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Welcome Week Gets Year Off to a Fun Start It may be called Welcome Week, but seven days just weren’t enough to fit in all of the great activities planned by Student Life this year. The annual celebration for new and returning students started with a Welcome Party on August 23 and concluded with a commuter lunch and Convocation on September 6. Events in between included Commuter Coffee Carts, the Metanerd Club Cook Out, free bowling and games in the Rec Center, a free movie, the first Rec Center Café of the year, and the always popular Casino Night. “Turnout for our events was wonderful, and students really had a good time,” said Andrea Check, student life coordinator. “Casual, fun activities like these are especially important for our new students so they have a chance
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to meet new people outside of classes or their residence hall.” The free activities on campus are also popular with returning students. “Some events have become such traditions that students ask me about them before we’re even finished planning,” Check said. “Skipping Casino Night would be like skipping Thanksgiving.”