Hey guys!
Profiles are up! Curious about who your leaders are and what they are like? Have any questions you'd like to ask them come September? Look at their profiles and check out their "ask me" sections. Some range from random strange events which have happened in their life to normal everyday school related questions! Don't be afraid to talk to us FOCzilla too! We're really nice! (despite our intimidating name).
As well, starting this week until the week of Orientation, we will be releasing short (yet epic) event clips to give you more of an idea of what Science Orientation week is like! Here is the first!
This....is....the... SCIENCE OLYMPICS! (it's no Beijing Olympics, it's better!)
The science Olympics happens on Tuesday in the afternoon. This is an event where your team competes against the other 7 teams to win points. And that right, these points will get you closer to...*dum dum dum* the trophy! Trust me, it's big!
Keep your eyes peeled next week for the next EPIC science event. It's scheduled for it's release Monday August 4th! Coming to a computer screen near you!
Till then, Ciao!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
39 days!
So I'm sitting at work right now...procrastinating...surfing the world wide web, when I decided to stumble onto the orientation website (www.science.uwaterloo.ca/orientation) then I saw the timer on the left hand side... and was totally blown away by the digits appearing in front of me.
So what's going through my head?
Stress : so much to do in so little time ( Leader profiles on the website for the first years to view, monitoring the Orientation Leader Forum , and finalizing some of the events for O-week!)
"Oh Diana, don't worry so much! Things will turn out fine", says my roommate.
FINE ?!!??? I don't want to settle for fine! This is Orientation week! If I don't do more than "fine" then over 1000 science students will be unimpressed & disappointed. Think about THAT on your conscience.
So, some may be asking themselves "Diana, how can we help?"
Answer: You can!
FIRST YEARS
Your job is easy, watch some youtube videos in your spare time. Callista, Shefali, and Adam worked really hard to make these really corny orientation week videos for you.
Let me explain some more, there will approximately be over 800 first year science students. There's only about ~175 science orientation leaders to look after you guys... so we typically break you down into teams (~100 students per team, ~20 leaders per team).
Every year orientation week has a theme:
2005 Clash of the Minds (team names revolving around people who've impacted science, eg: Bohr's Atoms, Einstein's Energy, etc)
2006 Mad Science (team names revolving around what happens when science goes wrong! eg: Radical Reaction, Chaotic Collisions, etc.)
2007 Science Unlimited: Science of the Future (team names revolving around ...well, science in the future...what's left/ what's taken over the world. Eg: Geothermal Giants, Chaotic Clones, etc.)
SoOoOo.... this year's theme is :
Team names/ Team colours are as followed:
Accelerating Androids (orange)
Bionic Bivalves (blue)
Xenobiotic Zombies (pink)
Sulfuric Sponges (yellow)
Igneous Invaders (brown)
Volatile Vampyres (purple)
Mitotic Martians (green)
Toxic Tomatoes (red)
So, essentially during the week we'd like you to dress & deck out in your team colours. I know we will be! Back in the day when I was on the pink team I had a pink zebra cowgirl hat lol. It was spiffy.
But unfortunately you won't find out your team colour until you're here at the beginning of O-week. BUT, maybe try to bring something of each colour that you could wear during the week? Like a hat, a bandanna, socks? You will be getting a T-shirt with your team name & colour on it and the more you wear that shirt, the more points you'll get so that you & your team can win the TROPHY!!!
That's right, it will be legend...wait for it...I hope your not lactose intolerant...dary!
I'll give you more updates on what you should do/ how to possibly prep for O week in august. But in the mean time, yeah watch the youtube videos (there's 9 of them) which are linked at the bottom of this blog. Do it!
LEADERS
First off, leaders... if you live close and have a fair sized yard, PLEASE For the love of noodles, volunteer your home for the superly awesome Spag Dinnah! Honestly... if you're holding out your close home (within <20 mins walk), you'll eventually be the ones suffering. Think of it this way. You have to walk there (early) and then set up, barely have time to eat, then jet back to campus to prep for Luau!
Lemme break it down for you some more into a simplistic equation: Long walk to house
huge day of programming
lack there of time to eat
+ LUAU! .
= *cross bones*
Secondly... SEND IN YOUR LEADER PROFILES (to sciprofiles@gmail.com)
your name, program + year, "Ask Me about..." AND if you were NOT at the science retreat (July13) send a photo of you in. Something where we can visibly see your face.
Anyways... that is all for now!
THIRTY NINE DAYS LEFT!
So what's going through my head?
Stress : so much to do in so little time ( Leader profiles on the website for the first years to view, monitoring the Orientation Leader Forum , and finalizing some of the events for O-week!)
"Oh Diana, don't worry so much! Things will turn out fine", says my roommate.
FINE ?!!??? I don't want to settle for fine! This is Orientation week! If I don't do more than "fine" then over 1000 science students will be unimpressed & disappointed. Think about THAT on your conscience.
So, some may be asking themselves "Diana, how can we help?"
Answer: You can!
FIRST YEARS
Your job is easy, watch some youtube videos in your spare time. Callista, Shefali, and Adam worked really hard to make these really corny orientation week videos for you.
Let me explain some more, there will approximately be over 800 first year science students. There's only about ~175 science orientation leaders to look after you guys... so we typically break you down into teams (~100 students per team, ~20 leaders per team).
Every year orientation week has a theme:
2005 Clash of the Minds (team names revolving around people who've impacted science, eg: Bohr's Atoms, Einstein's Energy, etc)
2006 Mad Science (team names revolving around what happens when science goes wrong! eg: Radical Reaction, Chaotic Collisions, etc.)
2007 Science Unlimited: Science of the Future (team names revolving around ...well, science in the future...what's left/ what's taken over the world. Eg: Geothermal Giants, Chaotic Clones, etc.)
SoOoOo.... this year's theme is :
Science Fiction: Double Feature!
Team names/ Team colours are as followed:
Accelerating Androids (orange)
Bionic Bivalves (blue)
Xenobiotic Zombies (pink)
Sulfuric Sponges (yellow)
Igneous Invaders (brown)
Volatile Vampyres (purple)
Mitotic Martians (green)
Toxic Tomatoes (red)
So, essentially during the week we'd like you to dress & deck out in your team colours. I know we will be! Back in the day when I was on the pink team I had a pink zebra cowgirl hat lol. It was spiffy.
But unfortunately you won't find out your team colour until you're here at the beginning of O-week. BUT, maybe try to bring something of each colour that you could wear during the week? Like a hat, a bandanna, socks? You will be getting a T-shirt with your team name & colour on it and the more you wear that shirt, the more points you'll get so that you & your team can win the TROPHY!!!
That's right, it will be legend...wait for it...I hope your not lactose intolerant...dary!
I'll give you more updates on what you should do/ how to possibly prep for O week in august. But in the mean time, yeah watch the youtube videos (there's 9 of them) which are linked at the bottom of this blog. Do it!
LEADERS
First off, leaders... if you live close and have a fair sized yard, PLEASE For the love of noodles, volunteer your home for the superly awesome Spag Dinnah! Honestly... if you're holding out your close home (within <20 mins walk), you'll eventually be the ones suffering. Think of it this way. You have to walk there (early) and then set up, barely have time to eat, then jet back to campus to prep for Luau!
Lemme break it down for you some more into a simplistic equation: Long walk to house
huge day of programming
lack there of time to eat
+ LUAU! .
= *cross bones*
Secondly... SEND IN YOUR LEADER PROFILES (to sciprofiles@gmail.com)
your name, program + year, "Ask Me about..." AND if you were NOT at the science retreat (July13) send a photo of you in. Something where we can visibly see your face.
Anyways... that is all for now!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Bienvenue!
Hello Welcome Everyone to The Mind of Me
So what's the purpose of this blog? Well...you know when you're walking down the street going, "Hmmm, .... what's the 411 with Orientation? I wonder what the FOC are thinking right now." Well look no futher! Right here is where you can take a look into the mind of 1/4th of the FOC squad! *super hero music*
There's not much to say right now but...I'm super excited! Less than 2 months away...oh the butterflies!
But I also have hunger in my stomach *grumbles*... so I'm gonna make myself a burger.
T minus 8 weeks!
So what's the purpose of this blog? Well...you know when you're walking down the street going, "Hmmm, .... what's the 411 with Orientation? I wonder what the FOC are thinking right now." Well look no futher! Right here is where you can take a look into the mind of 1/4th of the FOC squad! *super hero music*
There's not much to say right now but...I'm super excited! Less than 2 months away...oh the butterflies!
But I also have hunger in my stomach *grumbles*... so I'm gonna make myself a burger.
T minus 8 weeks!
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