[quote name='Rocko']Why?[/QUOTE]
They refuse to comment. I held the position for a semester my second year, I left for a semester (which is common here due to the co-ops), I applied for when I came back and didn't receive any sort of confirmation or declination of the position. When I emailed the department head to find out, he told me decisions weren't final and he'd contact me to let me know. He never did. Ever since they've refused to consider me even though I am arguably the most qualified person for the position. No one will tell me why I won't be rehired for the position, or why I wasn't in the first place.
Oddly enough, everyone else who goes into their 4th year of being an RA here is fired if they're not a head RA. I'm the sole person who's done it since the position has been instated. Unfortunately for the department, my last supervisor gave me a review stating I was the best RA who ever worked under him, so they probably would have had a wrongful termination suit had they fired me.