Hey VIU, welcome to my crib! We're not... we're not... we're not doing... okay...
Hey VIU Sidney here with another episode of Campus View. Well this might not be MTV Cribs,
I'm definitely gonna take you behind the scenes of what it's like to live on residence. It's a
day in the life of my life here on residence. I love the community and I love the convenience of
being here right on the VIU campus so let's get started and check out what it's like to
live here and why it's so great. Let's start off with five reasons why I love Res. Safety,
security, convenience, resources, community and let's add another one activities. Great thing
about living on rents you've got common spaces we're all decked out for the holidays and you
can come hang out with people. So if you're feeling lonely or you feeling stressed come
hang out in the common room watch a movie hang out with your friends and it's pretty awesome.
The other great part? Your kitchens right here and you've double of everything for the amount
of people that live in the house so if you're really good at cooking you love to cook there's
so much space to have fun with and especially when you live with other people in the house
that love to cook it's so much fun because you always learn from other people plus you people
from different countries living with you so you get to learn all of their homemade dishes,
it's pretty awesome. Res tip if you're not good at cooking or you don't know how to
then befriend some people who do know how to cook and then go grocery shopping with them offer to
wash the dishes. 90 percent of the time they're gonna cook for you. I know that's what I do for
my friends they don't know how to cook so I cook they clean it's the best of both worlds. Another
great thing? You can take naps between classes. Running late in the morning that's no problem
being on Res means that technically you could we give like 10 minutes before class and still
make it on time. It's definitely a perk but not one of the healthy schedules I would recommend.
It's also pretty awesome how convenient Res is located in Nanaimo itself. We are literally
a five-minute walk away from the Aquatic Center and the ice rink which is awesome because you can
go swimming you can go skating you can go watch games you can go do whatever and walk there and
you don't have to worry about transportation. So behind me here is Cedar Centre which is the
heart of residence this is where the mailbox is the main offices and laundry room so you can do
everything right here on residence which is pretty awesome. But if you ever need to come hang out
deal with an issue or talk to management there in Cedar Centre. So sure you can sleep in until
10 minutes before class you can nap whenever you want and you can make food whenever you want and
sure it's conveniently located on campus what else is so great about residence? Well for me it's the
community because without the ResTide community residents would be a whole lot less fun and that
meant so much to me that last year I decided to apply to be a resident advisor or more commonly
known as an RA so I was accepted and this year I have an amazing building of amazing residences
and we are like a family. My job is basically to guide them and offer support maybe some advice.
I'm not here to be the no-fun please of course we do have community standards to adhere to and we do
enforce those to make sure that everyone can enjoy themselves and that you respect your other members
of the community. But the main thing is I'm not here to "say don't have, fun don't do this, don't
do that" I want to make sure that you're safe that you have a plan and that you have fun because
that's all part of the university experience and maybe help you learn from your mistakes and I'm
here to advise you and be maybe a role model maybe a mentor whatever that is I'm here to help you
through it and I love that. I love being able to help people and inspire them every day and allow
them to grow in their University experience. You know what being an RA has its perks especially in
the kitchen because whenever residents are baking, 90 percent of the time they're gonna make some for
you too. My cookie supply is unlimited. So while we're on the topic of being an RA I thought maybe
I would grab some of my amazing RA teammates to jump in and give a thought about why they love
being an RA and why they love residence. Hi, I'm Blair and I'm one of the RA's here at VIU and my
favorite thing about residence is how diverse it is and the community feeling that we have here
because it's such a small Res and just the amount of people that you get to meet by living here
and hang out here all the time there's always someone to like hang out with to watch movies
with, anything. And my favorite thing about being an RA is the amount of people I've been able to
connect with from being an RA and the amazing RA team because within the last few months they've
become like family to me and have been a huge support system. My name is Jesse Kennedy I'm an
RA at VIU ResLife! My favorite thing about living on Res are all these people. Hi there, my name is
Jane Cody and my favorite part about being an RA with the ResLife is my fantastic team. Moving on
residence there are nine different buildings that you could possibly live in and each one will have
its own community and its own family within it which is super cool. But I mean also there's
parking just for residences there is parking just for residences, you have a separate pass which is
cool. And that's what it's like to live here on residence. It's a pretty awesome community and
it's amazing. First-year students get a guaranteed spot here on residence. So if you are coming to
VIU next year or in future years be sure to take advantage of that amazing opportunity because
getting to know this community is the perfect way to excel your career into university life
and excel at VIU. So thanks so much for watching this episode of Campus View and I really hope you
enjoyed it. I'll see you guys later, bye. We're all festive for Hallo... for Halloween, what?