Word: fops
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...seem like there's a lot of information going on. It's an interesting way to begin," said Alex P. Raymond '12, who couldn't re-enter his dorm to lock his room before being directed to the science center. "I kind of wish I was still in FOP...
...what would become a lasting legacy to the dean’s office, Moses founded in 1979 the popular Freshman Outdoor Program (FOP)—a pre-orientation program that sends incoming freshmen on week-long wilderness trips in an attempt to ease the transition from high school to the College...
...FOP is considered a cornerstone of the FDO’s operations to this day, according to current Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67, who served as a resident dean in Leverett House during much of Moses’ tenure...
...When the packet of orientation activities arrived in the mail, I took a few deep breaths and picked FOP, a week of camping for all of the nature-loving undergrads I was soon to join. I lied shamelessly on the forms, ellipsing my experience living on the land in New Mexico without running water, toilets, or joy, and signed up for a beginner trip. My father was surprised at my orientation activity choice (“But Lizzie, you hate camping. And nature.” “You don’t even know...
...almighty FOP gods saw through my feeble attempts at dissembling, I was placed on an advanced trip in what my group leader called a “big mistake” when I approached him to complain. I had no backpack, no head lamp—I didn’t even have a North Face fleece. My new groupmates looked at me, distant but curious. There was the ripped marathon runner, the guy who described his backyard as a “wilderness” he tamed for fun, and the girl who had spent her summer on some...