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Arkie>> Hello, I'm Arkie Tromm, I work as an assistant manager for West Halls Housing
and Housing Department. Primarily, I work at West Halls, but when somebody's off, or
if we are very busy at North Halls, I'll go out there and help out.
>> I'd say mostly I'm a coordinator and problem-solver. I start my day by checking my e-mail and see
what might've went on overnight in the halls, and then we do our day to day scheduling.
>> I guess the most successful experience, I say, is when I don't get phone calls. You'd
think I would deal with a lot of students on a day to day basis, but if we all do our
jobs properly, students don't have problems, and then our day is pretty quiet, and that's
a successful day. >>It's a great group, everybody works together,
team-oriented, and that's what you need in a place like this.
Interviewer>> Tell us a little bit about how you got into riding.
Arkie>> I was a pretty shy kid, didn't do a lot of things, and when I was about 14,
a family moved in next door, and their father was a motorcycle enthusiast, and they had
two sons my age, and from then on, it was history.
>>I got into dirt-biking, mini-biking, worked my way up. I raced short-track, and half mile
for about two years, and then I got away from motorcycles, went to college, and 30 years
later, I decided to buy a street bike, and I've been riding ever since.
>> It's great for visiting people, every time I get on a bike, I have no clue where I'm
going to end up.
>> You can have a stressful day at work, come home, hop on the motorcycle, and in a block
and a half, you have a big smile on your face. I really don't why- it's the speed, it's the
wind, when you lean into corners, you feel the weight of the motorcycle- all that put
together, it just makes for a nice, relaxing experience.