the Social Committee brought on the games, which was the highlight of the day. Though the games seemed simple enough, it was a challenge for all the groups as they worked together to carry the ping pong balls across the room with a straw, drop Q-tips into a small Coca-cola bottle without getting too close to the bottle, and pass the oranges without using their hands. “The orange game was fun. I was laughing so hard I cried,” commented 1st year student Stephanie Nguyen. Some of the participants’ dexterity stood out among others. For instance, Rachael Payan, an Honors Peer Mentor, tactfully carried the ping-pong ball with her straw with ease and finesse while many others struggled to pick it off the ground. Might I add that that the game was deceivingly harder than it looked. Everyone giggled and laughed as our colleagues tried to outshine the other groups and come out as victors for that game. The Welcome Back was a great success with over seventy students attending the event. Sandy Chansamone, a 3rd year student, agreed: “I thought it was fun. There was good food and we got to meet a lot of new people.”
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