Friday, April 16, 2004 Opinion RAs, roommates don’t always mix Dorms need alternatives besides rooming with RAs Dorm life is a great experience, especially for incoming freshmen. However, recently, resident and resident assistants have been paired up as roommates. This, in turn, though it has some advantages, creates many disadvantages. Most freshmen loathe the thought of rooming with an RA. They don’t like the thought of having to room with someone who has authority, since they just escaped their house and all those rules. When an incoming freshman has to live with a sophomore, junior or even senior RA, it restricts some things dorm life has to offer a new student. Most importantly, the student doesn’t have the opportunity to have a roommate who is going through the same transition he or she is experiencing. A few tips Some advise for lower classmen I could write my last Skiff article about how the chancellor stated that he is willing to use TCU’s $800 million endowment to fight the most pressing of problems (an Internet escort posing on the TCU sign). I could point out that SuperFrog appeared in a commercial with Snoop Dogg, the producer/actor of Girl’s Gone Wild, Doggy Style, and there were no lawsuits threatened. I could make the point that there is no money to be made from an Internet picture and plenty to be made by associating with a porn/rap star on national TV. Then I realized, I’m a graduating senior and I have more pressing concerns. Venture outside the classroom I have been a TCU virgin. Until this year, I have never adventured outside the classroom environment. I never ate at the Main, Edens or Sub Connection. Although this may seem trite to you, they are things every TCU student has to experience. I had not eaten at any of the local hangouts, like Perrotti’s or Fuzzy’s (which I still refuse to eat at because of the name). I had never walked around campus just to take everything in. I had never been inside the frat houses. I had never been in a drunken haze with the TCU community. I had never taken advantage of my professors’ connections and knowledge, and even the “great” metaphors from one in particular. I had never even been to the Pub until this week.   Editorial Policies Editorial policy: The content of the Opinion page does not necessarily represent the views of Texas Christian University. Unsigned editorials represent the view of the TCU Daily Skiff editorial board. Signed letters, columns and cartoons represent the opinion of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board. Letters to the editor: The Skiff welcomes letters to the editor for publication. Letters must be typed, double-spaced, signed and limited to 250 words. To submit a letter, bring it to the Skiff, Moudy 291S; mail it to TCU Box 298050; e-mail it to skiffletters@tcu.edu or fax it to (817)257-7133. Letters must include the author’s classification, major and phone number. The Skiff reserves the right to edit or reject letters for style, taste and size restrictions.   credits TCU Daily Skiff ©2004