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By LYNN EARLEY
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Students serving as resident assistants are expected to be
administrators, educators, regulators, resource persons,
friends and counselors, according to resident assistant manuals.
RAs are expected to serve as model citizens in the com
munity and to do this with objectivity. But before an inter
ested student can tackle this job, he or she must gd through a
2'2 -month RA selection process which begins Nov. 30.
"We're attempting to meet the needs of the students as
best as we can meet them," Associate Director for Residence
Life Jody Harpster said last week.
RAs must provide a role model for residents of their halls.
"What we expect RAs generally to be are model citizens in ,
the community," Harpster said, "but we accept that they're
human and on human is perfect."
Charlene Mason, a graduate student and RA in Cobb Res
idence Hall, said being a role model was sometimes an un
comfortable position. "You're always under scrutiny," she ,
said. "You always feel like people are watching you."
Another goal for RAs is objectivity, Harpster said. "We
want someone who can hold values at arm's length and be
able to deal with the issue at hand objectively."
Al Perry, a junior political science major and RA in Gran
ville Towers agreed. He said he placed importance on being
able to relate freely and easily with people and with different
kinds of people in particular.
Mason and Perry said that getting to know people, includ
ing their residents and other staff members from various
parts of campus, was one of the most beneficial aspects of
their job.
All applicants follow the same steps during the selection O
process. There are four steps for all candidates and five for
some.
The first part of the process is the application. The forms
are available Nov. 30 in the Housing Department and are due
at 5 p.m ln 1 Thcv ran K turned in" rr1irjnts
area director or to the Residence Life Office in the Housing
Department.
The second part is a mandatory convocation on Jan, 14.
The next step is an individual interview with one resident
assistant and the applicant unless an applicant is ruled out
because his grades fall below 2.3. These interviews are sched
uled for Jan. 18-Jan. 21. -
The fourth step is a panel interview,, with five interviewers
and the applicant. These interviews are scheduled for the
weekends of Jan. 23 and 24 and Jan. 30 and 31.
A fifth step will follow for some applicants. Harpster said,
"At that point in time, after those steps, the interview pro
cess for many people could end. But that doesn't mean
they're cut."
He said that follow up interviews were conducted in spe
cific areas, with area directors, two resident assistants and a
student representative to get to know certain applicants bet
ter. These interviews will be from Feb. 5-Feb. 14, and no can
didate will have more than three.
Discussions about candidates between the nine area direc
tors and the three assistant tower managers of Granville
Towers will be next. These usually total 12-14 hours, Harp
ster said. "Every candidate is discussed what their
strengths were and what their weaknesses were."
Finally, the resident assistants will be chosen and letters
will be sent to each applicant on Feb. 16.
The various steps allow the area directors and current RAs
to get to know applicants from each part of campus. Empha
sis is placed on applicants never interviewing with anyone
from their area, Harpster said. He said most applicants are
already known in their own area.
After each interview, evaluation forms on the candidate
will be filled out by the interviewer and submitted to the Resi
dence Life Office.
Harpster said thought-provoking questions would be
brought up at each step, to give applicants a chance to think
about the major step they were considering.
.esolttt ion to aid t udents
j redistriButing money;
6 6 s t s financial npp o rt
By LYNN EARLEY ;
1)TH Staff Writer
A resolution to increase financial aid to
students attending the 16-campus UNC
system by reallocating funds now given to
private schools : was drawn up by the
UNC Association of Student Govern
ments, UNCASG President Scott Not
berg said Sunday.
LaVie Ellison, chairman of the State
Affairs Committee, said that the resolu
tion was unanimously approved Saturday:
at the monthly meeting of. the UNCASG.
The resolution "was drawn up as a result
of a study by the State Affairs Committee
which said that money now allotted by
the state legislature to private colleges and
universities was not used efficiently for its
intended purpose. . v
Nine sources of financial aid are avail
able to students attending private schools,
- and two of these are unavailable to stu
dents at public schools." These are the
North Carolina Contractual Scholarship
Fund and the North Carolina Legislative
Tuition Grant.
Ellison said that these incentive pro
grams were established at private schools
to attract students since tuition was
usually, higher there than at private
schools.
The Legislative Tuition Grant is a $600
grant credited to each North Carolina
student's account at private institutions,
regardless of financial Yieed.
An amount of $200 per student is given
to each private school to build up the
State Contractual Scholarship Fund. This .
pool is then allocated to students through
need, Ellison said. However, no ceiling is
placed on these awards, so there is no
limit to the amount a certain student
could get.
The study conducted by the State Af
fairs Committee found that the incentive
. programs were not working, Ellison said.
She said the enrollment of North Caro-.
Una residents in North Carolina private
colleges and universities has increased by
1,872 students between Oct. 1, 1972, and
Oct. 1, 1980. The total state funds allo
cated to these schools is $78,221,930.
Therefore, Ellison said, allocated funds
for each new student at private schools
would be $45,224.07.
She said that differences could be
found in each school. She cited N.C.
Wesleyan College and Pfeiffer College as
examples. N.C. Wesleyan Coljege gained
189 students and received $1,597,912 in
state funds. Pfeiffer College lost 140
students and received $1,572,305 in state
funds. '
The study concluded that the incentive
programs were not being administered
consistently and were not succeeding in
attracting many students to the private
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Norberg said that the UNCASG felt,
the funding now being used for these two
programs should be redefined as a need
based financial aid fund for all North
Carolina students.
"Tuition aid sources are being cut and
we think that rather than use this money
as a grant fund not based on need.it
should be' used as loans according to
need," Norberg said.
Ellison said the resolution would be
submitted to Gov. Jim Hunt, Lt. Gov.
Jimmy Green, the UNC Board of Gover
nors, UNC President William C. Friday,
the House Education Budget Committee
and the Senate Education Budget Com
mittee, to gain support.
Norberg said, "We're urging the legis
lators to introduce and adopt legislation
' according to what we've recommended."
Secrist attends convention in Europe
to present workshops on recreation
Peace Corps recruiting college graduates;
interviews to be held on campus this week
By LAURA SEIFERT
DTH Staff Writer
Chapel Hill interim Town Manager Ron
Secrist was one of three Americans to par
ticipate in the European Recreation Soci
ety's annual conference last week.
The conference attempted to provide
recreation directors at U.S. military bases
in Europe with recreation solutions to the
increasing drug abuse problem there, he
said.
Secrist attended the conference, held
Nov. 1-10 in Garmish, Germany, in his
capacity as Chapel Hill Director for Parks
and Recreation. He will reassume the re
creation director position as soon as the
town council appoints a new town jman
ager. The other two Americans asked to at
tend the conference were a professor at
The University of Illinois and a cultural
director from San Jose, Calif.
"I consider it an honor to be chosen,"
Secrist said.
European Recreation Society officials
contacted Secrist last June, while he was
still serving as recreation director, about
conducting workshops during the confer
ence. "I was asked to present workshops at
their expense to Americans who are pro
viding recreation facilities on American
(military) bases in Europe," he said.
The three workshops Secrist conducted
dealt with answers and alternatives to the
growing drug abuse problem on the mili
tary bases. The workshops were "The Or
ganization of Youth Sports," "Public
Relations" and "PerformanceApraisals?
'The drug problem with young soldier s
over there is similar to many experiences
that we see here (in the United States),"
Secrist said.
Secrist said that by sending 150 civilian
recreation professionals to the conference,
the military organizations, along with the
European Recreation Society, were giving
the drug problem more attention .
"The recreation advisers on the bases
are looking for a lot of alternative means
for thejsoldiers to spend their free time,"
Secrist said.
Since organized recreation activities di
minish the chances for a person to partici
pate in unstructured activities (like drug
use), establishing good recreation pro
grams is a necessity, he said.
A typical description of a "good time"
' on any given base,. Secrist said, is "going
back to the room, putting on the head
phones and listening to the stereo while
getting high off marijuana."
By KATHERINE LONG ,
DTH Staff Writer
' The Peace Corps seeks a different kind
of volunteer today, but the ideals behind
the organization have not changed since it
was started -more than 20 years ago,
Corps recruiter Alex Wilson said recently.
Today, the Corps is looking for volun
teers with college degrees, Wilson said.
Wilson will be on campus to talk to stu
dents and faculty from Nov. 16-20.
"Now we're trying to find people with
skills," Wilson said. "Volunteer experi
ence or work experience is vital."
Volunteers are selected nine months to
a year in advance, and are trained to
work for two years with people in devel
opingThird World countries. Wilson said
the Corps was looking for people with
skills in biological science, agriculture,
nursing and health education, and a
special need today exists .fordeaf volun-.
teers-,;;rr.'...-r't;-' :4 :- -Wilson
who joined" with2 the Corps'
domestic counterpart VISTA (Volunteers
in Service to America) when he graduated
from UNC in 1975, said students' moti
vations have changed since the Corps was
started.
"It was a lot more altruism, a curiosity
back in the early days," he said. "Now,
people ask, 'What specifically am I train-,
ed to do?' They come back (after two
years) with a much stronger sense of abil
ities." The Peace Corps was started in 1961 by
President John F. Kennedy. Today, Presi
dent Ronald Reagan has cut the program's
funding by 15 percentbut Wilson said the
Corps has the support of the administra
tion. '
But the 17-year-old VISTA program
will lose all its funding by 1983, the Rea
gan administration has decided. Wilson
said he has stopped recruiting for that
program.
"The Peace Corps program will ride
through the cutbacks in fine shape," he
said. "VISTA won't. There was a real
fueling . it ; biamev orlylificaT bSl-
lowing poor people to help themselves.'1
Wilson Isaid the Corps would absorb
the 15 percent cutback, continue to serve
in 62 countries and retain the same num
ber of volunteers, which now stands at
5,508.
- Wilson said the Peace Corps was "one
of the first U.S. presences invited (into a
country), and the last asked to leave when
diplomatic tensions are high."
"Volunteers see themselves as isolated
from politics, religion, policy ... the real
commitment is to see a health clinic be
ing built, or introduce a new food crop."
For example, Wilson said a volunteer
might be assigned to introduce a high
protein, fast-growing fish into a village,
diet. ""After four months of training. you
will be able to introduce a new food
source that will last indefinitely," he said.
"Often the most difficult thing is getting
the local people to choose to eat fish in
their diet. It takes good communications
skills." '
Wilson will be available to talk to stu
dents and faculty at an information
"l6-20. Sign-Up sheets for interviews aire at
the University Placement Service. Inter
views will be conducted from Nov. 17-20.
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