Welcome Weekend
Fall 2002
Welcome Weekend kicked off on Sunday August 25th with the arrival of the Capital Village student residents.
SGA (student government association) members were on hand along with Residence Life staff to help students
unload cars, load carts, find apartments, register, and do anything else they could assist with. As the chaos of moving
in died down, SGA members made their way around each apartment complex inviting residents to join in some of
the festivities going on in the community center along with handing out flyers with campus event listings. They con
tinued doing this throughout the week, inviting students to community center events like “make your own sundae,”
movie night, and video karaoke.
Also on hand were the Community Advisors, who live in apartments positioned next to each of the individual
apartment complexes. They made their rounds to each of the individual apartments in their complex, introducing
themselves to the residents, explaining some of the rules and regulations, informing them of community events, and
making a list of anything that was wrong, or out of order in each apartment. Some of the complaints filed were prob
lems with the phone service (believe it or not, the CUB was considered long distance), cabinets missing shelves,
keys getting stuck in front and bedroom doors, covers missing over receptacles and cable outlets, noise levels in
neighboring apartments, and the occasional fire alarm going off. Residence Life, Housing and Food Services, along
with Maintenance and Operations are working on these problems, amongst others.
Other events that took place during the first days of the semester were outdoor events like August 26’s “All
Campus Picnic” in Vartan Plaza. The picnic featured music by UUU, a cook out, wax hands, and caricatures. On
Tuesday August 27, not only did students have the thrill of attending the first classes of the semester,but they were
also able to attend the ice cream social (also in Vartan Plaza). The ice cream social included various flavors of
Hershey’s ice cream and also photo key chains. Despite the inclement weather in the days that followed, students
were able to enjoy the Latin Dance Party with music by Chance and light refreshments in the main lobby of
Olmsted.
For more info on what PSH has to offer in upcoming months see The Calendar on page 11.
By Stacy De Angelo
Editor in Chief