Although the goals of the two groups remain slightly different, the skills that both groups possess are fairly similar. The PASS officers play an important role at the beginning of the school year. They are the ones responsible for helping the new students get acclimated to the school community. Through games, picnics, and feeds new students are encouraged to seek out their PASS officers and discuss any problem they may confront in the new community. The Residential Life curriculum, dorm trips, and proctor-new student meetings all help the new students learn to trust proctors and recognize them as people they can approach with their problems.
Proctors also serve as intermediaries between faculty and students.
They are trained to bridge the gap between the advisers and the students, by serving as people who can be trusted by both the faculty and the student body. It makes more sense for a new student to live in the same dorm as his pass officer. If we agree on that, then the PASS officer interferes with the role of the proctor because the proctor is the person who supposedly deals with any problems inside the dorm. In theory proctors and PASS officers are people who have identified themselves as willing to sacrifice their time to help others. As part of their job, they are expected to be approachable and extremely understanding people.