Navigating the ins and outs of a new campus can be a daunting task for new freshmen – and soon, many of those first-year anxieties could be put at ease.

The Student Government Association is set to launch a resource-based Web site for incoming freshmen who may have difficulty maneuvering in and around campus. The Web site is in conjunction with the freshman board and freshman forum of SGA, as well as other student organizations. The site, which will be entitled “The Little Red Book,” is based on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Web site for freshmen, UNC Central.

“It is really an SGA initiative, but it started out as something that Franklin College senators were interested in,” said Jordan Tate, a Franklin College senator who developed the idea with fellow SGA senator Josh Delaney.

Tate said he wanted to get the Web site published because as a resident assistant, he is asked things that easily can be looked up on the Internet.

“Being an R.A. in Russell, I was always on call for resources,” Tate said. “A lot of them could be answered if there was a candid resource directed at freshmen aimed at UGA.”

The Web site is geared toward answering general questions that students wonder about and will consist of things some students wish they had known when they were freshmen. The Web site will cover an array of topics, including athletics, academics, dining and living.

In addition, the Web site will give student clubs and organizations the opportunity to post their events to the “Little Red Book” via RSS feeds from Twitter.

“We are working with the Web site designer to develop a system that allows UGA colleges, organizations and groups and Athens’ businesses to publish ads for events and promotions,” Tate said. “For example, if the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a blue card event, they can go to Twitter and write a little note and it will post to the front page of the site.”

The Web site is a rough draft, Tate said, but expects it to be up and running by the first orientation session this summer.

“The [freshmen] Web site is for students by students, and we want to make sure the content reflects the site,” Tate said. “The site is structured so that opinions and insight vary.”

Though the Web site will contain student input, administration and “faculty will look over it as soon as the bulk of it is complete,” Tate said. “We have contacted Enterprise Information Technology Systems about the server and how UGA will host the site as well as faculty that have been very helpful.”