#yofo:You Only Frosh Once

Hello again! It has been a very bittersweet night here at BU as frosh week has finally come to an end. It has been the busiest, craziest, absolute best week ever! I have joined a wolf pack, made so many new friends and done a lot of crazy things and am quite near complete exhaustion! So now, as a special treat, here is a day by day recap of Bishop's Goes Hollywood 2012!

Sunday: Around noon, all of us BU froshies went to the Quad to register for a "Frosh Team." Something unique to Bishop's is that we actually got to choose our team. Being that the theme was Hollywood, all of the teams were named after something relating to Hollywood and/or the movies (some names had a bit of a twist...Lord of the G-Strings!) There was a huge white tent set up in the Quad and after receiving a t-shirt and a bag, we entered what looked like complete mayhem. Everywhere we turned there were students dressed up in ridiculous outfits, dancing and screaming and trying to convince us to join their frosh team. I joined a team called Project XXX with a girl from my floor named Kirsten but later ended up switching to the Wolf Pack. Later that night, we had our first team meeting and the Opening Ceremonies and our first party at the Wolf Den aka our frosh house where we had a party pretty much every night. Our first big event was Gaitor Gardens which was an outdoor dance in the Quad where they were selling two dollar beers and we danced late into the night. 

Wolf Pack Ladies at the Den! The shirts were hand made by our amazing leaders!

Monday: Bright and early Monday morning we had an Academic Orientation where we had a chance to have a campus tour with a senior student in our program. Following that, we had to write the English Proficiency Exam which was 3 hours long! Not so fun after a late night of dancing! After that, we headed back to the Wolf Den for some more team fun and then all went to the Quad for the Hollerado concert! (Look them up, they're actually pretty good!) After the concert, there was an after party at the Gait (the student bar) and of course, I was out there dancing way into the night again! 

Hollerado concert in the Quad!

Tuesday: As difficult as it was, the entire Wolf Pack dragged themselves out of bed for the Hollywood Star Search (a campus tour) which turned into running around campus and proudly belting out our cheer where ever and whenever possible! Then I stood in line all afternoon to sort out my courses which thankfully are almost all sorted out. That night there was a choice of four activities, but as 2 had alcohol being served, I had a limited choice. I got a chance to learn about the campus brewery that is being installed - which is actually pretty neat!

Wednesday: The first day of classes! Because my schedule was still not finalized, I attended four classes - Math, Geography, History and Philosophy. After that, we had club sign up day and I am now a member of the Running Club, the French Club, the Rock Climbing Club and I applied to be a Big Buddy. That night, we met at the Wolf Den for the Lennoxville Scavenger Hunt. Just take a minute to picture hundreds of university students running around a small town yelling, cheering and doing every task under the sun in order to win challenges and earn points for their frosh team (Example: Performing the opening scene of the Lion King)! Then, we went to Principal Goldbloom's house (which is actually on campus) and proudly sang him the BU school song - Raise a Toast!

Thursday: Thursday was Shine Day - a day dedicated to raising money for Cystic Fibrosis research! I attended a zumba class in the Quad and bought a Raise a Toast wrist band to support this awesome cause! Later that night, there was bingo with some "sexy" prizes and then it was Opening Night at the Gait! Dancing it up at the Gait has become my new favourite activity and luckily my new friends aren't too embarrassed my dance moves!

Myself, Julia, Jocelyn and Hannah hanging at the Wolf Den!

The Wolf Pack looking classy!

Friday: The day kicked off with Field Day but since I had class I did not get to attend. From what I saw, there was a lot of mud, water and mayonnaise involved! Later that night, we had Disney Dance Battles and the Wolf Pack battled against A Walk to Remember to the classic Aladdin song "Prince Ali"! 

The Wolf Pack rehearsing at the Den!

Two frosh teams battling it out at Centennial!

Saturday: The Gaitors had their first football game of the year and squared off against Laval. The game was  definitely one of the highlights of my week! We sat right in the middle of the rowdy section and I lost count of the number of time we sang Raise a Toast! During the second half, I was standing on the front bench and couldn't see a thing but we all just kept right on cheering! Unfortunately, the Gaitors were not victorious but that didn't stop us from having a late night victory party at the Gait!

Pre game tailgate in the Coulter Field Parking Lot!

Purple Pride! Let's go Gaitors!

Sunday: Whether we wanted to or not, today was a day for resting and studying. On a side note, I successfully cleaned Jocelyn and mine's bathroom. One of my new not favourite activities is sitting in my room reading textbooks which I ended up doing for most of the day. The day closed with the Academy Awards, where there were awards given out for Frosh King and Queen, best team spirit, most frosh points, etc. The Wolf Pack got the Award for Best Leaders! I can't say thank you enough to Denise, Sam, Jen and Brewer for leading us through such a great week!They certainly deserved their golden gatorade bottle! 

Jocelyn and I at the Academy Awards! 

I think I speak for majority of my BU class when I say I am going to sleep like a rock tonight. However, as one of the BU judges said tonight, it has only been one week - we've still got an entire year ahead of us! Everyday, I become more and more thankful that I get to be a part of the Bishop's experience! I hope you are all having great times wherever you are and know that I am thinking of you! Wish me luck as I head back into reality and my first full week of university classes! Erica xoxo