I believe that I will be very strict on vandalism, if there is any. If I do not see things that go on and see the damage that has been done, I will query all members of the community by phone and attempt to find out who did the crime. Earlier this semester we had several trashcans to be kicked, which caused trash to be widely spread. I saw who did it once and when the phone call came to see who did it, I didn't hesitate to call the RA and tell who it was. I dislike stupid things like vandalism and thing that they are so uncalled for and should not be tolerated.
Community building is an important part of cutting down on disagreements and vandalism.
Residents choose whom they spend time with and I think that an ideal community should consist of residents that want to spend time together. Movies may be too romantic for masculine men, but going to the CAF to get something to eat is not too extreme. Acting as a RA is very important because new and old students look to an authority figure all the time. Some of the new students may have never even lived away from home and they are looking to see how to run things, while others are just looking to see how the person in charge acts so they can gauge their attitude. If they see the person in charge doing something illegal like drinking or smoking, then they will think that that is accepted in the residence halls.