arsa orsem 2015 Events:• Opening Night: The Journey Begins Are you ready to embark on this expedi-tion? Join us as we prep you up for the lost cities you will soon explore. Experience the courage, valor, and excitement with the 1950s explorers as the journey begins!

Come prepared and dress up in your best semi-formal, vintage 1950s inspired attire

• ARSA Expo Take the risk and stumble upon opportu-nities to lead. Get the chance to learn about the amazing people behind this organiza-tion. Go on an adventure and heed the call to serve.

• Variety Show- Patagonia: Brilliance on Display From place to place, you’ve searched far and wide for gold, silver, and diamonds without a guide. On this night, you'll realize where it has all been – with your comrades and partners and your talents within.

Come in your best Spanish-in-spired outfit or any yellow and red combo

• Amazing Race-

Race of the Gold City Get ready for a grand adventure in the lost city of gold, El Dorado! In this year’s amazing race, you and your batch mates are challenged by the clan elders to clear a set of courses and finish as the best team there is! Only the FCC with the strongest spirit of solidarity will ever be able to attain the purest of gold the city has to offer.

• Solemn Night- Solace in the Shipwreck Every storm may cause your world to tremble. Every hurricane could be a reason to simply give up. Taking on a brand new journey can sometimes be a daunting experience, but a time to reflect and find solace in the shipwreck can go a long way.

• Salubong- Found At Last This is the last stop in the ARSA OrSem journey. Find your home in ARSA as we welcome you in a way you've never experienced before!

OrSem Passport:Aside from the big events, we’ve got something new and exciting in store for you for this year’s ARSA OrSem. The ARSA OrSem Passport is a chance for you to get to meet the upperclassmen, resident advisers, and admins and staff of ARSA by accomplish ing a wide variety of tasks over ARSA OrSem's 10-day span. Get ready to learn the ins and outs of life as an ARSAn and an Atenean!

Easy A DayMissing the good old days already? Bring out that high school uniform and prove to us that you can ace the challenges that lie ahead

Love Local DayBring out that inner probinsyano/ probinsyana in you and show us what makes your hometown the place to be. Come in a costume that represents something from your province. Plus points for

Urban ChallengeTime to put those navigating skills to the test! Find your way around the jungle that is Manila and get a taste of what it’s like to live in the big city.

atlas: plot new coordinates

Hi, Freshie!

I’m sure you’ll have some of your best memories within the confines of the campus and with the people you meet in it. You are fortunate enough to be part of the lucky few to experience living inside the campus. To say that your experience as a resident student will be unlike any other student’s of the university would be an understatement. Within the halls, you will experience the best and worst times of your life and luckily you’ll have the best people to share these with. You’ll find more than just a bed and shower. You’ll find a home. And you’ll recreate the home.

As your journey in the Ateneo begins, I would like to ask you to keep an open- mind and an open-heart to the various new things that you’ll encounter. They may not be the

things you expect, but that’s what makes them incomparable. There will be days where

you’ll brave the world with so much optimism, confidence, and hope. And

that’s great. But, there will be times that you will want to just stay in your room, log out from every social media account you have, and eat cup noodles for break- fast, lunch, and dinner. And that’s also okay. But as a new day comes, get up, take a shower, and dress to kill because, trust me, you won’t want to miss a thing.

Richard Milante President