Providing more resources to students and student organizations will be the goal of the Inter-Residence Hall Association this semester, said IRHA President Keith Twombley.

He said it is important for residence hall students to know how issues, such as the Department of Residence’s door-locking policy, will be affecting them.

“[The] quality of material is lacking to inform students [of] issues really facing them,” Twombley said.

Another issue facing IRHA is the absence of a director of information technology. However, Brian Macomber, IRHA’s former director of information technology, has been helping Twombley set up a new server for IRHA, which Twombley said has “oodles of space.”

With the added server space, Twombley would like to work with other student organizations in keeping students informed about pressing issues, such as the door-locking policy.

The policy, which will be put into effect by the DOR Jan. 27, requires doors to residence halls be locked 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The policy will not affect students who use the main doors to the halls, it will only affect those students who use side doors, Twombley said.

Students wishing to eat in a dining hall where they are not a resident will also be accommodated, Twombley said.

Justin Rasmussen, president of the Richardson Court Association said goals for this semester include involving students in making a better community. Rasmussen said he would like to see a stronger relationship built between on-campus students and the DOR and would like to keep students from “feeling pushed aside.”

The IRHA meeting will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.