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RHA discusses coming events

Meeting focuses on story contest, IT forum and space compromise 
for group's play

by KELSIE HAHN
The Daily Cougar

The Residence Halls Association announced a contest for residential students and several coming events in a record-breaking four-minute General Assembly on Tuesday.

The new contest, called Tell Us Your Story, asks residents to submit tales of residential life to win awards, with the grand prize being $450 in Visa gift cards.

"We're looking for people to tell their best stories from living on campus," RHA President Micah Kenfield said.

Entries may fall into one of three categories: the best roommate story, stories on how the student has changed since his or her UH experience, and tales explaining why living in one residence hall is better than living in the others.

Stories should be submitted by 5 p.m. April 10 to Room 108, Oberholtzer Hall. Awards will be at the April 24 RHA General Assembly.

The stories could possibly be used for recruitment materials or published elsewhere, such as the Residential Life and Housing Web site, Kenfield said.

"It's also just a way for residents to get involved," he said.

In other business, Kenfield said a forum regarding resident concerns about Information Technology is tentatively scheduled for next week, and details on the day and time will be released as they become available.

Information on RHA elections is also expected to be announced next week.

Executive officers also announced plans for coming events, including a dodgeball tournament Thursday and a Jazz in the Commons event near the end of the month.

National Communication Coordinator Eva Kaminskayte also said she will look for an NCC to replace her once she graduates in May. NCC responsibilities include attending and voting at conferences and communicating with similar bodies across the country.

The question of Oberholtzer space usage by Club Theatre for its production of The Importance of Being Earnest brought before the last RHA General Assembly resulted in a compromise, Kenfield said.

Instead of the two weeks Club Theater had originally asked for, RHA will sponsor the group for one week of space -- allowing two days for set-up, three days for the performance and one day to remove the stage and materials -- with the added condition that alcohol not be served.

"We agreed to give them a week conditionally," he said. "We weren't unwilling to work with them."

Kenfield said the production would still run for two weekends, but would show in The Honors College Commons for the second weekend.

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