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Tim Bobosky Photographer
Resident assistants Krystal Collins (left) and Mary Geisler make their 10 p.m. rounds in Hamilton Complex on May 6.
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more than free food or rent
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learn leadership skills
By Joseph Robert Boyd
Freelance Reporter
On a typical Thursday,
junior psychology ma
jor Mary Geisler will
wake up at 7:30 a.m., attend
classes from 8:30 a.m. to 2
p.m., grab lunch, participate in
staff meetings from 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m., and make her
nightly rounds at 10 p.m., mid
night and 2 a.m.
Geisler is a second-year resi
dent assistant for Watson Hall
in Hamilton Complex. As
spring term comes to a close
and students start making plans
to move out, resident assistants
are trying to move back in—
this time on the University's
dime.
"I had an amazing time my
first year as an RA, both with
the residents and the staff,"
Geisler said. "It gives me more
of a focus, whereas now 1 have
learned to sit down and priori
tize. Staying busy keeps me on
top of things, and I have
learned a lot about planning
and time management."
Geisler became interested in
being an RA after working with
her hall's government two years
ago. She applied after an assis
tant complex director con
vinced her that being an RA
would expand her leadership
skills.
"An RA needs to work well as
a group member," Geisler said.
"Working with 80 residents can
be challenging and at times it
is difficult getting a large staff to
be all on the same page. You
need to be able to work well as
a group member, take initiative,
yet still know how to follow."
According to Geisler, an RA
has to play many roles. An RA
may have to act as a "surrogate
older sibling" a mediator, a
shoulder to cry on, a person to
, veiit frustrations at, and most'
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importantly, a knowledgeable
academic and safety resource.
"The other day, there was a
guy here who lost his wallet for
like a week," Geisler said. "He
canceled all of his credit cards
and everything, and it turned
out that someone had found it
and left a message on his room
phone, but his roommate had
erased it. I had to find the
phone number of a woman
who is one of the heads of
Hamilton and sure enough, she
had it. It seems like random
things like that always come
up."
Geisler said an RA has to be
able to balance school, work
and the rest of life; however, the
most important quality an RA
needs to have is patience.
"I feel like I have the ability
to bring people together," jun
ior resident assistant Shamim
Matin said. "I can help people
come together who normally
wouldn't socialize with each
other initially. After they got to
know each other, I could kind
of leave and they would stick
together."
Matin, an exercise and move
ment science major, is one of
more than 200 students who
showed interest in becoming a
resident assistant this spring.
The applicants were whittled
down to 50 after a selection
process that included a series of
written essays and interviews. In
the next week, 30 of the 50 stu
dents will be selected as RAs for
next year. The resident assis
tants attend a one-credit leader
ship class once a week in the
spring.
During the leadership class,
students participate in team
building exercises such as con
structing something out of Le
gos, allowing each individual to
touch only one color.
"I would recommend to any
freshman who is having fun in
the dorms to try and become
an RA," Matin said. "With the
free food and living, it is not a -
bad idea at all."
For students interested in free
food and housing, but not the
large-scale commitment of be
ing an RA, becoming a Residen
tial First Year Interest Group aca
demic assistant is an alternative.
Students enrolled in a resi
dential FIG live in the same
housing complex as their class
mates and FIG adviser. Accord
ing to the residential FIG Web
site, FIG advisers "are advanced
undergraduate student mentors
who live in the hall and are
available to help form study
groups, bring speakers into the
hall, help with pre-registration
advising and help direct stu
dents to campus resources. The
FA helps support the RA to cre
ate a great living space."
Senior international studies
and religious studies major
Cameron Levin is the Cultural
Patterns in the Middle East FIG
adviser. As an FA, she shoulders
some of the same responsibili
ties as a normal RA. However,
she said she is around mostly
for academic help, grading and
proofreading papers.
"The Residential FIG pro
gram is a wonderful thing that
UO has started and that other
universities are beginning to
adopt," Levin said. "Being an FA
has given me teaching experi
ence, a chance to work with top
professors and meet many new
students. I would recommend it
to anyone who is thinking of
teaching as a career path."
Joseph Robert Boyd is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.