Camp War Eagle

Camp War Eagle in a word? I don't think that's possible. But it was cheesey, informative, tiring, peppy, and...informative. Information overload. When I first got there and got up to the dorm room, I thought I was in for a long 3 days. Waiting outside in the sun with 400 strangers was quite awkward. Walking with them over to Haley and sitting in a 90 degree room made things worse. Add in more awkward small talk and hot rooms and you've got the first 3 hours of CWE. We went over to the Student Activities Center for the "War Eagle Welcome" after that, one of my least favorite moments (maybe because I was in a bad mood after the aforementioned events). Although there was a pretty funny John Basedow "impersonator," the skit they performed was pretty lame. Next, we divided into our groups. Oddly enough, there were a few people from around the Mobile area in my group. We did some scavenger hunt type thing with stuff we had in pockets/wallets etc with "the Nun," some women's basketball personality. Anyways, after sucking that up, our group made our way to Tiger Talk I where we introduced ourselves and got asked weird questions like "If you were something in Wal-Mart what would you be?" I said an Auburn shirt. Clutch when it counts, baby. Group #21 walked back to Foy to eat a sub-par dinner that included green bean casserole, chicken, and some stew that literally looked like puke but tasted nice. We then walked in the rain to the basement of Broun Hall to have TT #2. A pep rally was held in the soaked Jordan-Hare Stadium which was fun. We learned a bunch of cheers and saw Aubie. Guess what was next? Walking. And another Tiger Talk. A bunch of us went to Toomer's to get ice cream. After about an hour in line, I got a cone of banana pudding ice cream which was massive and only $2.11. I finally met my roomie Andrew when I came back. He's cool. Sleeping on the dorm bed was....hard? (pun intended) 6:30 finally rolled around and I woke up tired and sore. Breakfast in the Food Court was REALLY good. I couldn't eat it all. A few groups and us, group #21, saw some presentation about how not to screw up at Auburn. Also, a brief thing about diversity which was funny. We then had a pointless campus tour. At the next Tiger Talk, we named ourselves the Bumblebees. Needless to say we had a lot of "characters" in our group, which was a good way to kill time. Tiger Tables was next with a bunch of tables (get it?) of information about Auburn groups like Tiger Transit and ... other stuff. Lunch was next with a free meal ticket. I got a fajita wrap. It was good. I went to the Impact session with about only 8 other people. Hopefully I'll have time for community service like this. I had a little time off then I went to Dudley aka The Dud to meet with the academic advisor about scheduling. Stress city, yo. Lots of info. More on scheduling later. Next at about 4:00 was the business fair featuring lots of local merchants like apartments, bookstores, and this dope bbq place with really good grub. Hollatchaboi. Endless free stuff. A shirt and coupons for 2 more at J&M, Anders, Tiger Rags , and Big Blue. I signed up for the Spirit Club at Tiger Rags. I've now got a bunch of Auburn shirts. I digress. Dinner was disgusting--cold Domino's pizza in Foy. Next was yet another Tiger Talk. We had 90 minutes to make a schedule. It sounds easy but it's like putting together a giant puzzle--one of those 3D ones. After that confusing experience, we went back to foy where we watched some skit about real world issues. It's what you probably think of when you think of "The Real World Auburn: Social Issues Skit." Top-notch acting fosho. We then had a Tiger Talk where we were supposed to talk about the skit, but we ended up talking about how one of the counselors is cheating on a camper (his girlfriend) with another counselor. Scandalous. Finally we had the last event. A hypnotist came and "hypnotized" a bunch of kids, most of which simply acted like they were iunder the influence of some supernatural power. Lots of crazy stuff, like male booty dancing and Britney Spears floor humping. Good times. probably my favorite part of CWE. I laughed harder than I can remember. This morning we registered for classes. Luckily, I got in with the first group and got the classes I wanted. I've got Intro to Logic with Elfstrom who is supposedly nuts. Great. Overall I guess Camp War Eagle was a good experience. I learned a lot and met a ton of new people. However, the whole thing seemed a little drawn out. I sure as hell wouldn't go back.