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Media Credit: Steven Lester/The Skyliner Wait a minute: Brandon Mueller, senior marketing, was one of the many residentassistants who spent time in the rocking chair to raise funds for the RAA.

With all of the activities of Spring Fling going on this past week, there have been plenty interesting activities occurring all over campus. Between students dressed-up as superheroes and movies in the fountain park, one interesting event may have been overlooked. If you happened to have walked into the Todd Dining Hall lobby this past weekend, you may have noticed two students sitting in rocking chairs.

The RAA (Resident Assistant Association) Rock-A-Thon kicked off on Thursday at 10 a.m. The Rock-A-Thon had two resident assistants rotating to continuously rock until Monday, April 2 at 2 p.m., completing one hundred non-stop hours of rocking in a rocking chair.

The RAA hosted the Rock-A-Thon from March 30 to April 2 to raise money for the RAA. Resident Assistants attempted to gather either one time pledges of money or pledges per hour of rocking. Some of the Resident Assistants even walked the halls of their dorms, going door to door asking the students for some spare change. Some Resident Assistants asked family and friends to support their time rocking. The goal for the RAA Rock-A-Thon was to raise six thousand dollars.

The RAA has provided funds for many different items around North Greenville's campus. In the past, the RAA supplied the elevator in the Donnan Administration building and the game room furniture in the Student Center. This year, funds from the RAA have provided for the change machine also found in the Student Center. A current project for the RAA is a memorial dedicated to North Greenville students who have passed away during their attendance at the school.

Rocking in a rocking chair in the Todd Dining Hall lobby for hours may seem quite boring. Each of the Resident Assistants was required to sign up for a minimum of two hours of rocking time. Some of the Resident Assistants offered to rock for even longer periods of time and others offered to cover for students who unable to rock at their designated time. Several students helped to make the Resident Assistants rocking time more interesting by stopping to talk.

One Resident Assistant who rocked for two hours on Saturday was grateful for the students that stopped by. "People stopping to talk really helped pass the time, and one guy even stayed and talked for almost thirty minutes," said Joyce Tucker, junior early childhood education.

Students also helped out the Resident Assistants' cause by dropping extra donations into the donation bucket found by the rocking chairs.

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