Nathan took much of his data from small samples of writing on bathroom walls from the floor where he lived and from the time diaries of ten students. The sample size seems too small to place such great emphasis on. Another major weakness in Nathan's mini-studies concerned his analysis of eating patterns. He used apparent ethnicity to categorize who students ate with on campus. While she acknowledges that appearances can be problematic, but that she was interested in appearances, this study seems flawed in its design. One should not assume that a person belongs to a certain ethnicity based on skin color or physical characteristics as Nathan does. A more accurate way to conduct this study would have been to ask students their ethnic origin. Her first chapter "Welcome to AnyU" focuses on her orientation to life as a college student. Kuh and Whitt's (1988) ritual is presented in this chapter. A ritual is “a standardized and detailed set of techniques and behaviors that manage anxieties but rarely produce anticipated technical consequences of practical importance” (Kuh & Whitt, 1988, p. 18). Nathan's ritual is Welcome Week, a week intended to orient students to university life. For Nathan, this