1. Why does the author think students believe "bad" RAs enforce the law and "good" RAs enforce the spirit of the law?
Students may not be overly thrilled of having a "watch dog" overlooking them night and day. One of the main things many students enjoy about going to college is to move away from their parents and live life on their terms. "Good" RA's also will be easier to connect with, if students feel comfortable around them, then they may become a friend and not another authority figure. Overall, students view "bad" RA's as police and "good" RA's as a friend or fellow student.
2. Why don't most students at AnyU interact or be social with many of the minorities on campus?
This lack of social interaction could simply be a misunderstanding or miscommunication. Many times, people will stick with what they are familiar with. White people may gravitate towards other whites while minorities may go towards other minorities. Neither groups may be avoiding one another, there just might not be any similarities for them to connect with one another. The author also could have seen the rare cases where there was a form of mild segregation.
3. Why is it that students often elect for certain events/socials but then make an effort to not attend them.
We think it is a number of things, ranging from time and opportunity cost. If an RA requires his or her hall to vote for a specific event, no one is actually going to attend it. There is simply better things most people would rather be doing. Which leads into our other point of opportunity cost. If there is something better to do the time of the scheduled floor event, most students will simply chose which they value more. On page 46, the author explains how the floor voted for an even called movie night, which was setup by the RA. "The first Tuesday, two people showed, besides the RA. The second time nobody showed.. The program was cancelled."
4. Did the author's tone seem shocked or overly surprised in her findings of the racial diversity of the groups and lunch room?
The author's tone was very surprised and shocked. We don't believe she thought it would be as divided racially as it was. Nathan realizes that AnyU is not a very diverse school when it comes to eating habits and friendship. She brings up the point that most minorities were found either eating by themselves or bringing their meal to their rooms and eating there. The author seemed to believe that students were less individualized and that the college, being 22% minority, would be quite diverse compared to what it truly is.
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