Scripps ResLife student staff members were exploited by Residential Life and when we fought back for ourselves and our community, Residential Life changed the rules of hiring to try and silence student voices. After a year in which current staff protested our exploitation, when hiring came around less than 25% of 32 available positions were filled by students with previous res life experience despite the overwhelming majority reapplying. Upperclassmen with residential life experience were passed over for underclassmen when the requisites for the RC role specially stated that only juniors and seniors could be hired for the role. When asked why students were not rehired, they were told it was due to an overwhelming application pool, but it’s clear that the hiring team was so desperate to not rehire the majority of student staff by their asking if underclassmen who did not apply to fulfill the role. We will not let this retaliation stop us from standing up for our community. It is important for us to note that this letter is not intended to disparage or hurt the incoming residential life staff — it is written to point out the fact that residential life broke contract to retaliate against students and erase institutional memory of student organizing. We ask that those reading this open letter support current Scripps students by signing onto this letter, and if you feel compelled please email
deanofstudentsoffice@scrippscollege.edu. Thank you for your support....
To Read Our Open Letter Follow this Link:
http://scrippsvoice.com/an-open-letter-to-reslife/