Welcome Week 2012
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Image List:
Image 1: A casually attired Chancellor Michael Drake (center) poses with freshmen at the Bren Events Center during the New Student Convocation, which kicked off Welcome Week festivities. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 2: University leaders welcome the incoming class at the New Student Convocation. For fall 2012, UCI admitted 5,175 freshmen and 1,810 transfer students. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 3: UCI mascot Peter the Anteater gets acquainted with some newcomers. The incoming class has students from all 50 states and 83 countries. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 4: Peer academic advisers holding school banners await their entrance at the New Student Convocation. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 5: A small-scale Peter the Anteater sits atop a trophy awarded to engineering dean Gregory Washington for leading the best "Zot! Zot! Zot!" cheer during a previous ceremony. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 6: The full-size Peter the Anteater greets freshmen at the New Student Convocation. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 7: Dean Gregory Washington (at lectern), Chancellor Michael Drake (center) and other UCI leaders demonstrate for new students the "Zot! Zot! Zot!" cheer. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 8: UCI students - many of them freshmen - line up for Late Night at the ARC, the Anteater Recreation Center's annual open house. The Welcome Week event ran from 8 p.m. Monday till 3 a.m. Tuesday. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 9: Students enjoy a demonstration of capoeira at Late Night at the ARC, which also included fencing, yoga, self-defense and dance exhibitions; table tennis, volleyball and dodgeball tournaments; rock wall climbing; sushi rolling; group exercise class samplers; swimming; games; and free T-shirts. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 10: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 11: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 12: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 13: UCI students attempt to recapture the Guinness world record for largest dodgeball game Tuesday, Sept. 25, on the Anteater Recreation Center fields. They succeeded, with 6,084 participants - wresting the title away from the University of Alberta. It's the third time UCI has held the record; annual attempts to reclaim it have become a Welcome Week tradition. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 14: Dodgeball players, holding their waivers, go through the turnstiles to be officially counted before the match. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 15: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 16: Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 17: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 18: Junior Colin Fitzgibbon, gripping a didgeridoo, pumps up the crowd before the start of the dodgeball match. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 19: Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 20: Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 21: Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 22: UCI mascot Peter the Anteater wishes the players well before the game begins. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 23: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 24: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 25: Students exult upon learning that they'd set a new world record. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 26: Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 27: In a Welcome Week event called "Screen on the Green," students watch a free movie on the ARC fields after the successful world record attempt. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 28: Students enjoy the free Aldrich Park After Dark concert Wednesday featuring LA Riots. Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 29: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 30: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 31: Nicole Del Castillo / University Communications
Image 32: Residents of the Middle Earth student housing community compete Wednesday in a game of tug-of-war as part of the Battle of the Clusters. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 33: Freshman Wilber Lai cheers on hallmates Wednesday during the Mesa Court Olympics. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 34: Resident adviser Kyle Kim sports a sunny disposition during the Middle Earth Battle of the Clusters. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 35: Students cheer during judging of the resident adviser mummification competition Wednesday - part of the Mesa Court Olympics. Steve Zylius / University Communications
Image 36: Middle Earth resident advisers compete in tug-of-war during the Battle of the Clusters. Steve Zylius / University Communications
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