All students applying tor next year's resident assistant (RA) positions must attend a four-session RA class and are encouraged to go through an evaluation interview this year. This is designed to educate applicants about the job and also give Director of Residential Life Jeff Cripe and the three resident directors (RDs) an opportunity to get to know the potential RAs.
The memory is still fresh: four girls were at a party, talking about the possibility of a new sorority on campus. It didn't sound too farfetched at the time. Jokes about a name, a mascot and colors turned into a serious discussion. Once surfaced, the idea never died.
Away from home ... for many a stark realization. It means a separation from family, home and mother. Mother ... that ever toiling servant... picking up clothes strewn over the floor, cooking over a hot stove, washing dishes with Palmolive, washing clothes with Fab and trying to remove the ring around the collar.