Traditional orientation program ignores academic reality

"Orientation," we said last year, "Traces its sluggish path each year no better and no worse than before . . Although this is probably still t rue to a degree, there is an illusion shared by many advisors that this year's Freshman Week went better than those in years past. This may be because the men's colleges continue to judge their success by the female reactions to their mixers. The girls preferred mixers with things to do while not dancing, like penny arcade or casino games. Beach parties were out, and lawn parties were in this year, but it didn't really seem like an improvement.