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To all the college students out there, have you ever been or are currently assigned to one of those craptastic halls that everyone tries to avoid? Or maybe you had a not so pleasant roommate. Share your experiences here.

Last spring, I was assigned to this roach motel of a dorm called Mariposa hall(at ASU). First day I got there, the bathroom lights were burned out, the sink was clogged, and someone was nice enough to leave us large pieces of broken furniture in the closet. Did I mention I was assigned a room meant for a handicapped person? Try showering with the shower head set so low that you could easily bang your head on it. Luckily though, for this fall I've been assigned to the newly constructed hall across the street from this blight.

that sucks, I have heard though that Pepperdine in California has the best dorms in the US is that true?

For the past two years I've been staying at this 2 room apartment complex on college campus, and God my neighbors were LOUD! They would bang on the walls and doors, leave their door open and crank up the radio, ask me to borrow stuff and never return them ugh. I'm so glad I'm a communte student this one last semester.

Speaking of dorm weirdness... about 10 days ago, my school sent out letters to let us know who our roommates would be. Only thing is, my letter had a blank space where the roommate information would be.

The only reasonable conclusion is that either I don't have a roommate or my school messed up when printing the letter. Either way, the first day of school is going to be interesting...

SpudCommando']Try showering with the shower head set so low that you could easily bang your head on it.
I have to duck to use shower heads made for normal people. Quit yer bitching.

Last college dorm room I was in, my room mates and I named "Cell 257".


It looked like a friggin' prison cell!

Quite yer bitching.


That is a wonderful typo ;)

I have to duck to use shower heads made for normal people. Quite yer bitching.
It's the interweb. What else am I suppose to do?

Last year of college I had a roommate who wouldn't fucking leave me alone. He knocked on my door for every little fucking thing. And then complained that I always seemed to just want to get it over with when he knocked. "Yeah, champ. Door was closed. I was doin' something. Didn't need to hear how you thought it was best to clean the measuing cups. No, I don't want a grape." I was tryin' to tell him-dude, I've had roommates that I would go months without seeing and it was totally okay. Just because we have the same front door doesn't mean that we have to update each other on every little fucking thing. He eventually moved out and the other roommate that lived in the apartment (graduate apartments, yay) I would go months without seeing.

I dug that guy.


Year before that was a dude from Clevland who for some reason thought that California had never seen his ilk before. Yeah, dude. Never seen a goth/industrial guy. Except, you know, like ten years ago. And he was trying to freak out the 'norms' in Santa Cruz. That works on freshman for about a week. After that, it's the kind of town where someone can dress like Spiderman and climb light poles on the main drag and even the tourists don't care because it might be the least weird thing to happen that hour.

I'm going to university in '08 and I've heard some awful dorm stories. I can't wait... or can I?

Last year of college I had a roommate who wouldn't fucking leave me alone. He knocked on my door for every little fucking thing. And then complained that I always seemed to just want to get it over with when he knocked. "Yeah, champ. Door was closed. I was doin' something. Didn't need to hear how you thought it was best to clean the measuing cups. No, I don't want a grape." I was tryin' to tell him-dude, I've had roommates that I would go months without seeing and it was totally okay. Just because we have the same front door doesn't mean that we have to update each other on every little fucking thing. He eventually moved out and the other roommate that lived in the apartment (graduate apartments, yay) I would go months without seeing.

I dug that guy.


Year before that was a dude from Clevland who for some reason thought that California had never seen his ilk before. Yeah, dude. Never seen a goth/industrial guy. Except, you know, like ten years ago. And he was trying to freak out the 'norms' in Santa Cruz. That works on freshman for about a week. After that, it's the kind of town where someone can dress like Spiderman and climb light poles on the main drag and even the tourists don't care because it might be the least weird thing to happen that hour.

Hey, you were lucky to have a door between the two of you- the dorms at Newberry College were 2 to a room, but there was no door dividing it- that sucked ass.

And to the guy with a 'blank' where it says roommate- you either have a private room (by mistake for a freshman), or you are slated to get one of the wait list people.

That is a wonderful typo ;)
What typo?

*initiates propaganda*

Hey, you were lucky to have a door between the two of you- the dorms at Newberry College were 2 to a room, but there was no door dividing it- that sucked ass.

And to the guy with a 'blank' where it says roommate- you either have a private room (by mistake for a freshman), or you are slated to get one of the wait list people.

I'm a senior, not a freshman! :p Of course, that shouldn't matter, since my school doesn't give out private rooms to seniors, either...

I was stuck in a dorm for the last 2 weeks (I was at a college doing a music festival) and it was so full of molds and insects that I couldn't breathe. Needless to say I won't think twice about attending that college even if it's the only one that accepts me. I want to survive College.

Hey, you were lucky to have a door between the two of you- the dorms at Newberry College were 2 to a room, but there was no door dividing it- that sucked ass.

And to the guy with a 'blank' where it says roommate- you either have a private room (by mistake for a freshman), or you are slated to get one of the wait list people.
Yeah, no way in hell was I going to share a room, nuh-uh, no way, no how. I'd sleep in my van first.

No "Just lay still and pretend to still be asleep while my roommate fucks his girlfriend" for me...Oh! That Cleveland dude-moved in a girlfriend. Didn't talk to anybody about it, just moved her in. So then there was five of us and one bathroom. Luckily that was my senior year in the film department so I spent most my time in the labs, but it still sucked.

Last college dorm room I was in, my room mates and I named "Cell 257".


It looked like a friggin' prison cell!

"I thought you had to be convicted of a crime before you moved into a place like this."

Tell me about it. Not to mention I had to leave my dorm room to use the bathroom but luckily my room was two steps forward to the bathroom. Now my new dorm building I am moving into next semester, I do not even have to do that as my room actually has a bathroom with it.

my old dorm floor was so bad that they eventually kicked us all out and turned it into a non-smoking quiet study girls' floor. fucking bastards.

sure, it was ghetto-fantabulous - that's what made it awesome. sure, the floor's vacuum cleaner didn't work - we didn't use it anyway, and i owned a dirt devil if anyone ever really needed something cleaned. and sure, somebody stole the lighted exit signs - but i eventually found them stashed in an unused cabinet in the floor's kitchen.

all the stains on the carpet meant that it would be harder for them to charge us for any we caused.

the bathrooms were hosed out essentially everyday. in fact, for a few hours each day they were probably the cleanest bathrooms i've ever called my own.

and my duct tape-based hanging entertainment center remains one of my favorite creations.

and sure, somebody stole the lighted exit signs -

Yep. Had this problem. Heck, they actually caught someone trying to steal one as well. :D

First year of college had 3 roomates in the same room with me. We had two sets of bunk beds and 1 bathroom. Not the best arrangement but not the worst. At least it was clean. No Air Conditioning though, that sucked.

I was in a quad this past year with two of my best friends and one of my worst enemies. The entire corner (the quad, single, and double in the hallway) were all guy sophomores on a freshman coed floor. We quickly went from being "soph corner" to "pedo corner" because of the unusual number of freshmen girls who would...visit.

I was in a quad this past year with two of my best friends and one of my worst enemies. The entire corner (the quad, single, and double in the hallway) were all guy sophomores on a freshman coed floor. We quickly went from being "soph corner" to "pedo corner" because of the unusual number of freshmen girls who would...visit.
Sounds like fun. :D

Sounds like fun. :D
That it was. The rest of my sophomore friends in the building wouldn't hang out with the freshmen much...we liked them and chilled with them all the time.

Hmm... Some of your dorms sound better than mine. 10x13, share it with one girl. THANK GOD I got lucky in the lottery, and I get a closet! There are about 50 girls on my floor with two bathrooms. Four showers total. Not sure how this will work. I have a feeling I might be showering at 1 in the morning.

I've lived in the same Apartment at school for three years, it nice. I have my own room and a full kitchen and the like. But last year I had the roommate from hell.

1st he set up an entertainment center in the living room which my room is right against. he would then decide to watch action movies with his surround sound at full blast at 3am. When I asked why he said "I dont sleep at night" WTF!? And then when I would ask him why so loud, he say because I cant hear low parts.

He then wanted me to move my bike outside so he could have living room. I said no knowing having been there a couple years that it wasnt safe. He thought I was wrong even though he never live there. Needless to say he had two bikes stolen in two weeks, jackass.

On top of that he put the heater on in JUNE, IN JUNE! When asked why, his response was..."I was cold" :eek: Open a window genius. Anyway I could go on, for a while really but you get the idea.

First year of college had 3 roomates in the same room with me. We had two sets of bunk beds and 1 bathroom. Not the best arrangement but not the worst. At least it was clean. No Air Conditioning though, that sucked.


I can 1 up you. My current assignment has no Air Conditioning in Lubbock, TX! Shazam!


Though they are the biggest dorms on campus, with microfridge and microwave AND cost 1000 dollars less...but it's the engineering "learning community"'s dorm...so 90% of the people are nerds...but smart nerds can help me with my homework, atleast Math, which is the only one of my classes they might comprehend. I just don't think they'll get Weightlifting, Songwriting, and I'm good at psychology, history and communications.

Hmm... Some of your dorms sound better than mine. 10x13, share it with one girl. THANK GOD I got lucky in the lottery, and I get a closet! There are about 50 girls on my floor with two bathrooms. Four showers total. Not sure how this will work. I have a feeling I might be showering at 1 in the morning.
You got four showers? We had 2 for 30 guys. And the divider didn't go all the way to the ground, so the water at the bottom would mix. And I know for a fact that I showered next to many a guy who was jerking off (note to all: wear sandals.) Oh. And no shower curtain...only "textured" glass, which still showed everything.

You got four showers? We had 2 for 30 guys. And the divider didn't go all the way to the ground, so the water at the bottom would mix. And I know for a fact that I showered next to many a guy who was jerking off (note to all: wear sandals.) Oh. And no shower curtain...only "textured" glass, which still showed everything.

Now THAT sucks.

You got four showers? We had 2 for 30 guys. And the divider didn't go all the way to the ground, so the water at the bottom would mix. And I know for a fact that I showered next to many a guy who was jerking off (note to all: wear sandals.) Oh. And no shower curtain...only "textured" glass, which still showed everything.
Jesus, in the shower!? That everyone uses!? WTF, can't they find a better place to 'relieve' yourself.

I never really had an ideal housing situation. Ever the roommate(s) sucked and the room was nice, or the roommates were cool and the room sucked.

Freshman year I had a forced triple, but it was in one of the best dorms on campus, and the third guy moved out after one semester. The roommate who left was this hilarious kid from India. The roommate who stayed was a little too much like me except he would go a lot longer between showers than I did. We never became friends, but it was okay that first year.
Sophomore year I made the mistake of living with that same kid, and things went south quickly, starting when he moved all my stuff on me the first day while I was out visiting friends in other dorms. On the other hand, it was probably the biggest room on campus, a triple that was divided into two rooms, along with a private bathroom.
Junior year my school didn't guarantee housing, so I lived off campus in an overcrowded shithole apartment. The local housing authority actually came and inspected the place and made half of us leave. The landlord was awful, nothing was ever fixed, but I was finally living with people I liked, and we had a lot of good times even though the place was awful.
Senior year, I lived in a single.

Now THAT sucks.
you get used to it. Personally, I never masturbated in them, but I did have my fair share of other activities in them, so it all balances. The funniest has to be when I was showering at the same time as one of my friends. Our RA walked in as he said "Hey bro...ever notice that it's easier to shave your sack when you have a hardon? By the way, I need a new razor...can I grab yours?"

and yes, I gave him a razor. No body wants to walk around with a partially shaved scrotum.

Jesus, in the shower!? That everyone uses!? WTF, can't they find a better place to 'relieve' yourself.
its either there or on the toilet. Bothered some of the guys, but never got to me. Then again, as I said in a different post, while I never jerked in the shower, I did have fun in there.

Speaking of dorm weirdness... about 10 days ago, my school sent out letters to let us know who our roommates would be. Only thing is, my letter had a blank space where the roommate information would be.

The only reasonable conclusion is that either I don't have a roommate or my school messed up when printing the letter. Either way, the first day of school is going to be interesting...

THey didn't want to frighten you...

It's me. *gets nekked!* :D

THey didn't want to frighten you...

It's me. *gets nekked!* :D
I don't care if you were naked or not...that would be one hell of an eventful year.

*looks into getting LG as an apartmentmate*

Year before that was a dude from Clevland who for some reason thought that California had never seen his ilk before. Yeah, dude. Never seen a goth/industrial guy. Except, you know, like ten years ago. And he was trying to freak out the 'norms' in Santa Cruz. That works on freshman for about a week. After that, it's the kind of town where someone can dress like Spiderman and climb light poles on the main drag and even the tourists don't care because it might be the least weird thing to happen that hour.

I can't even weird out californians... too often. :D

and yes, I gave him a razor. No body wants to walk around with a partially shaved scrotum.
um, doesnt it hurt like a bitch if you cut it? and 2nd what the hell is the point, trying to be aerodynamic?

I don't care if you were naked or not...that would be one hell of an eventful year.

*looks into getting LG as an apartmentmate*

How do you feel about velcro walls?

um, doesnt it hurt like a bitch if you cut it? and 2nd what the hell is the point, trying to be aerodynamic?
that's why you don't cut it...
pull taught, and it isn't an issue. Oh, and don't do it while you're tired.

as for why to do it, etiquette and curb appeal.

Look at it this way. Would you rather look at a house that has a nicely done lawn with all the hedges maintained, or one that looks something like the everglades?

How do you feel about velcro walls?
I prefer velcro celings.

I move in sept 1st. you bring the velcro, I'll get a trampoline.

that's why you don't cut it...
pull taught, and it isn't an issue. Oh, and don't do it while you're tired.

as for why to do it, etiquette and curb appeal.

Look at it this way. Would you rather look at a house that has a nicely done lawn with all the hedges maintained, or one that looks something like the everglades?

Everglades. *nod* But then again, I'm the goofball here. :)

Everglades. *nod* But then again, I'm the goofball here. :)
You just want more mud.

btw, my cousin lauged about your advice about navy food. He said the eggs would be just like grandmas. Sadly, he still has 6 weeks before he goes because he got a level 3 sprain.

I prefer velcro celings.

I move in sept 1st. you bring the velcro, I'll get a trampoline.

Oh, those too. Definitely.

My first roommate in college was a pretty groovy guy who took my oddness more or less in stride. The strangest thing was that he was astonishingly sensitive about smell. I mean, it's a freakin' dorm! It's supposed to smell of ass and feet. But I would have air fresheners and spray lysol and sanitize my laundry hamper regularly and he'd still compain about the smell. One day I offered to boil myself so I'd be sterile. He got the hint. :p

Oh, those too. Definitely.

My first roommate in college was a pretty groovy guy who took my oddness more or less in stride. The strangest thing was that he was astonishingly sensitive about smell. I mean, it's a freakin' dorm! It's supposed to smell of ass and feet. But I would have air fresheners and spray lysol and sanitize my laundry hamper regularly and he'd still compain about the smell. One day I offered to boil myself so I'd be sterile. He got the hint. :p
I had some female friends over from home. They got off the elevator...looked left, sniffed. Looked right, sniffed. within those 5 seconds, they had figured out which side of the hall was the guys side. The smell of ass, sweat, axe, and other bodily odors appearently gave us away.

that's why you don't cut it...
pull taught, and it isn't an issue. Oh, and don't do it while you're tired.

as for why to do it, etiquette and curb appeal.

Look at it this way. Would you rather look at a house that has a nicely done lawn with all the hedges maintained, or one that looks something like the everglades?
trimming I can understand, but shaving is a bit much. Anyway, have fun with your shaved sack.

You just want more mud.

btw, my cousin lauged about your advice about navy food. He said the eggs would be just like grandmas. Sadly, he still has 6 weeks before he goes because he got a level 3 sprain.

I'm not going to knock 'Great Mistakes' because it was an experience to remember. I wouldn't trade the memories away. But it was rough in places too. The lack of sleep didn't affect me much as I rarely sleep anyway. But having no control over wehn I can and can't sleep left me a zombie at times. *nod*

The food mostly sucked with a few high points. I'll nevr understand why waffles were so popular. They had the texture of ceiling tiles. I suspect they were popular because they were waffly.

Year before that was a dude from Clevland who for some reason thought that California had never seen his ilk before. Yeah, dude. Never seen a goth/industrial guy. Except, you know, like ten years ago. And he was trying to freak out the 'norms' in Santa Cruz. That works on freshman for about a week. After that, it's the kind of town where someone can dress like Spiderman and climb light poles on the main drag and even the tourists don't care because it might be the least weird thing to happen that hour.

are there actually "norms" in Santa Cruz... back in the day I thought it was where people went who were to stoned for Berkeley... of course the very stoned can be fairly easily startled... its kinda like freaking them out.

trimming I can understand, but shaving is a bit much. Anyway, have fun with your shaved sack.
I personally trim (although, I have shaved upon a dare). He was the one who was shaving

I'm not going to knock 'Great Mistakes' because it was an experience to remember. I wouldn't trade the memories away. But it was rough in places too. The lack of sleep didn't affect me much as I rarely sleep anyway. But having no control over wehn I can and can't sleep left me a zombie at times. *nod*

The food mostly sucked with a few high points. I'll nevr understand why waffles were so popular. They had the texture of ceiling tiles. I suspect they were popular because they were waffly.Either way, I'm proud of the kid. He's doing basic, then the med training, then navy seals training, then officer training (maybe)...so at the very least, he won't get stuck painting ships.

And it has actually made me consider the armed forces if my other post-college plans don't work out (I may be hitting you up if I have questions about it, if thats cool)

I personally trim (although, I have shaved upon a dare). He was the one who was shaving

Either way, I'm proud of the kid. He's doing basic, then the med training, then navy seals training, then officer training (maybe)...so at the very least, he won't get stuck painting ships.

And it has actually made me consider the armed forces if my other post-college plans don't work out (I may be hitting you up if I have questions about it, if thats cool)

Not everybody makes it as a SEAL. Not everybody who CAN make it as a SEAL makes it as a SEAl. If you're injured during BUDS training and make a 100% recovery, sometimes...SOMETIMES you can get one more try. THey have graduated classes of zero some years. I was friends with a SEAL. It was surprising to me how relaxed and quiet he was. Nothing bothered him. He was like a stoned surfer dude. A stoned surfer dude that could carry me on his back and run ten miles(yes, he actually did this!).

Not everybody makes it as a SEAL. Not everybody who CAN make it as a SEAL makes it as a SEAl. If you're injured during BUDS training and make a 100% recovery, sometimes...SOMETIMES you can get one more try. THey have graduated classes of zero some years. I was friends with a SEAL. It was surprising to me how relaxed and quiet he was. Nothing bothered him. He was like a stoned surfer dude. A stoned surfer dude that could carry me on his back and run ten miles(yes, he actually did this!).
That's actually something that my cousin considered, and thats why he's doing the med training first...atleast that way, if he doesn't make SEAL, he can fall back to the med stuff.

I've heard the stories...things like the first day of training doesn't end untill someone gives up, and has sometimes gone on for 36 hours...all I can say is "insane"

That's actually something that my cousin considered, and thats why he's doing the med training first...atleast that way, if he doesn't make SEAL, he can fall back to the med stuff.

I've heard the stories...things like the first day of training doesn't end untill someone gives up, and has sometimes gone on for 36 hours...all I can say is "insane"

I considerd it. They play in mud a lot. But at the time, I had my heart set on the Nuclear Field(I wanted to be on a sub). I changed my mind at boot camp and chose Electronic Warfare instead.

I considerd it. They play in mud a lot. But at the time, I had my heart set on the Nuclear Field(I wanted to be on a sub). I changed my mind at boot camp and chose Electronic Warfare instead.
for some reason, I think you're just crazy enough to enjoy doing push ups while waves break on your face.

It's nice to know he can change if he chooses to...but I'm glad that he's thought it through as well as he has so far. (This is the cousin who is normally dense as a brick and is in the navy because he got kicked out of CCSU)

I go to boarding school, my room is small, but hey, I get my own room and my own bathroom.

Great view of the mountains, too.

are there actually "norms" in Santa Cruz... back in the day I thought it was where people went who were to stoned for Berkeley... of course the very stoned can be fairly easily startled... its kinda like freaking them out.
Gentrification gets even the best. They can't just let us have this little freak corner, they gotta come here because of all the character and then try their hardest to get rid of all the people who gave the place character. And it's not too stoned for Berkeley, it's just people who want the Berkeley feel and the ability to surf.

And what you take as being 'startled' or 'freaked out' with stoners is just them trying to figure out why you're being such a spazz.

Gentrification gets even the best. They can't just let us have this little freak corner, they gotta come here because of all the character and then try their hardest to get rid of all the people who gave the place character. And it's not too stoned for Berkeley, it's just people who want the Berkeley feel and the ability to surf.

And what you take as being 'startled' or 'freaked out' with stoners is just them trying to figure out why you're being such a spazz.

YAY! *tackles random surfers* :D

Last college dorm room I was in, my room mates and I named "Cell 257".


It looked like a friggin' prison cell!
i hear that. in my first year of uni i went into some relatively newly built halls of residence that could have been quite nice...

...if only my room wasn't on the ground floor.
...facing out to the street, which was the main walkway for the for approx 5,000 students living the other side of my house.
...which meant at 3.00am every fucking morning there'd be a troop of hundereds of insanely drunken students shouting their mouths off, racing trolleys, smashing things, having fights, you name it... if it was loud and would wake me up, they'd do it. including banging on all the windows of the ground floor flats (including mine of course) as they staggered past laughing.
...oh yes. sleeping became something you just didn't do :(

it also didnt' help when the room was the size of a large cardboard box, the window opened but a fraction so you could never get any air in (the thermometer on my desk said it never went lower than 26 degrees C in my room all year, and was way up into the 30's in summer, all day and all night :headbang: ), and i had a practicing DJ in the flat above me as well as a fat prick who insisted on buying a newer, bigger pair of speakers every month or so just to make sure he could play his music louder than anyone else.

its short wonder i didn't spend any time there and was constantly round my mate's getting stoned :p

a friend who visited me there actually did describe the place as a 'gulag' :D




as a side note, in the movies you always see american dorms being big and spacious...is that true at all? i mean my room in cardiff was about 5 people (standing up next to each other) wide, with a desk and a bed taking up 4 of them (so there was room enough for 1 person to slide between them, or room enough for a chair), and maybe 10 people deep... mostly taken up with where the door swung open, the bathroom (yes it was en-suite, the one saving grace of the place), and cupboards. in fact, there was literally only enough free floorspace in there for one person to lie down in. that's it.


if i go back to uni i'm getting a private apartment

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For my first year, I lived here. Well, ok, my room was in flats in the grounds, but I spent most of my time in this old Hall (flats in there too). I had en suite, fairly large room, below the sub wardens empty flat, with a ground floor window looking over the lawns to trees. Squirrels, foxes, badgers and stuff all lived in the grounds. Twas cool. There are about 400 carlsberg cans balanced to fall on the first guy to open one of the celing panels. Ahh, a good year.

I'm going to university in '08 and I've heard some awful dorm stories. I can't wait... or can I?


Hahaha come to Ireland and you won't have that problem! You can choose what flat mates (we don't usually share rooms) you want or else live in non university student accomodation ie houses.

And what you take as being 'startled' or 'freaked out' with stoners is just them trying to figure out why you're being such a spazz.

i actually feel kinda bad for the kid from cleveland(i went to college near there back in the 80s in oberlin ohio). he obviously left the area where he grew up to get away from the "norms" and figured santa cruz was a good place to go to be in an environment he felt more comfortable with. unfortunately when he got there he couldn't modify his behavior to suit the new circumstance... thus he was still hunting for "norms" to "freak out", where he should have been free to express himself without worrying about the reactions of others.

i hear that. in my first year of uni i went into some relatively newly built halls of residence that could have been quite nice...






as a side note, in the movies you always see american dorms being big and spacious...is that true at all? i mean my room in cardiff was about 5 people (standing up next to each other) wide, with a desk and a bed taking up 4 of them (so there was room enough for 1 person to slide between them, or room enough for a chair), and maybe 10 people deep... mostly taken up with where the door swung open, the bathroom (yes it was en-suite, the one saving grace of the place), and cupboards. in fact, there was literally only enough free floorspace in there for one person to lie down in. that's it.


if i go back to uni i'm getting a private apartment

I would love to know what college has that. My freshman dorm was nothing more than a hole in the wall with no bathroom.

as a side note, in the movies you always see american dorms being big and spacious...is that true at all?

not in my experience - i've seen some that are bigger than my dorm room was, but never like the movies pretend it is. maybe i just haven't been to classy enough schools?

my university apartment is fairly spacious, but they reserve that shit for grad students and senior undergrads (who are willing to pay a hundred extra dollars a month to not live in the converted motel they call grad student housing, and who don't want to fuck around with trying to find an off campus place to live).

I moved out of my dorm room recently as I'm going on a semester abroad. When the custodian came to inspect my room, he just told me to get out and lock the door, didn't bother inspecting the holes in the wall my poster strips made, since they're going to renovate the building as soon as they get all the students moved out...

Yeah, it's the ghetto dorm...

SpudCommando']To all the college students out there, have you ever been or are currently assigned to one of those craptastic halls that everyone tries to avoid? Or maybe you had a not so pleasant roommate. Share your experiences here.

My first two years in college were spent with a roommate who covered the walls with Backstreet Boys posters, had an array of Beanie Babies lined up in chromatic order across the dresser, and who asked that I not have male guests in our room without "an adult chaperone."

Yeah, she and I didn't really get along so well.

as a side note, in the movies you always see american dorms being big and spacious...is that true at all? i mean my room in cardiff was about 5 people (standing up next to each other) wide, with a desk and a bed taking up 4 of them (so there was room enough for 1 person to slide between them, or room enough for a chair), and maybe 10 people deep... mostly taken up with where the door swung open, the bathroom (yes it was en-suite, the one saving grace of the place), and cupboards. in fact, there was literally only enough free floorspace in there for one person to lie down in. that's it.


if i go back to uni i'm getting a private apartment
I have never seen one like that...atleast not in dormotory style housing. Some are larger than others, but "glorified closet" is accurate to all I've seen. Mine had room for two beds, two desks, two closets, and two dressers, and that was it. The desk and dresser was one unit, the closet was across from the beds. It was basically two squares...one made up of the two beds, and the other by the two desks.

and I get my own apartment this year :)

I have never seen one like that...atleast not in dormotory style housing. Some are larger than others, but "glorified closet" is accurate to all I've seen. Mine had room for two beds, two desks, two closets, and two dressers, and that was it. The desk and dresser was one unit, the closet was across from the beds. It was basically two squares...one made up of the two beds, and the other by the two desks.

and I get my own apartment this year :)


You get two closets?


...I hate you...

You get two closets?


...I hate you...
two closets that are half the size of a normal one.

two closets that are half the size of a normal one.

I've got one closet half the size of normal.

Oh, and everyone, lofting is a lifesaver in cramped dorm rooms. My roommate and I had one last year. I only fell off twice!

managed to find a pic of my (much larger) room in student housing in the second year of uni: http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/New%20Folder%20(2)/DSC03073.JPG

My first two years in college were spent with a roommate who covered the walls with Backstreet Boys posters, had an array of Beanie Babies lined up in chromatic order across the dresser, and who asked that I not have male guests in our room without "an adult chaperone."

you'd think the constant mocking laughter would have driven them away after a single semester. didn't they allow roommate switching?

SpudCommando']To all the college students out there, have you ever been or are currently assigned to one of those craptastic halls that everyone tries to avoid? Or maybe you had a not so pleasant roommate. Share your experiences here.

Last spring, I was assigned to this roach motel of a dorm called Mariposa hall(at ASU). First day I got there, the bathroom lights were burned out, the sink was clogged, and someone was nice enough to leave us large pieces of broken furniture in the closet. Did I mention I was assigned a room meant for a handicapped person? Try showering with the shower head set so low that you could easily bang your head on it. Luckily though, for this fall I've been assigned to the newly constructed hall across the street from this blight.

Last fall semester I had a roommate who was a momma's boy. Everytime he got into an argument and we cornered him he'd start screaming for our floorleader. The kid had liver disease, bad lungs, and he smoked and drank a LOT.

Of course, we *DID* throw raw moist italian sausages on his face in the dark, giving him bad dreams and all sorts of mean things. Like pushing him out in the hall after lights out, holding the phone to security against the wall while he was masturbating in the shower......

:D

you'd think the constant mocking laughter would have driven them away after a single semester. didn't they allow roommate switching?
I could have switched if I wanted, but I really loved our room and I didn't particularly care about the roommate. She made it quite clear that she didn't give a rat's ass about my comfort, so I felt no obligation to give a rat's ass about hers.

It was actually kind of fun, at times. Almost all of my good friends in college were male and I invited them over whenever I wanted. Roommate would stubbornly insist on sitting at her desk, sulking, the entire time I had a male in the room. If the male got within six inches of touching me in any way, she'd turn purple. It got to the point where some of my friends would ask, "Can we come over and watch Amanda turn colors?"