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Hall events could be better

Those of us who live on campus have typical norms we live by. We live with many other people. We have a resident assistant, and we’re invited to attend wing socials and all-hall activities.

It is truly to the benefit of all students to participate in their residential community. It will not only contribute to our quality of life, but we can score some free food too.

However, some residence hall events stink worse than the communal bathrooms. And when students don’t care enough to get off their futon to attend social events happening only yards away, there is a problem.

Some residence halls’ programming has excelled, including Moncrief Hall and the Tom Brown/Pete Wright Apartments.

The quality of such hall events themes as Beer and Sex, Shakespeare on the Commons, Central Market cooking classes and discussion about eating disorders are great.

We’d like to see more interesting events, and hence, more interest in them. A quick Internet search reveals a multitude of ideas.

Overall, when it comes to programming, we sometimes encourage silliness instead of usefulness. Students need frequent breaks from relevancy.

A Bingo night every now and again would be more appreciated more than another poorly organized progressive dinner.

RA’s have more obligations to their residents than to just know their names or to write them up for plugging in their refrigerator incorrectly. We encourage RA’s to do a little research and make their residents’ lives a little better.