Photos: Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Nearly 6,800 students expected to move in to the UA dorms this week in Tucson.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Keith Shukait gives his son, William, a freshman studying business, a hug as the San Jose-natives unload.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Iyah Alfakhri, center, a freshman studying speech, language and hearing sciences, loads her belongings with help from volunteer Steve DeVos, dad Khaldon, background and mom Michelle.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Conor Tracey, middle, helps load in his younger brother Aidan's dorm room mini-fridge.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Move-In Crew volunteers unload a minivan while thousands of students unload during dorm move-in day.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Jessica Peterson, a pre-business freshman, sorts her belongings after moving into her new dorm room.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Don McCarthy, a Move-In Crew volunteer who also lectures in the astronomy department, wheels in a bin full of student belongings.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Emma Breitbarth, middle, celebrates after learning her fellow New York-native friend Jessica Peterson, left, would be rooming on her floor.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Del Gum, center, and Jacob Scott, load up the belongings of journalism freshman Shannon Sneath.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Move-In Crew volunteers Clyde Trujillo, right, and John Valenzuela load up a mini-fridge as parent Ed Otero, left, from Burbank, Calif., looks on.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Iyah Alfakhri, middle right, a freshman studying speech, language and hearing sciences, loads her belongings with help from volunteer Steve DeVos, left, dad Khaldon, center, and mom Michelle.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Michel Orengo, left, helps wheel in belongings for son Andre, back left, walking alongside mom Beth Blatt as the Westchester, N.Y.-natives arrive.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Matt Gaebler, from Colorado Springs, Colo., checks the function on a bicycle he's unloading for daughter Gretchen.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Jesus Giron, a Move-In Crew volunteer, wheels in the all-essential microwave oven for a student.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Move-In Crew volunteers Jesse Castillo, right, and Don McCarthy, left, joke with just-arrived freshman William Shukait.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Families move in their students' belongings while thousands of students unload during dorm move-in day.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Move-In Crew volunteers with bins full of belongings await an open elevator while thousands of students unload.
Dorm move-in day at the UA
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Parents and students arrive outside Coronado residence hall.
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