Students attending the Residence Hall Association meeting Tuesday expressed displeasure with a proposed Undergraduate Student Government resolution that says RHA is being misrepresented by University Housing officials.

The resolution, which will be voted on by the USG Senate at 7 p.m. in the Student Center tonight, also asks for the SIU Board of Trustees to replace University Housing Director Ed Jones and Assistant Director of Residence Life Steve Kirk for allegedly using their positions inappropriately.

Ray Owczarzak, RHA president, said after talking with various members of USG, he has received conflicting opinions about the resolution.

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I have talked with the author of the resolution, Andrew Ensor (Southern Hills senator), and according to him, he is speaking for the senators, Owczarzak said. According to Kim Clemens, USG president, Ensor is talking alone.

Owczarzak said he believes the USG resolution has no basis.

I feel that this is a drastic and uncalled for act, Owczarzak said. It is also a childish, high-schoolish act.

William J. Hallett, resident of Allen Hall, located in University Park, said at the meeting that he has known Ensor for a long time and believes this resolution to be factually incorrect.

As a resident, I know when Andrew Ensor speaks, he tends not to have all of his facts straight, Hallett said. And to say that Ed Jones would not listen to the students I find him (Ensor) to be wrong.

Alex Goodson, resident of Baldwin Hall, located in Thompson Point, said she believes the resolution shows a need for cohesiveness between the two organizations.

If USG and RHA would stop blaming each other and listen to everyone else, this wouldn’t be necessary, Goodson said. If they would just stop blaming each other and start doing something together, they could get a lot more done, and there wouldn’t be so many problems.

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Paulette Curkin, housing program coordinator, said she has known and worked with Jones and Kirk for a number of years and has never seen any reason for believing they do not do their job appropriately.

Nobody always agrees with the administration, Curkin said. But I have never seen anyone who cares more for the students than Ed and Steve do. In fact, I don’t see many administrators who go out of their way to help the students like they do.

Owczarzak said he will be at the USG meeting tonight in defense of RHA. He said he will address any questions the USG Senate might have about his organization.