student Executive, consisting of a Treasurer, Secretary and President. The Executive works with the Dean of College to ensure that the rules of the College and the responsibilities of each resident are upheld and maintained respectively. The current Basser College House President is Julia Williams. The current Secretary is Flynn Lambrechts. The current Treasurer is Mitch Kerrison. The current Dean of Basser College is Ms Sam Boyce. Basser College also hosts an annual 'Parent's Weekend' where parents are invited to experience the students' College activities. Academic support is available to every resident in College by UNSW support staff. Senior College residents can also earn the title of 'Academic Mentor' on the basis of exemplary academic performance. Academic Mentors are charged with the responsibility of assisting their faculty peers. Three meals per day are provided during session at the nearby Goldstein Dining Hall which is shared with the other Kensington Colleges – Philip Baxter, Goldstein and Fig Tree Hall. In the early years of the college, the rooms were cleaned and the beds were made every weekday by a team of older women, with each maid being given a section of the college to look after. Now accommodation packages include only fortnightly cleaning and WiFi. Early Traditions The freshers were requested to arrive in college at the start of orientation week, during which time they were required to wear a 300mm (12inch) square piece of cardboard on their chest. On it was written their name, room number and their course. This enabled every one to get to know each other. There were numerous things organized during orientation week, including: a lecture about the College and the University; a fire drill; a tour of the college amenities ("Note; you must learn where the various room numbers are!!"); day trip to Audley in the Royal National Park or Clark Island; and a scavenger hunt around Sydney. At the beginning of first term, the freshers were purchased by groups of sophomores/seniors at an auction. These freshers would then join their group for coffee/tea during the study-break between 10am to 11am each evening. Early in first term, the freshmen were forced to run from the college to Coogee Beach. Note the big letter B in black shoe-polish on the back of the boys, and their number in polish on their chest. Based on their results in this run, they were given a handicap in a