http://cblpi.org/senseandsexualityblog/2009/09/tufts-university-going-to-bat-for-uncomfortable-students/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:05:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://cblpi.org/senseandsexualityblog/2009/09/tufts-university-going-to-bat-for-uncomfortable-students/comment-page-1/#comment-111 katiebgood Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:39:37 +0000 http://cblpi.org/senseandsexualityblog/?p=128#comment-111 My usual practice was to talk about issues like this either before moving in with a roommate or just after (freshman year). I had three standard roommate rules in college, which my roomies (6 over four years, two three person rooms) had no problem with and served us well. 1. No alcohol in the room. -My roomies were always underage, though I wasn't senior year (but I don't drink), but this rule worked out really well. Anybody was free to come home drunk if they insisted, though they were expected to finish vomiting before they came in and were responsible for their own cleanup. 2. I am an un-bribe-able roommate, and so are you. -No pranks in the room, at least not from outsiders. Also, no secrets let out. My roomies loved this rule, as several of our friends were pranksters. 3. No kicking fellow roomies out of the room. You want privacy, you leave. -This rules out sexiling, as not allowing roomies to enter was also covered. It also meant that we couldn't guilt each other into leaving to have private conversations in the room. Saved a lot of melodrama. My usual practice was to talk about issues like this either before moving in with a roommate or just after (freshman year). I had three standard roommate rules in college, which my roomies (6 over four years, two three person rooms) had no problem with and served us well.
1. No alcohol in the room. -My roomies were always underage, though I wasn’t senior year (but I don’t drink), but this rule worked out really well. Anybody was free to come home drunk if they insisted, though they were expected to finish vomiting before they came in and were responsible for their own cleanup.
2. I am an un-bribe-able roommate, and so are you. -No pranks in the room, at least not from outsiders. Also, no secrets let out. My roomies loved this rule, as several of our friends were pranksters.
3. No kicking fellow roomies out of the room. You want privacy, you leave. -This rules out sexiling, as not allowing roomies to enter was also covered. It also meant that we couldn’t guilt each other into leaving to have private conversations in the room. Saved a lot of melodrama.

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