Dorm Hall Boards RAs Should Make, But Never Will

August 12, 2011 9:16 am     Posted in Back to School, College, Featured Right 2  Chelsea-University of Georgia g+ page


By Chelsea

If you’ve lived in a dorm, chances are you’ve seen (and completely ignored) many-a-dorm hall board. That’s because normally they tell you things like what fast food places are the closest, which you could have learned by stepping out the door. However, there is some info that we KNOW our RAs have that could be super useful to those innocent and naive freshmen living on their halls. Unfortunately, RAs are supposed to be mature and trustworthy authority figures who only offer PG words of wisdom.

But, in an ideal world, here’s a few things we wish they could share.

1. Schedule of weekly drink specials at local bars. Makes it cheaper to accomplish what my friends and I like to call the Freshman Challenge–going downtown every single night of the week.

2. How to walk of shame…gracefully. Like, what shoes am I supposed to wear on the way home? Because these Gaga heels are not gonna cut it in the morning.

3. How to smoke weed in your room without getting caught. A lot harder than sneaking some drinks, so if your RA knows how, he/she is an angel.

4. Ways to sneak alcohol into booze-free rooms. It’s not usually that hard, but we could use some tips anyway.

5. Bars that will let you in when you haven’t quite reached 21. Because college kids are in school for 2 whole years before they get there.

6. Classes that you can ace without trying at all..or even showing up. My school has a class called “walking.” Get involved.

7. How to avoid the freshman 15. Most RAs would be too sensitive to the feelings of their hall dwellers to suggest that they need to get to the gym every once in a while. But…I know someone should have been there to tell me

8. Liquor stores that are lenient with fake IDs. Along with their addresses and MapQuest directions on how to get there.

9. Cheapest bars. Hey, our pockets aren’t deep.

10. Hottest (but not creepiest…) older guys. Because we all know they like freshmen.

7 Comments on "Dorm Hall Boards RAs Should Make, But Never Will"

  1. Cori says:
    Fri, 12th Aug 201110:58 am 

    As a former RA, I just want to say it's not that RAs are mature, it's that they don't want to lose their jobs. I did however do two of the boards (6 and 7) you listed up there.

  2. chelsea says:
    Fri, 12th Aug 20113:10 pm 

    All you want to do is get wasted, shame on you

  3. melissahuang says:
    Sun, 14th Aug 20116:42 pm 

    Why are you so judgmental?

  4. Jill says:
    Thu, 18th Aug 20119:57 pm 

    I was an RA last year and did some boards somewhat similar to this… But if you ACTUALLY did these you'd be fired on the spot.

    Some of us (read: me) didn't care about underage drinking, but did care about getting room & board paid for!

  5. Lauren says:
    Fri, 26th Aug 20117:40 pm 

    I am an RA I do fitness boards all the time and got an idea thanks to this HA!

  6. SarahSahara says:
    Sun, 28th Aug 20113:52 pm 

    Freshman year, my RA made a board about avoiding the Freshman 15. The common theme to underclassmen RA boards is to give information that most freshmen already knew. As an upperclassmen, my RAs posted things like upcoming parties and on-campus concerts. I haven't seen anything about drinking, yet… not in upperclassmen dorms.

    But, freshman RAs don't advertise about bars because that would be promoting underage drinking and promoting breaking a federal law. Not only that, but it would really jeopardize the image that the school might be trying to build. If freshmen want to get drunk or sneak into bars and clubs… I suggest looking it up or making friends with upperclassmen. More often than not, the upperclassmen know what's up.

  7. wawa says:
    Mon, 14th Nov 201112:43 pm 

    As a CURRENT RA I find it interesting that a majority of these boards are promoting breaking a law or campus rule. I definetly want the residents in my hall to break the rules, because that means a ton of paperwork for me when I confront an incident and possible removal from campus for them. NOT :) Its our job to promote legal and healthy things for everyone, sorry not everyone needs pot and booze to have fun in college.

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