Starting this weekend, students of the University of Waterloo, Wilfred Laurier University, and Conestoga College move into the city for a new (and for some it is their first) fall term. Flocks of students in brightly coloured shirts with chants and social activities will roam around University Ave and Ring Road, which will be fun and interesting to watch.
An annual sign of the fall term include the persistent presence of Canadian geese on the UofW campus and the new students learning for the first time that yes, geese bite. Another sign of the return of the university/college students is the stock levels at the local grocery stores, particularly in the packaged cookies, instant ramen, frozen pizza and lasagna.
The growing difference with frosh/orientation/O-week is the density of moving trucks along University Ave and Columbia St. In the past 5-ish years, the two roads lined with single-family back splits and bungalows have been replaced with 4 to 6-storey student housing apartments. This would be a bad time for cyclists to protest parked vehicles being in the bike lanes.
Signs of a first-year? Lanyard around the neck displaying their new dorm key. As an upper year or grad student want to confuse people or get free stuff? Follow suit.
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