advice for college freshmen Initiate conversations to trade contact information. Become a central port for party information. People, especially freshmen, are always looking for parties. Most people do not expand beyond their immediate groups. However the peak ability to gain contacts from disparate groups is the first few weeks of freshman year. Anyone you sit next to in any context could initiate a conversation where contact info could be shared. The more numbers you gather and give away the stronger your abilities to: create parties, scope out the best spot, flexibility in decisions at any moment in a night. you can be the connection between groups like ken-ex.