Bryn Rich, sophomore political science major, was awarded the position as RHA vice president after answering questions from RHA representatives Thursday at their weekly meeting.

Rich opposed three candidates: Matthew Triezenberg, Taylor Hall president; Shannon Davis, former RHA representative; and Brad Saribekian, a Student Senate member.

Each candidate had two minutes to explain why they were qualified for the job, and an additional two minutes to answer questions other representatives asked.

“We don’t have enough representatives from Greek Court or Stevenson Hall,” Rich said. “That’s the first thing I want to change.”

His plan to get more representatives from different residence halls includes going to their hall council meetings.

“I think people that attend those meetings might be interested in this,” he said.

He added he wants to encourage committees to work together on campus issues.

Being a Charleston resident for the past 14 years, Rich knows Eastern. He said that was one reason to vote for him.

A representative from the meeting asked what his strengths and weaknesses are.

“Communication is definitely one of my strengths,” Rich said. “I worked for radio for several years.”

Fellow candidate Davis said one of her strengths was being approachable and working well with other people.

“One of my weaknesses is not having any time for myself,” she said.

RHA also discussed its budget at the meeting.

Zack Doiron, treasurer of RHA, said as of now the account balance is $17,149.

Included in the budget are RHA retreats and an end of the year banquet, totaling $1,200. Each committee also gets a personal budget of $25, and a “general” category of $750.

Activities for the upcoming weeks were announced at the meeting as well.

For triad, there will be a dance,. For Weller Hall, there will be window painting, finals preparation, a pizza party for the girls’ floor and a hot cocoa social.

Carman Hall will be having a movie night Tuesday, and arts and crafts event.

McKinney Hall will be holding a discussion about “sex over stress” for finals week, and Andrews Hall will have relaxation time, equipped with massages during finals.

Cyndi Francois can be reached at 581-7942 or at dennewsdesk@gmail.com.