The SOAR orientation program has replaced previous campus issue skits with a new performance specifically written and created to depict Georgia Southern University’s V.A.L.U.E.S.

There will be a campus-wide performance of “Who Will You Be?” on March 5 at 7 p.m. in the Russell Union ballroom.

“It’s basically a civility campaign for incoming students who go through SOAR. They see the presentation and it challenges them to think about who they will be as a student and the kinds of decisions that they’ll make and how they’ll treat other people and professors and people around the community,” Emily Allen, junior psychology major, and former SOAR leader, said.

The previous orientation performance was more comical and lacked the certain impact that “Who Will You Be?” has on the viewers, which is what sparked the movement of change, Erin Campbell, assistant director of admissions, said.

“It actually replaced something we used to do during that time slot that was more funny,” Campbell. “But it was difficult to have serious conversations with students because they were focused so much on the funny, so we felt like we needed to do something that was maybe a little more impactful.”

To read the full story, pick up Thursday's edition of The George-Anne.