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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Oswego chapter.

Wonder what it’s like to be an R.A.? Just ask Amber Boulay, senior English major and second year R.A. in Onondaga Hall.

Amber is from Cooperstown, N.Y. and decided to go to Oswego because it was “cheap and beautiful.”

“In high school, I was kind of like a mom,” said Amber on why she decided to apply to be an R.A. She also knows the campus well and figures she would be good at helping out students if they had questions, which is another reason she applied to be an R.A.

The R.A. interviews weren’t too bad for Amber. She didn’t get accepted at first, but tried again and got it.

During the summer, Amber missed being an R.A. because she enjoys it so much.

Not only is Amber an R.A., but she is also a member of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), the co-ed fraternity on campus. APO’s main focus is community service, both on and off campus.

After graduation, Amber is unsure of what to do. She is considering grad school. Her most recent idea is to become a real estate agent. She also wanted to be a librarian at one point.

Until then, catch Amber around campus, continuing to keep busy.

I'm a junior. I like to read, watch T.V. and sleep. Aaaand that's it.
Kaitlin Provost graduated from SUNY Oswego, majoring in journalism with a learning agreement in photography. She grew up in five different towns all over the Northeast, eventually settling and graduating from high school in Hudson, Massachusetts. Kait now lives in the blustery town of Oswego, New York, where she can frequently be found running around like a madwoman, avoiding snow drifts taller than her head (which, incidentally, is not very tall). She has worked for her campus newspaper, The Oswegonian, as the Assistant News Editor, and is also the President of the Oswego chapter of Ed2010, a national organization which helps students break into the magazine industry. She hopes to one day work for National Geographic and travel the world.