Every year the Crimson Key Society welcomes Harvard's incoming class of freshmen by coordinating and hosting Freshman Orientation Week. The week consists of events designed to ease the stress of the transition and bring Harvard's newest students into an environment in which they can start forming lasting friendships.

Each day of Freshman Week, members of the Crimson Key Society are stationed at a tent in the Yard ready to give out keys, answer questions, and give directions and guide freshmen to that day's events.

Here is the schedule of events for Freshman Week 2009:

Saturday, August 29
First Chance Dance
10pm-1am at Pforzheimer Dining Hall, Radcliffe Quad
Your first chance to make it with someone as smart as you are! Toss the pleasantries aside and dance your heart out in one of Harvard's most fun spaces to some of the danciest DJ stylings you'll find anywhere. 

Sunday, August 30
Yard Lawn Party
2pm-5pm at Sever-Robinson Quad, weather-permitting.
Debunking the myth that Harvard is not a sports school one bocce ball at a time. Have a lazy Sunday sitting with a root beer float or playing badmitton, croquet, and other lawn games. Preppy attire welcome. 

Monday, August 31
Love Story
8pm and 10pm at Science Center C
The legendary annual showing of this Academy Award-winning movie, plus participation by authentic Crimson Key Society members. Join us for our very own witty and irreverent commentary on one of the worst critically-acclaimed movies of all time! Good times to be had by all, guaranteed!

Tuesday, September 1
Freshman Talent Show
9pm-11pm at Sanders Theater
World-class entertainment in a world-class venue. Show off! Or at least, come watch in the name of fun and friendship. Auditions will be held Saturday-Monday from 12:30-2:30. See the Crimson Key tent for each day's audition location.

Thursday, September 3
Ice Cream Bash
9pm-11pm in Annenberg Hall
What better way to get a head start on the Freshman 15 than with the most scrumptuous ice cream in the Square? Shopping Week got you confused and/or hungry? Come meet Crimson Key members and Peer Advising Fellows over a bowl of ice cream – or 8.

Saturday, September 5
A Capella Jam
9pm-11pm in Sanders Theater
A capella is SO college. Get your first taste of the best a capella Harvard has to offer. Free to you, flattery for them, fun for us!

If you have any questions about the events or anything else, just find someone in a red t-shirt and ask... we are here to help you. Also, for Freshman Week 2010 feel free to contact Freshman Week Coordinators Jocey Karlan (jkarlan@fas.harvard.edu) and Liz Soutter (msoutter@fas.harvard.edu).

Enjoy the Week!

DAILY TOUR SCHEDULE

Starting on September 8 and through the academic year, tours leave the Harvard Events & Information Center at:

10AM and 2PM	Monday through Friday
2PM	Saturday

Any visitor is welcome to join one of the free campus tours offered from the Events & Information Center. The tours leave the center in the:

Holyoke Center Arcade
1350 Massachusetts Avenue

Reservations for special tours of 20 or more people may be made by calling the Events & Information Center at (617) 495-1573 or e-mailing icenter@camail.harvard.edu.