It's a family affair

First-year students and their families descend on the uptown campus during move-in day.

Scott Santarella, left, retrieves a package for his daughter Jordan, right, before heading to Warren Residence Hall during move-in day on the Tulane University uptown campus. The Santarellas hail from Westport, Connecticut.

First-year students and their families descend on the uptown campus during move-in day.

Jillian de Rosas, right, an undergraduate admissions counselor, assists Tanglerita Joseph, center, and Linda Queen, left, as they move in the belongings of Joseph"s son, first-year student Albert Hammond of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

First-year students and their families descend on the uptown campus during move-in day.

First-year student Susan Fanelli, from Chatham, New Jersey, waits patiently as her father, Steven, demonstrates a “hospital fold” with the sheets on her bed in Paterson Residence Hall.