As former Earl Warren College resident advisers prepare to move out, many Warren residents wonder who will be moving in to replace them.

Todd Thompson, a freshman at Warren college and a resident of Goldberg Hall, said his RA was one of the seven fired. Thompson wished the residential life office had kept him and his floor mates better informed of what was happening from the start of the investigation.

“”Just let us know as the days go by what’s happening with the situation,”” he said. “”We’ve been without an RA since the investigation began [on Oct. 3].””

The seven former RAs were assigned to the college’s three residence halls — Frankfurter, Harlan and Stewart Halls — and three of Warren’s four apartment buildings — Black, Douglas and Goldberg.

Many Warren residents said their residential life office has kept them mostly in the dark.

“”I found out from my suitemate, who found out from someone who lived on that floor,”” said Laura Ingram, a Warren freshman and Stewart Hall resident, of how she heard of the RA firings. “”I didn’t hear anything from the college.””

The residential life office did send out an Oct. 11 letter from the resident deans to Warren college residents, which told residents that “”we will be making a few changes in our staffing,”” and assured residents that their safety “”remains a priority for us.””

Brian Balderson, who is a Warren freshman and Harlan Hall resident, said although he recieved the deans’ letter, most information came to him and his suitemates as word-of-mouth.

“”We found out, mostly through gossip and stuff, and we talked to our RA,”” he said. “”She told us it was kind of hush-hush.””

Warren college Resident Dean Claire Palmer reiterated that information regarding the RAs and the intern were a personnel matter and that their privacy was important.

Palmer said the floors that were assigned to the seven former RAs were re-assigned to existing RAs as a temporary addition to their normal duties.

“”Each floor has been assigned a temporary RA that will make sure residents are getting information,”” Palmer said.

As for long-term plans, Palmer says that her office intends to replace the vacancies and will begin accepting applications as soon as Oct. 18.

Palmer also acknowledged that although the students were originally given five days to move out, the students who requested an extension were granted their request.

“”Anyone who needed an extension was given an extension,”” she said, adding that those granted the extensions are not being charged rent for the additional week.

Six of the seven former Warren college RAs and the one college intern were given a one-week extension, allowing them to vacate their rooms by Oct. 20.