Red – Barnyard
Hey Frosh – Got Milk?
Welcome to the inc-RED-ible team that is Barnyard! Get ready to join your Bigs and Huges on an unforgettable expedition. We’ve got cowbells, straw hats, roaring tractors, hay, and HOE DOWNS! It just doesn’t get any cooler than this.
Be prepared to use all of your ingenuity, skills, and talents to help us moo, cluck and nay our way to victory. This is going to be a BAAwsome week, so make sure ya’ll load up on that calcium and them eggs.
We’re all very excited to meet you! YEE HAW!
P.S. Don’t forget to practice your cow-tipping skills.
Misha, Duncan, Tim and Amalia
Red Huges
Pink – Polar Pink
Good show everyone; I mean really, you looked great out there. We rocked the week and we looked pretty in pink at the same time. Obviously the sexiness was due to our really, really, ridiculously good looking frosh. Most beautiful group of people I’ve ever seen in one place and I’m a life-time member of the Beautiful People’s Club. Expect your invitations in the mail, and don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter. They have coupons for things pretty people need. You know. To stay pretty. You know who doesn’t need stuff to stay pretty? Penguins. And you know who else? Terrifying, blood-thirsty polar bears. Silly polar bears, always hungering for blood. That’s exactly why we chose to be Polar Pink. It had nothing to do with the fact that “Polar” begins with “P”, or that we had an unhealthy fantasy about armies of penguins and polar bears launching an devastating invasion of the tropics. No, no. It had to do with how good-looking they are. After all, nothing else would cut it for you, our drop-dead-gorgeous frosh. Stay pretty, Pink Team. Stay pretty.
Rob, Deon, Jon, & Jackie
Pink Huges
Dark Blue – Underwater Kingdom
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? DARK BLUE, THAT’S WHO! …Okay, we confess. We don’t have a pineapple as of yet, but we’re workin’ on it. However, while you’re already here, we’re the Dark Blue Group for UW Engineering Orientation 2010, and our theme is The Underwater Kingdom! Shipwrecks, sharks, whales, seaweed and sunken treasure await you in our headquarters. Dive below the depths with us as we battle to become the most feared colour group this side of the Great Barrier Reef!
We’re a team of highly dedicated leaders who want you to have the best Orientation Week experience possible, and we’re happy to answer any questions you have about the school, the week, or engineering as we see it.
Hold your breath and jump in… the water’s great!
Alysha, Angela, Cass, Mark and Mina
Dark Blue Huges
Light Blue – Sky
Welcome soon-to-be engineers! We are the light blue color group and our theme is SKY! “What is so great about the sky?”, you ask. IT’S LIGHT BLUE and light blue loves things that are light blue. More importantly, it contains many wonderful creatures. From mythical dragons to lovely lady bugs. But one thing in common about creatures in the sky is that they often travel faster than creatures on the ground. The sky is very big, having a presence in all the regions of planet earth. This allows for the sky to contain a bit of everything. But! Creatures aren’t the only thing in the sky. Weather patterns set the “landscape” of the sky. From fluffy clouds, to humongous hurricanes. And airplanes demonstrate the freedom of being able to move in 3 dimensions. The sky, in all its diversity, is truly an exciting place for the expedition of orientation 2010.
Rebecca, Amanda, Yousif, Chris
Light Blue Huges
Light Brown – Savannah
You know they say life is an adventure. Well what better way to start your new life in engineering than on a African Savannah Adventure. We, the light brown huges would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you soon to be engineers joining us on this Waterloo Engineering adventure. And to those in light brown, we cannot wait for you to join us and the light brown bigs on our ‘oh so’ exciting and highly anticipated Savannah Adventure. On this adventure be prepared to encounter lions, zebras, hippos, hyenas, rhinoceroses and who knows what else. Since the African Savannah is quite large we are in for long trek with many exciting opportunities to come and of course maybe a surprise or two, but we are engineers we can make our way through anything! So be prepared to work together and get dirty, we can’t wait for you to join us!
Caitlin, Corey, James, Leslie, Sarah
Light Brown Huges
Dark Brown – Canadian Wilderness
“Hello” and “Bonjour” from the Dark Brown team, representing the Canadian Wilderness during Orientation Week 2010! That’s right! Here at a Canadian university in the middle of suburbia you can experience the rough yet charismatic beauty of our own wilderness! Bears, moose, beavers (nature’s engineers), trees, James “Wolverine” Logan, rocks, wolves, @uwgeese, water; we have it all within our domain! For one week, and one week only, you can be part of the territory that makes up most of this beautiful country. Also, you could take a trip and head just outside our fair city and be a part of it whenever you please! The bigs and huges have had a lot of fun coming up with ways to make your week extremely spectacular and we can’t wait to meet as many new people as possible and share our experiences of life at Waterloo! Moose call with me now! MMRRROOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWNNNNNNNN.
Nicole, Rachel, Kevin, Bryan, Chris
Dark Brown Huges
Light Green – Swamps
Swamp Thing – you make my lungs scream – you win everything, Swamp thing! (to the tune of wild thing). Welcome to the dark and dirty Swamp of Waterloo. We have trekked all the way from the great grass lands of around the world to prove that the Swamp is the best animal kingdom out there. Swamps are everywhere in the world housing many different type of animals from a terrifying anaconda (the biggest snake in the world) to handsome toads ( the animals you kiss to find your prince). This week as a team we are going to show the other teams our ultimate traits of intimidation by acting like a vicious anaconda, of beauty by portraying the graceful great blue heron and by being mischievous like the robbers of the night, a raccoon. We also represent the misunderstood SHREK! Orgres are epic. We have to protect our swampy land and combat the other animal kingdoms who are trying to take over our territory, because Shrek can’t handle people in his territory! Help us protect our land, our kingdom, and our King Shrek. We will be the biggest, baddest Orgres and Swamp Things out there.
Remember, Orgres are like onions, Onions have layers, Orgers have Layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers. Layers that we will use to Win this thing!
Tim, Lindsay, Shane, Lisa
Light Green Huges
Dark Green – Jungle
Are you ready to step inside the dark abyss of the jungle trees? To slither with the snakes, swing with the monkeys and hunt with the tigers? We sure hope you are, because dark green’s theme is THE JUNGLE. We will run, scavenge, build, dance and work together to make this orientation week the best ever and on our way, coincidentally stumble upon…complete colour group domination! The next week will be filled with fun times and laughter, and you’ll find out just how amazing Waterloo Engineering is. A great man once said: “Welcome to the Jungle, we got fun and games, we got everything you want…” and we firmly stand by his affirmation.
Adam, Ioana, Alroy, Sara
Dark Green Huges
Light Purple – Urban Environment
There’s no environment more diverse than the urban environment. From the towering skyscrapers that challenge the sky to the complex tunnels of walkways, subways and pipelines that form a maze underneath the ground, no natural environment can even compare to the diverse, entropic nature that cities have.
No other environment better defines what it means to be an engineer. Where else does mankind constantly challenge the boundaries of nature? And let’s be honest, city-folk have the most fun.
Light Purple (most commonly referred to “Lurple”) will be victorious this year.
Are you ready for mayhem? Are you ready to challenge yourself? Are you ready to learn what it means to be an engineer?
We’ll see you on the streets!
Trevor, Adriana, James & Aldo
Light Purple Huges
Dark Purple – Mythical Kingdom / Magical Beasts
Orange – Australian Outback
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!
Hey fantastic first-years, and welcome to the amazing team orange! In accordance with this year’s Expedition: Earth theme, our team’s theme is the Australian Outback! We’re bring a little piece of the land down under to the week, along with lots of Aussie spirit, our flawless accents, and perhaps a guest appearance by a kangaroo!
All of our super amazing Huges and Bigs are really excited to meet you all, and we’re ready to answer any and all of your questions about starting out in Engineering and show you the ropes around campus. Most importantly, we’re ready to help you guys show the other teams that no one messes with the Outback! So come on out and bring your energy, but most importantly get ready to have an amazing week!
Craig, Erin, Graham and Kyle
Orange Huges
Yellow – Beach
When the colour groups are listed alphabetically it’s easy to say they saved the best for last. The yellow team is going for gold this year, but hey we’re basically golden anyways! If you are one of us then welcome to the Beach Team! Here at the beach we enjoy the summer sun and remain the home to many not-so-exotic wildlife such as the graceful seagulls who steal your food, mussels, barnacles and of course PLENTY of crabs. Don’t worry though we still have the best parts of the beach too, beach balls, umbrellas for shade, sand castles and beach volleyball.
Did I forget your favorite beach animal or maybe I missed the best beach activity? Either way if you’re with the yellow team then grab your boogie board and come on down to the beach and get your tan while we prove we’re the best team around!
Zack, Sean, Sarah, Nicole
Yellow Huges
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