St. Thomas welcomed the class of 2016 with the 10th annual Father Dease’s Move-in Crew, made up of volunteer upperclassmen and faculty, on Saturday, Sept. 1.
Freshman Waylon Bemboom, who is a new resident of Ireland Hall, said he is relieved to be all moved in.
“It’s a long process, especially on the fourth floor,” Bemboom said.
Freshman Bailey Cook said she was excited to move into John Paul II Hall.
“The helpers moved everything and made it really easy for me, so now I just have to not be lazy and unpack my stuff,” Cook said.
Upperclassmen took the opportunity to look back on past move-in days at St. Thomas.
Junior Dowling Hall resident advisor G Lee Xiong said she remembers the Father Dease’s Move-in Crew from last year moved more than just carts.
“I think last year they were pretty helpful too, especially with helping the residents bring in their luggage and their furniture, as well as … helping put up bed lofts and bunks,” Xiong said.
Kristy Anderson, whose daughter resides in Dowling Hall, said she was extremely happy with the service they received.
“We didn’t have to lift a thing,” Anderson said.
Doug Hennes, vice president of university and government relations, said there has always been some type of move-in crew in place at St. Thomas, but it wasn’t until 10 years ago that the crew took the name of the university president, the Rev. Dennis Dease.
Briggs LeSavage contributed to this report.
Emily Dehart can be reached at deha3752@stthomas.edu.
Fabulous
You clearly took your time getting a variety of shots for this one. I especially like the following shots you did in the hallway (I felt like shots like those put the viewer INTO the story. Isn’t that a neat concept? Your personalized camera shot PUT me into the story and made me feel like I could be THERE).
Two technical things: watch your focus (I noticed it was off a few times), and there were a few white balance issues. I assume you were using one of the new rebel cameras. They are great but the auto white balance can backfire when the lights are lower and orange/yellow. That’s when you need to switch to a manual white balance. Its a bit tricky at first, but here’s a great YouTube tutorial to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czOc5p6sij0
Great video package. I’m excited to see more of your work. Don’t loose that initiative to get creative shots. It goes a long way.
Great video with a well-told story of the awesome efforts of the many volunteers who make move-in run so smoothly!