Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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Residence Halls I X A 6 6 , 1 iv' f'f?41i?wi -f .ff X'f' . W' . ee. I Qt Ugt 0 rm 3 D m 0 pg I 1 w --.wi H .1 ,ww 4- .4,5:..,.' .V .f ?w f X ' ' in f ' Q ' I . tr ...MH llllllii In V I mi., pu' :rw 21 mm lffflz ffm' Wlll llllli ilivff fu my 'gym mmf riff: , I ,ez hoto Living in the residence halls provides students with a sense of unity. Each person has differ- ent reasons for living in the halls. Mary DeBlaze, a resident ad- visor in Dearmont, chose to be- come an R.A. because she be- lieved she had the skills neces- sary to be an effective R.A. De- Blaze felt that becoming an R.A. could be a great challenge to her, so she could benefit herself and others. I was influenced by Mike Fowler, the H.D. fHall Di- rectorj in Towers North, to be- come an R.A. He asked me if I was going to apply to be an R.A. because he thought I could be a good one. The idea of being an R.A. never crossed my mind until Mike expanded my view towards a beneficial goal, De- Blaze commented. When asked about why she liked living in the residence halls, she stated, l've met so many people through it. It helps one to learn to interact and deal with others and it gives one a sense of involvement and importance at the university. Since becoming an R.A., she has obtained a great responsibility in that she has learned many skills from this. My leadership communications have in- creased as well as handling con- frontations. l've been able to budget my time better since l've had to balance my R.A. po- sition, school, meetings, and other extracurricular activities. My personal key to being an effective R.A. is by building en- thusiasm on the floor, which in turn creates a good atmosphere of unity amongst the residents, DeBlaze concluded. Cheryl jordan, a junior who has been living in the residence halls for three and a half years, has lived in Towers East and Dearmont. jordan chose Dear- mont over Towers East. We don't have to put up with bro- ken elevators, and the atmo- sphere is more relaxed, jordan said. She enjoys the quiet hours and wishes that everyone would respect them. If she could change anything about the resi- dence hall, she would want the temperature regulated room by room, and the rooms to be larg- er. When asked why she chose to live on campus instead of off, she replied, I feel more in- volved in the center of campus life. A large part of my learning experience has been living in the halls and learning what it takes to live with people out- side your family. Also, l've met many more people than I would have had I moved off campus. The exposure to such a variety of people has made me learn to keep an open mind also. Rick DeLaney, a member of Residence Hall Association, de- cided to get involved with RHA only because last year it was one of my disliked organiza- tions. So, instead of complain- ing, I joined to see what it was about. I developed a knowl- edge of what they did. RHA is an organization that tries to en- hance the life in the residence halls. It is composed mainly of students, no official officers are elected and there is only a fac- ulty advisor. DeLaney said that he likes Myers because of the fact that it's easy to meet people there. Myers isn't extremely large in residents, but it has enough people that you get to know each other, he said. If he could change one thing in the halls, he would have more in- volvement in the halls so stu- dents could experience more unity. Amber Wehmeyer. Eiferl il 'Q lesidence Halls are a plus when studying because Student Life 2 5 here's usually someone around to study your ubject with. jennifer Meyers and Debbie Briese ake a rest during their biology studying.