Today starts the official Orientation for the Fall semester 2007. For the USA, this is the start of the new academic year after the long summer vacation. And so, what's a better way to kick off the semester than welcoming all new students with a BANG! Literally, it came with lots of music, dance and performance that put us right into the core of the spirit of the Miami Hurricanes. All of us gathered into our orientation groups and proceeded into the BankUnited Center. This is like an indoor stadium on campus. A place huge enough to hold basketball games and even concerts. I am amazed that a university has a facility like that. Check out the pictures, for the people in Perth, it is bigger than the Challenge Stadium; and for my Singapore friends, probably half of our Indoor Stadium. The place is fully air-conditioned with surround stadium seatings as well as plasma screens.This is the Canes Kick'Off; an Orientation I call fully American head on. Just like you watch those American movies with the cheerleaders and their Big Band, I say they are no exaggeration at all. This is it, all the new students were welcomed by the student Government with the cheerleaders, Big Band, our Mascot (Sebastian, the Ibis) belting out the College cheers. It was just fantastice to watch. Don't think you can get this anywhere else but the States. I say, the cheerleads REALLY REALLY can dance and shake their bodies...ha ha! This was followed by a speech by the President of the University followed by various Deans and leaders. Wow... I say that Miami has really kicked us off on a really good note.
JOEL , and the Hurricane hit @
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