Linda Ritter was sitting near the Showlater Fountain ouside of the Fine Arts Building Wednesday evening. "I am here for my daughter's freshman orientation. In her first year, I hope my daughter can gain a sense of independence and empowerment personally and really to get a sense of honing in on the things that are going to interest her from a career stand point. For me, the best part of college was the sense of growing up and learning so many new things, meeting so many new people and having so many new and different experiences. I hope she can have that too." Samantha Starr and Samantha Starr