Post Matriculation: What/What Not To Do as an OAU Freshman
Olurotimi Lois On the 11th of January, post Buhari-era, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU) will matriculate her fresh students. What are fresh students also known as? From bloody freshers to baby students, the tag sprawls across a host of higher institutions across the country. Are you one? Well, you won't be one any longer in few months' time. Back to business, matriculation is a ritual of the university and other institutions of higher learning across the global landscape. Fresh students, after securing admission and going through different phases of registration, are usually and ceremoniously welcomed into the school. As a popular mantra trends amongst students and staff of the university, before the matriculation ceremony, new intakes have not yet been properly registered or have the university's seal on them as actual students. In other words, their studentship status before this grand ceremonial welcome is tentative and fleeting....