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Orientation Day
There's more to makmg the Jump from high school to college than chang-
mg buses and locat10ns. The step the higher educat10n 1s m a real sense a
move mto adulthood. The reg1mentat10n of high school 1s gone forever,
with a premmm now placed on self-d1sc1plme and m1tiat1ve.
The change-over reqmres adJustments m mcommg students some of
whom must learn to handle their new freedom. Onentat10n Day at College
of the Canyons 1s designed, m part, to help the new student make the
transformat10n with a m1mmum of d1slocat10n
COC puts itself on display m a number of ways. New students meet the
school's adm1mstrators and student leaders who share the outdoor platform
erected for the occas10n. Vanous academic d1v1s10ns erect mformal mform-
at10n stat10ns to answer quest10ns, as do clubs and orgamzat10ns that pro-
vide the ~~extras" of a college educat10n.
The Pep Squad and the College Band are always there to add zest,
excitement, and ~~atmosphere" to the occas10n. But most of all, Onentat10n
Day gives the new student a chance to look around him and mspect fellow
freshmen, the guys and gals who will share his pleasures and problems on
campus for the next two vital years of his hf e
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