Indiana University students protest firing of 3 RAs
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (U-WIRE) —Students at Indiana University’s Collins Living-Learning Center are protesting the recent termination of three of the center’s resident assistants, following alleged violations of a verbal request to stay in the dorm during the Final Four Tournament.

Adorned with buttons saying “I want my RAs back,” the students are circulating a petition in favor of reinstating the terminated RAs.

The closed campus policy originally states all RAs must stay in the Bloomington, Ind., area during the Final Four Tournament but was adjusted verbally when Residential Programs and Services decided to tell all RAs they must stay in the dorms during particular hours, specific to each residence hall.

Collins RAs were told they must remain in the hall from 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. for Saturday’s game and 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday. But senior Jim Brown and graduate student T.J. Thomson, resident assistants, said this sudden addition to the rules was unfair.

After completing their duties Monday evening, the two RAs, both of legal drinking age, left for approximately an hour to drink a few beers off campus, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thomson estimated. They were back at the dorm for game time, but Graduate Supervisor Katie Wilburn smelled alcohol on their breaths and reported the violation.

Following a meeting with RPS representatives from Collins, the two RAs were fired and told they must move off campus by the middle of next week.

— Indiana Daily Student

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