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Tidal wave of freshmen fills residence halls
■ Wednesday was the first day
of college life for a flood of new
residence hall occupants
By Anne Le Chevallier
Oregon Daily Emerald
For many University students,
Wednesday was just another day. But
for more than 2,000 freshmen, Sept.
19. was the first day of their new col
lege lives.
Arriving when the doors opened
meant getting up early. But for many
newcomers the sleepy start was
worth it, especially if it resulted in
beating the crowds, choosing a bed
first and being one step closer to in
dependence.
Michael Eyster, director of Univer
sity Housing, said this year’s occu
pancy is the University’s highest
since 1996. There are about 3,200 stu
dents living in University housing
this year, 75 percent of which are
freshmen.
In order to accommodate increased
demand, University Housing offered
fewer single rooms. Eyster said tem
porary housing has been set up in the
lounges of the Bean complex, but it
will probably not be used.
Parents asked the housing staff a
variety of questions that ranged from
curfew to safety concerns.
“At first it is overwhelming,”
Eyster said. “In no time at all, students
are old pros.”
Eager arrivals
8:56 a.m. Even this early on Wednes
day morning, the parking spots are al
ready full, hi grand September tradi
tion, blue covers the sky and a slight
breeze ripples the green leaves. A girl
carrying several bags drops one and
clumsily attempts to retrieve it.
About 20 freshmen and their par
ents line up outside Dunn Hall
waiting to get their contracts and
keys. Standing next to her mom in
line, freshman Kerry Dillingham
has just spent two days in the car.
“I’m feeling very chaotic,” she
said. “I don’t like having to drag my
bags up the stairs.”
Having moved from Los Angeles,
Dillingham will now be living on
the fourth floor of Robbins Hall. But
Dillingham said she doesn’t know
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dents, and her biggest concern is
her shyness.
“I won’t be the one to go up and
introduce myself most of the time,”
she said.
Gail, Kerry’s mother, said she is ex
cited for her oldest daughter to be liv
ing on her own but is also worried
about “drinking, drugs, sex, and
making stupid mistakes that have
consequences for the rest of her life.”
9:12 a.m. A little tired, a little
anxious and very excited, students
begin lugging backpacks, computer
boxes and duffle bags up the stairs.
On the second floor of Dunn Hall,
John Baston and his roommate Ross
Bowman rest on a bed. The two
friends from Sprague High School
in Salem decided to live together.
Baston, who brought an MP3 play
er, a stereo and a computer, wanted
the side of the room with the phone
jacks. Bowman complied.
Baston said while he brought just
about everything he owns with
him, his football tickets are sitting
on his desk at home. But the con
versation is interrupted as the two
freshmen are called outside to con
tinue unloading boxes from the car.
Marty Fraser, Baston’s step
mother, said college was the best
experience of her life. And while
she is happy for John, she said she
would be losing his help at home.
9:35 a.m. On the fourth floor,
Dunn Hall is quiet. A small yellow
sign labeled “Respect” hangs above
every door.
9:40 a.m. In a second floor room,
teacher Karen Andrade hoists up an
armload of shirts, steps fully into
the closet and hangs them up.
“He needs training,” she said.
“I’m too old for this.”
Andrade’s son Ryan is a recent
graduate of Mountain View High
School in Bend. Because Karen An
drade works in Eugene frequently
and has a cell phone, she plans to
stay in close contact with her son.
“He can run, but he can’t hide,”
joked his father, Tom Andrade.
Andrew Kicza from Pullman,
Wash., walks into the room and in
troduces himself to his new room
mate. “Hi,” Kicza said. “Nice to
meet you.”
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Freshman Ben Amacher checks in with resident assistants at the Hamilton complex when the residence halls opened Sept. 19.
While the Andrades move in
more supplies, the Washington na
tive shares his feelings. “My biggest
worry (was) that I wouldn’t like
him,” Kicza said. “But I got him in
August, and we’ve been talking
since.”
After pulling a feather bed over
her son’s mattress, Karen Andrade
jumps on it. She sinks down, but
despite its alluring fluffiness, she
manages to get back to work.
10:13 a.m. Inside one room in
Robbins Hall freshman Katherine
Koppel is taking a break from mov
ing in with the help of her father,
Greg.
Three days earlier, the pair left
their home in Long Beach, Calif., to
Katherine’s residence hall in the
more temperate Eugene. Like many
freshmen, Koppel was ready to
leave her high school and home
state. University of California Santa
Barbara accepted her, but she did
n’t like the campus. Plus, she said
she likes the University’s football
team and journalism program.
Koppel is leaving her three
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Although she has not received
her computer yet, Koppel is plan
ning on keeping in contact with her
family through e-mail. In the mean
time, she said, “They’ll just have to
wait.”
10:29 a.m. Resident Advisor Josh
Christiansen sits in his spacious
room on the first floor of Robbins
Hall. He is excited about helping
new students and University hous
ing.
“The first weeks are the most im
portant,” he said. “You can shape
how (the residents) are going to act
toward you and others. You can in
still respect in them. ”
As Christiansen plays a song by
the Spin Doctors on his computer,
students and parents walk across
the lawn.
“It’s like moving into ambiguity,”
he said.
University Events
Friday, Sept. 28
Archaeology of the Pacific Rim
Lecture Series: Doug Kennett,
anthropology, discusses “Transition
to Agriculture on the Pacific Coast of
Southern Mexico.” 5:30 p.m. 175
Knight Law Center. Free. For
information, call 346-3024.
Oregon Ballroom Dance: Dress up
or casual: leather-soled shoes
advised. No partner needed.
Lessons during the first hour. 7:30
11:30 p.m. 220 Gerlinger Hall. $4
general public, $3 students and
faculty. For information, call 346
6025.
The Emerald will soon offer a full
calendar of events online at
www.dailyemerald.com.Send
information regarding campus
events to
calendar@dailyemerald.com.
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