After freshmen have finished unpacking their last boxes and saying their final goodbyes to their parents, they can jump right into experiencing college life. University of Oregon Housing has arranged a weekend full of events for incoming students to enjoy.

Thursday: Ducks N2 the Rec From 9 p.m. until midnight tonight, freshmen can attend a mini festival at the Student Recreation Center. Free food, music and prizes will be offered while students experience the SRC’s activities, which include fitness classes, sports and rock climbing.

Friday: “We are Oregon” Pep Rally Freshmen learn what it means to be a Duck fan at a 4 p.m. pep rally at Hayward Field. The rally will celebrate Oregon Athletics and teach incoming students the Oregon fight song. At the end of the rally, the new class of freshmen will head down to the field and form the Oregon “O.”

The Flock Party After the pep rally, there will be a chance for freshmen to party with other incoming freshmen at the Erb Memorial Union. From 5 p.m. to midnight, freshmen will be able to check out student clubs, listen to music, sing karaoke and pose with their friends for a photo booth. Here’s the entire schedule for the evening.

Saturday: Hike up Mount Pisgah Mount Pisgah provides the perfect dose of nature for incoming freshmen who chose to attend the UO for the outdoor attractions. A shuttle bus will provide transportation to Mount Pisgah, with pick ups and drop offs being made on 15th Avenue at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. The hike is 1.7 miles with an elevation of 1,050 ft. and will be led by the UO Outdoors Program.

Clean Walk to Autzen The bi-weekly walk over the Willamette River will get a dose of community service. Incoming freshmen can take the walk to Autzen Stadium and clean up trash along the path. The group will be meeting at 1 p.m. on 13th Avenue and Agate Street.

Get crafty at the Craft Center The EMU has a brand new Craft Center, and freshmen have the chance to create their own crafts for free. Classes range from ceramics to glass blowing. The classes are open from 1 – 5 p.m.

Movie Screening Freshmen can grab their new friends and go see a movie on the big screen — without having to pay for tickets. Ducks After Dark will be screening “Transformers: Age of Extinction” in PLC 180. The screening will begin at 3 p.m.

Super Smash Bros. tournament: The Showdown III Sit down, grab a controller and play Super Smash Bros. at LLC. The event begins Saturday morning at 10 a.m. and lasts until midnight. Players can choose between Melee, doubles and singles. The cost for this event is $10 for singles and $5 per player for doubles. For more information check the event’s Facebook page.

Saturday Nightlife The EMU Amphitheater will be converted into a giant welcome party for incoming students. The jungle-themed party will have go-go dancers, magic, DJs, free food, body and face painting, casino game, hypnotism and comedy.

Freshmen Convocation Week of Welcome officially ends with the university’s formal welcome to first-year students and new faculty alike. You’ll learn the values of the UO while taking part in one of the oldest WOW traditions. Convocation begins at 3:30 p.m. in Matthew Knight Arena. Student check in time begins at 3 p.m.

One of the most powerful shots of Sicario is an extended helicopter shot of the U.S.-Mexico border that highlights the disparity in living between the two countries. Of greater focus is how the city of Juarez is suffering under cartel reign.

This tense thriller about the horrors of the drug wars states in its the opening scene: “Sicario” is the Spanish slang term for “hitman,” deriving from a term for zealots in ancient Jerusalem who hunted and killed Romans that invaded their homeland. It also establishes the tone of the film.

This is a no-nonsense, armrest-clenching type of film. Part of that is achieved by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s heart-racing score, but the biggest chunk of credit goes to screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, director Denis Villeneuve and the always great cinematographer Roger Deakins.

Sheridan sets up the movie with Kate Macy (Emily Blunt) and fellow FBI agents ambushing a home, owned by cartel “jefe” Manuel Diaz (Bernardo Saracino), to bust someone for charges of holding immigrants from Mexico hostage. But what Macy and her unit end up finding are about 45 corpses hanging on the house’s structure covered by plastic bags and drywall. After the film’s leads are almost shot in the head during the first 3 minutes of action it establishes a real any-character-can-die-at-any-time mentality.

The death of two officers as a result of the raid triggers Macy to seek revenge — an underlying theme throughout the film. She joins forces with Matt (Josh Brolin) and Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), two men working for unspecified government departments focusing on drug trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border in order to locate Manuel Diaz.

Along the way, Kate finds out that Matt and Alejandro, who actually served for the Colombian cartel in his past, don’t do things according to the book, putting her morals to the test.

Deakins’ cinematography lays out outstanding shots and uses different cameras to effectively capture the volatile nature of war. When agents raid an underground tunnel used for transporting narcotics, instead of lighting up the scenery like a Hollywood set, the cameras shift to night-vision and thermal cameras give a first-person experience of the action.

Director Villeneuve delivers a strong film to follow up his previous movie, “Prisoners,” giving a credible reputation of making his audience tense and captivated. Emily Blunt is equally impressive, proving she is a badass with her performance as an honest-but-tough FBI agent.

Sicario is rated R with a runtime of 121 minutes.