Orientation: Day 1 (of 10)

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Today I will stop randomly wandering the woods - someone will give me a map and tell me which way north is. I jest, but orientation would be so much more fun if it involved being dropped in the canadian woods with a map and supplies and given 10 days to get out. Instead I will be subjected to campus tours (at least 2!) and drawn out monologues, where a sheet of bullet points and some time for questions and answers is really a better use of my time. I also don't get to go camping because I am not an international exchange student :(. Ok, now that I have the griping out of the way I can actually get on with the orientation:

Today's topics:
Campus Tour
Welcome Speech
Welcome BBQ
FAQs with student mentors about banking, cell phones, and where to buy things. (hopefully they can recommend a good place to get my hair cut - it is up in a pony tail today which is far too long for August, even if August up here means only weather in the 70s with a cool breeze)

Onwards.