallmates for brunch at commons and we went down there for one of the tastiest meals yet. I suppose that yogurt with granola doesn't really constitute much of a menu option, but the meal was so tasty. After lunch, more hanging out took place before a long speech at 2:00 on the topic of the summer reading book of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, by Davidson dad Neil White. After the speech, we all filed out and towards our reading discussion groups. My group met with Professor Smith, an Economics teacher and baseball coach, on the third floor of Chambers. The discussion was nice, though it did seem that I was the only person in the room with my particular sentiment on the book. I hope that I didn't offend anyone at the discussion, as everyone there is really cool and I get in a serious mode when I'm arguing a point--even if the point is whether or not cologne is a significant part of a book.
After the discussion, another rallying of the troops took place, but this time for an attack on the poster sale in the Union. I found like 17 posters that I loved, but narrowed it down to five to keep costs down. I ended up with LOST, Dexter, Fight Club, Black Swan, and Big Bang Theory posters, of which I am very pleased. I set the posters up and continued reading more of the Humanities reading, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
After a 15 minute respite, we, as a hall, went to Commons for dinner. The dinner was tasty. At the end of dinner, I ended up in a semi-political debate on which Republican nominees even have a chance of getting the nomination this year. Nathan, Dan, Alex, Colin, and others joined in the debate, and it was cool.
We then got dressed up in suits and ties for the signing of the Honor Code. We took a quick picture on the steps of Chambers, and looked really legit. I was wearing my grey suit with a pink tie, and definitely looked pretty sweet, if I may say so myself. We listened to a member of the Honor Council talk about the code for a while, which was a lot of fun, even if I was the one found with everclear, without a bike, cheating on a test, lying about stealing a Snickers bar, and many other transgressions against the Honor Code.
We then went to Duke Performance Hall and listened to Prof. Epes talk about the Honor Code and plagiarism. I really hope I have him next year, as that would be really cool. We then signed our names, and I felt really excited to finally be a part of Davidson for real now. It was very exciting.
I returned to the dorm to finish my reading of The Epic of Gilgamesh, to find that the introduction to the edition is half of the entire book, and has many digressions in the writing. It was very confusing to read, but I ended up getting through it at last.
I'm very excited for classes tomorrow, even though my first class is an 8:30 am class. The fact that it is an economics class makes it okay, as I have decided.
Have a wonderful day!
No comments:
Post a Comment