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A '''Resident Adviser''' or '''RA''' is a student charged with supervising students living in a set of rooms in a [[residence hall]]. RAs get free housing to do this. RA duties include:

* sorting out [[Room Condition Reports]]
* busting parties
* fighting the noble war on drugs, tobacco, and in first year dorms, alcohol
* being in charge of the vacuum cleaner
* work with the [[CPA]] for area-wide programs

Until 2007-2008, Columbia RA's had to be juniors or seniors. The [[Office of Residential Programs]] began considering freshmen to serve as RA's during their sophomore year for the first time in 2006-2007. Barnard ResLife had initiated the practice years in advance.

RA's at Columbia are a mixed bag. Some are awesome, others are highly questionable choices for the position. Some RA's have suggested that [[Office of Residential Programs|Residential Programs]] actually hires unqualified candidates with the reasoning that the position will "help them grow." The indescribably poor reasoning skills that go into this logic should be expected from Columbia administrators.

== Famous RAs ==

* [[Brian Corridan]] [http://columbia.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200368182]

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