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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006
RHA adds interest
to on-campus living
Offers array of residence hall activities
BY KATIE O'NEAL
STAFF WRITER
Living away from home for the
first time can be an exciting, albe
it nerve-wracking, experience.
Suddenly, you’re thrown into
unfamiliar territory, free from
your parents' watchful, and seem
ingly “overprotective,” eyes.
While many students are thrilled
by this newly found freedom, dorm
life can come as a shock.
Students are expected to share
a very small room with another
person all the time, with all of
their habits and belongings —and
somehow make it through an entire
school year.
That’s where the Residence
Hall Association comes into play
sometimes literally.
The RHA, which is student
driven, exists to make students’
transition to dorm life as easy and
fun as possible.
Students depend on the group
to represent them and voice con
cerns on issues that affect them
including visitation policies,
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security and the improvement of
facilities, such as restrooms and
common areas.
RHA provides extra incentives
for dorm life, including DVD play
ers and movies, cleaning supplies
available for messes and cooking
implements for making those
gourmet meals.
The biggest issue the RHA deals
with is helping students find ways
to have fun together college isn’t
only for studying, after all.
The group organizes a number
of different activities through
out the year, such as pizza nights,
Halloween festivities, movies on
the residence hall lawns and guest
speakers.
These events are one way to get
involved with other students.
If you’re interested in partici
pating in public service, the RHA
also helps students get involved
in blood drives, which are held
in residence halls across campus
throughout the year.
In the Hall Brawl, a friendly
competition between students in
Carolina Compass
different residence halls, students
earn points by participating in a
variety of activities.
The event gives students the
opportunity to socialize with resi
dents of other halls.
The Beach Blast, held each
spring on sunny South Campus,
is a sure way to catch spring fever
if the uphill climb to finish finals
hasn’t already gotten you ready to
relax.
It’s a last chance to hang out with
the roommates RHA helped learn
to be friendly and provided with
enhancements to ease the tension.
And the Olde Dirty Bash, held
on North Campus around the same
time, provides more food, fun and
games.
Attending RHA meetings is a
good way to stay informed about
upcoming events in your resi
dence hall and across campus.
If such activities aren’t enough
for you, the RHA also encourages
students to get involved by taking
a leadership position and affect
ing dorm life across campus.
The group also acts as a liaison
between students and members
of the campus Department of
Housing.
William Thompson was picked
as president of the RHA in
February’s campuswide elections.
See his column, printed on page
24 in this issue.
Anyone interested in learning
more about the RHA and its pro
grams can visit http://www.unc.
edu/rha.
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Campus dining options
are magically delicious
There is hope
beyond Ramen
BY MEGHAN DAVIS
MANAGING EDITOR
So once you’ve hauled the last of
your boxes up the flights of stairs
the elevators tend to break just
before classes start —and made
your now-lofted bed, you’re bound
to be hungry.
Feeding yourself for the first
time might seem a daunting task.
Human young do rely on their
mothers longer than any other
mammal.
But being in college doesn’t
mean you’re required to consume a
steady diet of microwavable pasta,
Hot Pockets and the ever-impor
tant delivery fare.
While those tasty items will
come in handy, Ramen noodles
don’t really have much nutritional
value.
Campus dining halls offer stu
dents vegetables not to mention
fruit and other elements of the
Food Pyramid.
The first step to gaining entrance
to those Wonkalike centers of stu
dent life is buying a meal plan.
Plans come in a variety of
options: tally your meals by the
week or by the semester.
Keep in mind your class sched
ule, because chances are that if your
first class isn’t around breakfast
time, you’ll be skipping that fine
meal, and how often you’ll want to
each off campus, which many stu-
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dents opt for on weekends.
The University is home to two
dining halls —one very new, one
recently renovated.
Lenoir Dining Hall is where
many of your parents ate when
they were students at UNC. But
the whole interior is fairly new—
Lenoir was renovated about
seven years ago to its current
incarnation.
The upstairs cafeteria area, Top
of Lenoir, serves three meals per
day and can be paid for using a
meal plan. The plans also apply
towards meals from Outta Here,
which serves elements of the fea
tured option, only to go.
Meanwhile, Lenoir Mainstreet
keeps many students on campus
when they get a hankering for fast
food.
Those stores have different
hours, so check the dining web
site, dining.unc.edu.
The Ramshead Center is an ail
inclusive package: you can park,
eat, study and exercise in one
South Campus friendly area. The
cafeteria looks very different thar.
Lenoir, but the food is the same.
Ramshead can boast a retro diner
atmosphere, complete with a well
stocked jukebox.
For something a little different,
Ramshead’s End Zone feels more
like a sports bar play games, eat
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burgers and fries andwatch ESPN
on the big screen TVt
No college could thive without
coffee, period.
That’s where the Fex element
of the meal plans comes in all
other food offering locations on
campus accept Flex, often instead
of credit cards.
Students have optiots for caf
feination, too. Graham Memorial
houses a coffee shop that serves
Starbucks coffee during normal
business hours.
But for those late night caf
feine fixes, students rely on Alpine
Bagel’s coffee varieties, ited Bull
dispenser, bagel sandwiches and
giant cookies.
All are made fresh right in the
Student Union.
Again, hours vary but are usu
ally updated on the web site.
For those who enjoy the chal
lenge of cooking in a dormitory
kitchen, Ramshead also features a
grocery store on the lower level. It’s
a great place to stock up on snack
food —and the occasional apple.
That’s also where Ramshead’s
Outta Here option can be found.
Like Alpine Bagel, the
Ramshead Market is open late
most nights.
So before you buy an industrial
size box of Easy Mac, check out
he campus options.