<p>Yeah my actual RA I never really saw except that he lived a few doors down from me and I saw him around in the halls or bathroom every so often. The only time he ever assisted me with anything was one time I went to take a shower and my roommate locked me out of my room. He went down to get the spare key so that I didn’t have to (I just had a towel on), so I was grateful for him helping me then.</p>
<p>The other BRP RA’s were the ones that I saw putting on most of the programs. Some were just random “let’s be aware of different cultures” programs that literally NOBODY went to. The whole RA system is very “multi cultural and diversity” centric, and they have way too many programs related to racial awareness and such, IMO. It’s kinda strange.</p>
<p>Some of the larger programs were games like they did a newlywed game style “how well do you know your roommate” thing where you could win prizes. There were 4 teams of 2 competing, and the turnout was only that many people. Like two other people from the dorms showed up to watch, but they left early. So the turnout in that program was honestly the 4 RA’s and the 8 people competing. And this is a combined program for BRP, which means 300~ish residents could have been involved, and 8 showed up. Plenty of people walked by and ignored us completely.</p>
<p>The only reason I went to the RA sponsored events (when it was more than a culture lecture, I never went to those) were because of the free food, and there was nothing worth watching on TV. I had absolutely NOTHING better to do, so I went to them. There wasn’t much draw to go if you had homework to do, or friends to hang out with. Usually the only people who showed up were people like me that had no homework and wanted a snack at 8pm.</p>
<p>I don’t really see RA’s actually “helping” people that much, because honestly people don’t need help that much.</p>