I recently read an article in the City Pages newspaper. The article was in a pullout section titled, "College Survival Guide". I read the article commenting on how to live with your roommate. It brought up a lot of the issues that rommates will most likely encounter. They emphasized that the chances were small of your rommate becoming your best friend. The article also provided different scenarios of possible conflict with a roommate. One example was having a third party stay in the room for a variety of different reasons from the person being your social partner, or needing a place to crash after a party. Be respectful was the attitude the article recommended when trying to have a good roommate experience. I enjoyed the article because I thought it gave good information on potential situations with a roommate and also had a good injection of humor here and there. It wasn't the most thorough article, but I think the writer accomplished what they were after when describing how to get a long with your roommate.
Posted by gran0399 at September 10, 2004 11:26 AMMy Grandma mailed me that exact article.
Posted by: Megan at September 12, 2004 12:39 AMI remember reading a similar article like that some time ago when i was in high school and thinking about what it would be like to be in college and to have a roommate of my own. I found that article was interesting as well when i read it...and now i actually know from experiences so far what the article actually means!
Posted by: Alisha at September 17, 2004 10:48 AMI enjoyed that article as well and I'm looking for a copy/URL to include in a course, but it doesn't seem to be included at citypages.com. Does anyone have a copy?
Posted by: paul bernhardt at November 18, 2004 2:01 PM