• The Ten Commandments of Being a Good Roommate

    The Ten Commandments of Being a Good Roommate

    We’ve all had one— a terrible-horrible-pull-out-your-hair kind of roommate. At least I have. (Note: If you haven’t, all I can say is count your blessings before bad luck catches up with you. Seriously.)

  • 7 Ways to Be a Better Roommate!

    7 Ways to Be a Better Roommate!

    Whether you’re friends with your roommate(s) or can’t wait for the lease to be over, we all have ground rules.

  • Friday Faves: 5 Common Roommate Problems — and How to Deal with Them

    Friday Faves: 5 Common Roommate Problems — and How to Deal with Them

    Living with other human beings is hard. Like really hard. And sometimes if it’s your best friend, it’s even harder. How do you tell someone you love that they need to do their own dishes and turn the TV volume down and stop having loud sex every single night. We feel you. In fact, we are you and that’s why we’re giving you some solutions.

  • 8 Signs That You’re A Very, Very Bad Roommate

    8 Signs That You’re A Very, Very Bad Roommate

    Disagreements with the one you cohabitate with are inevitable. From your parents to your boyfriend, people won’t knock and your snacks will get eaten. Yet the college living situation always seems to be the most tumultuous, and so I have collected all my wisdom to show you the signs that you’re being a bad roommate. Yes, you.

  • 5 Common Roommate Problems – And How to Deal

    5 Common Roommate Problems – And How to Deal

    Unless you’re one of the few students who lucks out and gets a single, almost everyone who goes away to school must deal with a roommate. Although it would be ideal to become BFF with your rando roommate, everyone doesn’t always bond like Rachel, Monica and Phoebe. Here are some problems you may run into within the walls of your shared space.

  • 5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Roommate Happy

    5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Roommate Happy

    Living with friends is fun and there’s (almost) never a dull moment. There’s no awkward “Hi, I’m Alex” stage where you don’t know really how to act around your new roommate and none of that awkward/hesitant asking “if it’s okay if your roommate, you know, turns off the lights because it’s four in the morning, maybe.” But with any roommate no matter if she’s a friend or random, disaster strikes because you left your hairbrush out for the third time in a row.

  • Single. And My 3 Roommates Aren’t

    Single. And My 3 Roommates Aren’t

    While signing my life away last year… I mean, my apartment lease… many things crossed my mind:
    1) No more crappy cafeteria food!
    2) Yay for bonding! We’ll be all up in each other’s business all the time.
    3) We’ll have so much in common – we all have boyfriends!

  • Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Those Old College Tees

    Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Those Old College Tees

    We all have them – those four million t-shirts baring our university’s logo/our sororit…

  • (Not So) Happy National Grouch Day

    (Not So) Happy National Grouch Day

    Unlike most people who only have their birthdays to celebrate every year, I am fortunate enough…

  • The Perks of Having Roommates

    The Perks of Having Roommates

    In April, I made a decision that I knew would undoubtedly change the rest of my college experienc…

  • What I Learned When I Went Back to College

    What I Learned When I Went Back to College

    For the first time since graduation, my college roommates and I made a return trip to Ann Arbor fo…