![]() Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads This year the university is expecting almost 2,000 students to attend its new undergraduate program “Jump Start”, aiming to “foster confidence and enthusiasm” among newcomers – including the second year of its pride march. The challenge involved drinking 100 shots of beer in 50 minutes. Similarly, Monash University in Melbourne has shed its “Green Week” reputation that ran well into the 2000s and revolved around “the Centurion”, as the VB cans are known. ![]() Now ANU’s 2024 program is dominated by library tours, yoga sessions and craft activities. Until 2020 the Australian National University’s O-Week was renowned for its Burgmann College toga party – believed to be the largest party at a university residence in the southern hemisphere. The trend away from high-profile parties is being felt sector-wide. Instead, soon-to-be students drink free iced coffee on beanbags and take selfies while snacking on Zooper Dooper icy poles. The only whiff of alcohol is the complimentary strawberry cruiser baseball caps. Crisis centres don’t need a calendar to know when O-Week is on – they get a spike in calls from university students Sharna Bremner While drinking is still “a big part” of the week, this is the time to make lifelong friends.Īs the students speak to Guardian Australia, a neon yellow wacky-inflatable-arm-man swings in the breeze, while pounding music emanates from a Red Bull-sponsored DJ. “I’ve never skied before but thought, why not join?”Ĭoming from interstate, Zarins says orientation is crucial to “not be lonely in Sydney”. “We joined the Random Acts of Kindness Club and the Ski Club,” Zarins says. ![]() The trio met here and are buzzing to socialise. Sascha Zarins, Sophia Duncan and Charley Bertwistle are seeking four things at orientation – “meeting people, joining societies, networking and getting free stuff”. At the University of Sydney’s Welcome Week on Tuesday, undergraduate students make friendship bracelets beside snaking lines of enthusiastic youth waiting for sponsored products. ![]()
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