Hi everyone! This is my first post but I wanted to tell you exciting news. The RSA Cinema Channel (117 on Husky Cable) is undergoing a revamp. In the next month we will be teaming with NUTV and adding their content to the channel. We hope to open the channel to more student content in the future. Therefore, our new name for the channel will be RTV.
Look for new updates in the future as we undergo this exciting change!
We've got new movies for October on RSA Cinema. The video below provides more detail:
Over at The Daily Free Press, Northeastern University is an example of how an institution can match incoming students up for housing in an effort to put compatible roommates together. They write:
At Northeastern University, students have been matched to their soon-to-be roommates based on an electronic compatibility questionnaire since 2004. The relatively new program has found big success, Northeastern Student Affairs Director Anne-Marie Regan said.
"We did a survey of how many did a room change, and less than 2 percent did [since the program came out], not necessarily because of roommate problems, but because they wanted a different type of room," she said. "We don't get a lot of complaints."
The Daily Free Press is the independent student newspaper at Boston University (similar to our Huntington News but published daily instead of twice a week), and at Boston University they lack such roommate matching. Boston University's Director of Housing cites that students often do not tell the truth on questionnaires, change behavior between high school and college, and also says that "assigning students who are similar in likes and dislikes does not challenge students to learn and grow."
This week the Resident Student Association and Student Government Association will be hearing legislation in the form of a Joint Sense of the Council / Senate to provide support for the Fraternity and Sorority Life Leadership Living Learning Community. You can see the legislation that will be brought forward here. If you have any comments or concerns, post them here, send us an e-mail, or talk to a General Councilor in your building.
The last two editions of the Huntington News have featured some disturbing information about the dining halls. While nothing was a major health risk for students, it's a good idea that if you ever notice something off in the dining halls that you let one of the managers there know or let us know. You can always e-mail your dining issues and concerns to the Resident Student Association: RSA@neu.edu.
In case you missed the most recent story, the issue at hand was that non-critical food inspections were failed in both Stetson Hall West and Stetson Hall East (Irving M. Levine Marketplace). By the third summer inspection, however, Stetson East passed with no violations, which is good news.
