AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Fire-drill spill.(CONFESSIONS: Cosmo readers share their most shocking stories and steamiest secrets.)(Brief article)

Cosmopolitan

| February 01, 2008 | Becky | COPYRIGHT 2008 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"It was my second week of college, and I was still getting used to living in a coed dorm. One day, I was in the shower, and just as I'd put shampoo in my hair, the fire alarm went off. I assumed it was a drill, so I stayed put. But a few seconds later, my resident adviser came running into the bathroom, yelling 'Everyone out now!' I grabbed my towel ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Definition.(Resident Adviser or Resident Assistant)(Glossary)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Careers & Colleges March 1, 2002 700+ words
R.A. (Resident Adviser or Resident Assistant), an older student who, in exchange for free or reduced-cost housing and sometimes an additional sum of money, takes charge of a dorm floor, enfording rules, offering guidance and organizing social activities.
Definition: R.A.(Resident Adviser )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Careers & Colleges March 1, 2001 700+ words
(Resident Adviser or Resident Assistant), an older student who, in exchange for free or reduced-cost housing and sometimes an additional sum of money, takes charge of a dorm floor, enforcing rules, offering guidance, and organizing social activities.
Resident adviser.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Hawaii Business Harrison, Phillip Gill April 1, 2006 700+ words
I read with interest (Leadership Lessons), "When Enough is Enough: Sustainable Tourism" in the December, 2005, issue of Hawaii Business. In general, I agree with your observations and conclusions. In the past couple of years, however, I have noted that on, Kauai at least, a growing component of
Bush's Buzz Words Need an Interpreter.(Politics&Opinions)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) May 28, 2001 700+ words
...leads us to "environmental protection," a term formerly understood to mean the solution to enduring national ills caused by air, water and soil pollution. For a regime seeking to unleash the energy corporations to drill, spill and spew
Transsexual says she was fired after Fayetteville State University discovered...
Magazine article from: Jet November 27, 1995 700+ words
A resident adviser for a women's dorm at Fayetteville...man. Sharon Franklin Brown, the resident adviser, was born male with the birthname...from a temporary position as a resident adviser to a permanent position, administrators...
ODU STUDENTS TELL BOARD OF GRADE STRUGGLES.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Walzer, Philip December 13, 1996 700+ words
...severe academic problems - and bounced back - as well as a resident adviser who has seen countless more students plunge into a sea...and never went. Lee Smith, a graduate student who is a resident adviser, said he's seen other problems in class, too...
Infant found in Tennessee Temple dorm room dies.
Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) February 28, 2007 700+ words
...comfort and strength of God's word and God's people." A resident adviser first notified school officials of a problem in DeMoss...student whose iden- tity was not released immediately. The resident adviser who found the infant "had speculated that something was...
AT MY AGE, VACATIONS ARE A REHEARSAL FOR RETIREMENT.(Local)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) August 21, 2001 700+ words
...idea to place the poor dead (rabid?) creature on the resident adviser's pillow. When the RA returned late that night to rest...generation of hero, I couldn't help thinking about my old resident adviser and wondering if he, too, had thoughts of retirement...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA