Group 72

The first four days of orientation we were marched around campus, getting tours, eating horrible lunches, and playing games with the orientation group. Mine was group 72.

Group 72 was comprised of “Computer Cody” who is the know-it-all of the entire group and decided from the beginning that we were the only friends he would make in college. Little did he know, we wouldn’t necessarily all stick around.

Next is Ben, who is the athlete, always exercises and drinking protein shakes. He’s actually a really sweet guy, kind of shy and his eyes water a lot. He is roommates with Evan, who is really quiet, but funny. He doesn’t say much in the beginning, but still enjoyed hanging out with the group. He reads a lot of American novels, they are both quiet, and so they make a really good pair.

Then there is Lee; he’s the flamboyant guy in the group, does forensic with the speech team. The first few days, he was one of my favorite guys. He was great to talk to, and he carried one of those old thin phones that rotated open. He always talked about how he dropped it all the time, threw it against the wall and dropped it in puddles and it still won’t break. One of the days, he found a spider living under the bracelet we had to wear during orientation to be able to eat.

His roommate is Martese, this short little black guy who is quiet, but loves to rap. He’s great to talk to because he keeps all of your secrets, even if they are with someone who would come off as his best friend. He’s really smart, but make makes stupid decisions sometimes.

Josh is another one, he’s the guy who insults you, but you laugh about it. The first couple days in, we saw him smoking and it came as a shock…. But now he’s one of those guys that go out every night. You often wonder where he gets the money from… and your answer will never come. But don’t let his look deceive you, the only reason he is at Eastern is because he got a really good scholarship opportunity because he is actually really smart, but doesn’t care about homework. I suspect he got a really good grade on an ACT or SAT, and therefore qualified for a great scholarship, especially if his homework habits now, are the same as they were in high school.

His roommate is Kevin, we actually just met this Kevin. Come to find out, he’s in my math class, but the whole joke was that on move in day, Josh left the room to get more of his things, and when he came back, Kevin was completely moved in and already gone. He was a complete ghost. He didn’t see any sign of Kevin until a few weeks later when he came back to the room and Kevin’s laptop had been moved. Kevin wasn’t really a part of “Group 72,” but the Kevin story is funny, so I had to put it in here.

Finally we are getting to the girls. Paiton and Lizzy are roommates, both redheads. They didn’t stick around very long to play the games with us, but they were still cool and we still talk to them. 

Tatyana is one of my closest friends in the group. She is tall, black (for lack of better terms?) and really funny. She came to our group later into orientation, at first it was awkward because we were talking but I couldn’t remember her name, but quickly she became a good friend. Her roommate is Marissa, who is going deaf in one of her ears, and has a medical condition that is really rare. She’s really cool to be around, but Tatyana always talks about how she leaves her side of the room a mess and because she’s partially deaf she has her alarms set loud and early, but she never gets up for them. Talk about roommate problems.

Then there is Bailee and I; we sort of knew each other from before. We have a mutual friend, my cousin Stephanie. One day during senior year, I was on my way to English class and I get a snap chat from Stephanie saying that Bailee wants to be my roommate. I say, “That’s great! Who’s Bailee!?” That’s how it started. We ended up meeting up at Panera and trying to get a good idea of what it’s going be like. I even warned her about my mother, grandmother and all the college mayhem that I was experiencing between the both of them.

Lastly, there was our fearless leader. Active Andrew Wentz, he was outgoing and great to be around, he broke most of us out of our shell and made us become friends. Because of him bringing the group together, that made college seem like a dream come true.

I loved college, and in matter of a fact, the weekend after move-in day I ended up going home for long enough to sleep, go to church, realize why I wanted to get out of the house and leave again. I realized Eastern was a dream come true, and I asked my parents to get me back to their house, so Tyler could come pick me up and take me home, to Eastern.

But that was and still is group 72! 

This was Lee, during orientation we were playing group bonding games. Lee said he just wanted to lay down, so he laid in the grass, until he realized that it was actually wet... Oops haha

One of the first nights together, we went and saw The Hunger Games together. This was the campus at night. It's so pretty... or at least it was... now it's cold and rough.  

One of the lounges on the second floor I believe. Ben is the one under the T.V. I'm to the right, then there is Josh, Martese, Evan Tatyana and Bailee. Picture credit goes to Cody.

Playing cards in the main lounge. Bailee is look at the camera... 

After The Hunger Games. Selfie Sunday? Our first Sunday there... :)