Whether you are a first-time freshman or fifth year senior, Welcome Week and move-in weekend are a time of the year to look forward to. Plus, and I may be a little bit biased here, we go to the best school in the nation. As out-of-state students start trickling into campus, Morgantown transforms from it's ghost-town summertime status to a rambunctious, rambling city with students on every sidewalk. Welcome week in Morgantown is hectic, every grocery store has been picked over, it's hard to find a five-subject notebook with a cool design, but it is also one of the best times of the school year. Here are some things to take advantage of before classes start:

1. Free stuff.

Need I say more? They are handing out free waters, the famous flying WV cookies, pepperoni rolls, chips, Red Bull, you name it. I could be only speaking for myself but I'm putting one of each in my bag. Plus, free t-shirts. We all love free stuff.

2. Banners.

So they might make your parents feel a little bit uncomfortable. Some of them are offensive to the easily offended, but you have to admit they do make you crack a smile.

3. No homework.

We have no syllabi, we have no homework. It's a lot easier to have a good time before you get your syllabi and realize that you are actually going to change your forwarding address to Club Lib because that is where you will basically be living all year. It's too bad syllabus week doesn't last until October.

4. Friends.

Whether you are meeting people in your dorm or reuniting with your best friends after a summer apart, Welcome Week is the perfect time to catch up with your friends and pick up right where you left off. Enjoy it while it lasts---words from me, a senior, on my last Welcome Week.