Best Way to Start a Semester

Reporter: Yunsheng Ma
Editor: Xianghan Ma

There’s no better way to start a new semester than with a little party.

On September 25th, a welcome party was held in the Recruitment Hall on the third floor of the Princess Building. Freshmen and new foreign professors gathered together to celebrate the beginning of a fantastic new fall semester at ICB (Beijing).

English

The party was kicked off by a classical rock song, “Hey Jude,” which took participants back to the era of The Beatles. Melodies then took the stage. ICB students Chenxu Wang and Ting Shang performed two beautiful English songs, “New Soul” and “Speak Now,” and Fanyuan Luo performed a graceful Chinese song, “Ding Xiang Flowers,” then Hemin Huang performed “Xing Qing.” Audiences were immersed in the moving scenes of these lovely rhythms.
The pace picked up even more when the “hot” cheerleaders of the Etiquette Team danced a sexy Korean dance, followed with a performance of Ke$ha’s famous single, “Tik Tok” by Yiting Liu. A fantastic saxophone performance followed with the famous love song, “My Heart Will Go On,” from the Titanic.

After all the singing and dancing, time had come for a little interaction. Faculty from the Psychology Department, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, played interesting mini-games with the audience. The professors and students were divided into two teams for the competition. After three fun matches, the winners received their gifts; meanwhile the losing team was punished by having to drink a bitter juice. Then the party resumed to three more singing and dancing performances.

At the end, the party planners – members of the Art and Culture Department – walked onstage to thank everyone. After the party, when asked about how they felt, the members said it was actually quite an exhausting event to prepare and stage. But when the party was finally held successfully and finished, the weight was lifted from their shoulders; and they definitely felt that all their efforts were worthwhile.

The party ended with rousing cheers and applause. It was a huge success. Everyone–students, friends, and faculty alike–had a wonderful time. And they are looking forward to other events that ICB will be hosting.
This is definitely a fun start for an arduous semester.

Chinese

国际学院迎新晚会

2013年9月25日晚19时，国际学院2013届迎新晚会在公主楼三层报告厅拉开帷幕。出席本场晚会的有国际学院分党委副书记张普光、分团委书记宁鹏飞、分团委常务副书记章瑾、2013级年级辅导员刘晓航、学生工作组老师王丽璇、周静逸，部分外籍教师和留学生以及国际学院2013届全体新生。

正式入场之前，大厅门口就已挤满了翘首等待的同学。心理部干事分发小纸条收集同学们的签名，厅内时不时传出试音的声音，话筒和各种设备早早到位，文艺部的全体同学在为晚会紧张而有序地做着最后的准备。18时30分，同学们正式入场，大厅很快座无虚席。

19时整，晚会序幕在组合Helen’s cafe band优雅的钢琴和抒情的吉他声中拉开，主唱高亢的声音迅速调动了在场气氛，在同学们热烈的掌声中，四位主持人上台，宣布国际学院2013迎新晚会正式开始。

灯光打响，一系列节目开始上演。歌曲串烧是晚会的经典节目，今年分外精彩。由吴桐、孙明威带来的《new soul》，清新迷人；传播一班李晓宇演唱的《speak now》表达着不再犹豫的决心和勇气；农经二班王晨旭、尚颖同学诠释了《丁香花》，一把吉他，一人独唱，低沉的歌声和忧郁的琴声感染了在场所有人。黄河泯同学的出场引发了一阵叫好，他演唱的《星晴》受到了同学们的热烈欢迎。紧接着，在所有人都以为精彩已经足够的时候，礼仪队带来了一场舞蹈盛宴，七个高挑玉立的姑娘的热辣舞蹈将全场气氛推向高潮。

高昂的情绪还在继续。由外联部带来的小品《非诚勿扰》模仿当下正火的交友节目，契合大学生生活的重点内容，整个节目笑声不断，起哄不断。经济六班的刘旖婷同学带来《tik tok》，集独舞和独唱与一身，向大家展示了她闪光的一面。随后，泰坦尼克号视频在大屏幕播放，全场屏息凝神，萨克斯独奏《我心永恒》让熟悉的旋律再次响起，醉人心弦。

晚会中间，心理部举办了趣味游戏时间。宁鹏飞老师和外籍教师Christian揭开当晚幸运观众名单，获奖同学上台领取心理部精心准备的大礼包。之后，在主持人的热烈呼吁声中，四位同学积极上台与四位外教组成搭档，参加了心理部准备的三个小游戏。游戏过程中精彩不断、台上台下互动不断、笑声和掌声充斥着晚会现场。同学们不仅收获了游戏所带来的放松与欢乐，更增进了与外教们之间的感情。

游戏过后，农经二班的高博伟和金融一班李婷带来了个性张扬的Rap《差不多先生》，接着街舞社帅气登场，火爆动感的街舞表演将现场气氛再一次推至高潮。活力十足的表演后，大二年纪的杨宸与新生一起演唱《海阔天空》等歌曲串烧，不少同学在台下跟唱经典曲目。之后，兰梦涵用深沉、穿透力极强的嗓音与罗凡媛唯美抒情的歌声带来一曲《It’s my life》。

最后，主办整场晚会文艺部成员奉献了活力四射的创意走秀，文艺部的干事们从幕后走到台前，文艺部的三位部长也精彩亮相，并表达了对全体新生的美好祝福，引得台下一片欢呼。文艺部全体成员用他们的热情和感染力为晚会划下圆满的句号。

实习记者：胡玉伟

张椿萱

责任编辑：宋天骄