FAQ: Do Resident Assistants Have Swipe Access To All Residence Halls On Campus?

Here at Adelphi there are six residence halls on campus that house a little more than 25% of Adelphi’s student population. Each residence hall is run by a Resident Hall Director and a minimum of four resident assistants who advise residents, promote a healthy and positive residential community, as well as confront and document disciplinary issues or policy violation. 

Each RA is assigned a primary residence hall and floor that they must supervise however their position does not limit them to only overseeing their designated building which has led residents and other members of the Adelphi community to think that RA’s have swipe access into all residence hall’s but contrary to popular belief that is not the case.

Guy Seneque,  Director of Residential Life

“I personally don’t think that RA’s need 24/7 access to the buildings,” said Guy Seneque, Director of Residential Life and Housing. “RA’s are not entitled to have access to every building. You have an assigned area.”

Many RA’s such as first year RA Christianna Molina and third year RA Arielle Hall feel as though swipe access into all of the residence halls will aid them in being able to do their job more efficiently.

“If there is an incident and you need to call an RA from another hall for assistance you need to leave the incident to get help,” said Molina. During RA training Residents are strongly encouraged to gain assistance from other staff members when handling various incidents especially when working in a building with a smaller staff (Waldo Hall, Chapman Hall, and Linen Hall) which consists of four Resident Assistants as opposed to a building with a larger staff that consists of six or more Resident Assistants.