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Dates: during 2000-2009
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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...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Electrical Surge Empties Adams House and Yard Dorms | 9/7/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Former Freshmen Dean Dies at 66 | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Former Freshmen Dean Dies at 66 | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Failure to Thrive | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Failure to Thrive | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

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