What are Resident coordinated talks on self
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work t o
Assistants (RAs)? Were they defense and eating disorders. reward of being on the According to UFA RA residence life staff. people who enforced the rules, or those to tell about a Claudia Gonzalez, '95,
Resident students' Assistant? lives
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Elise Allison 1 Catherine Anders 1 Joshua Anderson 1 Jessica Anderson 1 Timothy Andrade 1
Angela Applegeet 3 Carlo Arjona 2 Sara Atkins 3 Lyn Atteberry 3 Liesl Await 1
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clogged sink? RAs had a "Programs in the apartments all rewards. It had its greater challenge. Their job focus more on the future than business side too; RAs had was to turn a group of students on education." One program to be prepared for everything. living together into a this year provided tips for
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"We can't always plan
community. apartment hunting after out our days," said Newman. "We never know what is One way RAs did this graduation. was through hall programs. Chris Ashby, '96, going to happen. We're on Some were social gatherings. Marsh Hall Head Resident, call 24 hours a day." Lora Robins RA Julie needed
to
create
a
All RAs hated to be
Newman, '97, liked to take community, coordinate the "bad guy" and enforce her residents down to Cary programming for the entire the rules, but Newman felt Street for yogurt. Others building and take care of his that "living with the rules is were educational in nature. own residents. This was a lot a part of living as a The Westhampton College of responsibility for Ashby, community." residence
life
staff but he had the opportunity to
—Kerry Law