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RHA accepts
Cain residents
Hall officially gains membership
By TANYA SASSER
Staff writer of THE BATTALION
Cain Hall became an official
member of the Residence Hall As
sociation last week, and the hall
officers are hoping that the resi
dent athletes will get involved de
spite the time constraints they face
as students and athletes.
The NCAA passed a rule stat
ing that at least 50 percent of Cain
must be occupied by non-athletes
by 1995, said Dr. Steve Crews,
Cain Hall adviser.
I This means that at least 106 of
the hall residents have to be non
athletes by that time, he said. At
to do extracurricular stuff."
RHA president Kim Tenpas
said she is excited that Cain has
joined RHA.
"I think it's a really great
thing," she said. "It's definitely a
step in the right direction."
Cain has different needs than
the other halls, and it will be diffi
cult, at first, to fully involve the
residents, Tenpas said.
"Their council is trying to be
optimistic, but it's hard," she said.
"They need special attention, so
we are trying to include them as
part of RHA and make them more
active members. I think we're
moving in the right direction."
’’There was some interest in getting involved
(in RHA) about three years ago. The athletes
had time constraints, but they wanted to be
involved.”
- Dr. Steve Crews, Cain Hall adviser
the present time, there are about
50 or 55 Cain residents that are not
involved in Texas A&M's athletic
program.
"There was some interest in
getting involved (in RHA) about
three years ago," Crews said.
"The athletes had time con
straints, but they wanted to be in
volved."
Some non-athletic residents ap
proached him earlier this semester
and expressed interest in making
Cain a member of RHA, Crews
said.
"It's hard for a lot of the resi
dents to be active," he said. "But
we're in the process, and we're
still growing."
It is probable that many of the
resident athletes will have a hard
time getting involved in RHA,
said Claudio Sosa, Cain Hall RHA
delegate.
"It is very understandable that
they might not be very involved,"
he said.
"They have a lot of demands
on their time, and they have to
work to budget their time. Their
time is very limited, and it is hard
Sosa said he thinks most of the
residents don't even know that
Cain is now a part of the RHA.
"I would say that about 98 per
cent of the residents don't even
know what happened," he said.
"But we're just getting started;
we're trying to build and lay the
foundation.
Carlos Margo, Cain Hall presi
dent, said he is eager to get started
and to get Cain as involved as
possible.
"I think it's a great thing that
we became members," he said.
"We are as eager to get started
with as many activities as we
can."
It will probably take some time
before the hall is completely inte
grated with the RHA, Margo said.
"We're just getting started and
we're really working towards next
semester," he said. "Right now,
we're just experimenting and get
ting feedback. We've gotten both
S ositive and negative responses
om the residents but you never
know what will happen until you
try."
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