Two new cuts hit Res Life

Cuts and other restructuring have left RCs and others in the department wary

Two administrative assistant positions in the department of Residential Life and Services have been eliminated. Rosalyn Gillespie and Blanche Villar will have the option to apply for other positions in the department, but their current positions will be eliminated next year.

"I thought all the cuts were completed in March so I was surprised [by the eliminations]. I didn't expect additional cuts," Tracene Marshall, Longman commons coordinator (CC), said.

These cuts follow in the wake of other changes to the department. Currently there are eight CCs, while next year there will be four CCs and a co-op coordinator. There will also be two Assistant Coordinators (ACs). This year there are four.

McNish said that the remaining CCs will see an increase in responsibility. Instead of being responsible for 200 to 300 students, CCs next year will each be responsible for 500 students.

With this downsizing comes an end to the commons system that Residential Life has been organized under in the past. According to three-year Resident Coordinator (RC) Doria Phelps-Braun, a senior, the ACs and CCs functioned as go-betweens for the RCs and the central Residential Life office.

With the elimination of these professional positions, the structure of Residential Life and the roles of