We're taking bets that it just got better... Year Two

Here is Year Two. If you remember any stories and want to include them please post in the comments section.

Building: Leitch Hall
Dean of Students: Ellen Duggan aka THE NUN
Dir. of Res. Life: Larry Siegel
Asst. Dir. of Res. Life: Annie Ciaraldi & Greg Wilder

RDs - B: Bonnie Maitland - C: Emily Neal - D: Renee Gately - E: Diana Rita - F: Derek Costa - Sh: Barbara Nardone - Sm: Andy Lapp

Costaface got the big promotion and Bonnie came into our lives. Diana Rita was a huge waste of time. She was a nursing major who did Peace Corp stuff and had no clue about what to do. Thankfully Eames was in a good place. Barbara had moved to Sheehy and we started our second year together. I bet Larry that Derek would make some major mistakes in Fox (Which he did), but he did an unbelievable job overall and won the RD of the Year. Thankfully we moved Drewpac to Smith and he did a pretty good job there although he worked 50 hours a week at Hannaford and was taking classes. We had three scandals. Two firings of an RA in Donahue. One person people liked and the other people didn't. Then we had the Sheehy fiasco that Barbara took so much shit for. She supported her staff so much, but in the end she supported Res. Life because it was her job. I don't think some people ever forgave her and for that they should be ashamed. I also had a knock down drag-out fight with Dean Duggan. I told her she treated RDs like shit and should be respectful of them. It got so bad that Larry had to come in because he thought she was going to kill me. It made things better for every RD, but me. Thankfully she decided to retire. :)

Bonnie was quite a talker and never ever seemed to get upset. It was a big difference for us all. We didn't really get along all that well as we ran our buildings very differently. We've had our ups and downs, but we have put it all past us now.

My Staff: ARD - Danielle Cochrane RAs - Bryan Wint, Christopher Geen, Tim Kahlert, Sebastian (Wesley) Benjamin, Nick Piscitello, Dan Chandonnet, Michael Griffin, Bob Bailey, Dave Silen, Nick Parisi, Ryan Donaher, Jose Mercado, Shaunna Vargas, & Rosie Lankowski

We had an absolutely kick ass staff. My first one I hired here at Lowell. There was a ton of drama just a few days into the semester. We "broke into" the Bourgeois Office and planted hundreds of balloons. Some of them had baby powder in them. Tim the Ninja was born. We then had the mysterious car break-ins as a retaliation. To this day not many people really know what happened with that.

We truly became a staff during that crisis. It helped us when 9/11 happened and everything changed in all of our lives. Parents wanted Fox evacuated because it was an obvious target of terrorism. My first phone call was to Barbara. Once I found out she was okay and her family was alright I could breath again. We caught kids smoking pot because it had stressed them out. We had candlelight vigils and watching the news became a part of college students lives.

My brother and sister came to visit for the one and only time together. We bowled and my brother and Rosie hit it off. Too bad she still had a boyfriend. We had a very special student in Olivia who caused us a great deal of stress and is probably one of our biggest success stories four years later. I will always be proud of how Danielle, Rosie & Shaunna handled her issues.

Nick continued to be an awesome RA and he built the BINGO machine. I owe him a lot for that and I don't think he will ever know how much. He is one of those people with a great smile and just make you feel lucky you got to know him. Bob Bailey was a unique individual and had the best pants. Sebastian kept the staff chill with his great sense of humor and his wonderful poetry.

I also got the privilege of working with two awesome people in Michael Griffin "GRIFF" and Bryan Wint "BIGGY". They both were excellent in their own unique ways. Griff was like my little brother. He still is to this day. Biggy became one of my instant favorites because he loved to challenge me and we had so much in common. He has my utmost respect to this day and will always be someone I consider to be a great friend.

As the semester went along we had a lot of fun until an incident happened in late November. I unfortunately had to fire Jose. That may have been the hardest day I have ever had as an RD. It still brings tears to my eyes when I think about the sadness we both endured. Thankfully he did not hold any grudges and is still a friend today. We got to hire Geen who brought smiles to all of our faces.

Second semester we hired Ryan, Nick and Dave. Dave was my biggest mistake ever and led me never to trust hiring an RA I did not interview. He almost single handedly took the building down. We put up with so much shit especially from Kunal. He is one of the few people that I would mind still strangling. :) Ryan was another story. He did a great job and found his soulmate in Shaunna. They got engaged recently and I couldn't be happier for them. He also found a great friend in Biggy. Nick came to us from Smith Hall. He was a freaky dancer and gave weird massages, but we loved him none the less. No one knew then that he would overcome any obstacle and be successful in UML Res. Life.

It was our first ever try at Training in the Tsongas. No one got hurt bad that time. There also was a naked guy running through the 4th floor. We also had the shooting during Spring Training Right on the corner of University Ave & Pawtucket Street. I walked home from the banquet. (Which was at Lenzi's) That day marked the beginning of the end. :( The nice thing was that other than my staff no one really knew I was gone. I learned I was going to move to Donahue and another chapter would begin.