Thursday, November 16, 1995 JJI7I IOTI Page 7 IQ I The Roomies Who takes responsibility for what in the communal lifestyle f|y named Grunt. but not before urinating on a However, this would do no I wanted to handle the P*le of crumpled newspapers good until everyone was s j tuat j on rationally and not uses as bathroom reading, here. \ / J freak out and punch the turned, winked and It s pretty self-explanatory 'Wm walls. Besides, I wasn’t sure disappeared down the stairs. that nothing gets if we had walls anymore. 1 My main concern was who accomplished unless M simply called out calmly, “Is was going to clean this mess, someone take the initiative. I s anyone home?” Mv voice My rock climbing gear and Especially, when it comes to ™ echoed itself for several 6 as mask were in my room cleaning house. I developed D\/ D minutes and there was no way I was the philosophy that they Jr . Dy n. Ksall From’the basement, my going there without would come home and see f 111 neatest roommate, a eight defending myself against me cleaning a mess that I /\JPh \ i_j^jTV\ L/Cll I IfJUtsll 111 week old, black lab-huskie, beasts of unknown origins. I didn t make, feel bad and J •fr'TTrTl rito/i™. came to greet me. He thought them First to be start cleaning themselves. ///yIT/* yz',l, 1\ \ C wagged his tail and I Dan's (that’s the guy who My first task was the /// /Ur{/ V { \-4±: ' niren/iv g Strew Jnwc aim nf scratched him behind the lives across the hall from me) dishes. I didn t know where / / /Jt */ , \~rj J already Stress causes alot of ear He looked tired and girlfriends, but they were too to start. I didn t have a W_V/ tensum between people, especial - maybe a little hung over intelligent and actually wore ladder to get to the top of the f, ty roommates “What happened here?” I clothing. pile, so I started from the }'• 'J I came home from the asked, motioning to the This scenario simply middle. Now in doing the weekend to what I thought pillars of garbage and non- brought out the problem of dishes, my fraternity brother, was the house I lived in. But biodegradable containers who is responsible for what. Nate Goodrich has an when I walked in the front containing non- I could now better excellent method, throwing door, things were a little biodegradable food. understand the demise of the them out. However, as chaotic. The living room Goliath (that’s the dog’s Communist Empire. We efficient as this may seem, LnX]j£fTTU looked like Jimmy Z’s after name) just shrugged. “I lived together, up until this this proves costly and clogs AfktnFrrnr. quarter drafts and the dishes can’t believe these cats you point, as a communal unit, land fills. I took the dishes (ttfffm H’flW piled in the sink looked like live with,” he said, scratching We shared food, cars and outside and let the wildlife .tfljjjy/fTTri an American Gladiator event, himself. “It was a tough beer. But I thought that eat the scraps before I hosed The worse part of it all was weekend daddy-o.” He should all change when I saw them off. W W that I learned that I was bummed a smoke off me that they were using my The next task consisted of W m rooming with a six-foot fruit and returned to the basement compact discs for games of cleaning the living room. W • ultimate frisbee. Luckily, we have an Someone had to take industrial strength shop vac, What you should know about I responsibility for this and so it wasn’t too much of a * , 1 had to clean it up. I sure was problem. Except.... Did you they can’t take responsibility yOUI rOOmfYldlO jg not touching a thing, but ever run over doggy-doo for themselves and lam not S until things got clean, I had with a vacuum cleaner? their mother and I will never 8 to live in this refuse plant. Let’s leave it at that. touch anything ever again A pamphlet distributed by Lifehouse lists several situations that . M it was then that I came up So, my house started and what do they have to say should be discussed with your roommate. Little things can cause 1 with the idea of dividing looking like a home again, for themselves, big arguments in time, it’s better to know than not know and then 8 house duties into an not smelling like one, but They looked at each other find out later that you're living with Hannibal Lector. 2 individual cleaning a looking like one. Every- like I had the plague. Brad I different section of the house thing was clean except for rubbed his temple and said L Members of the opposite sex visiting the room: § during different times, in that large smear in the rug, that they, too, had been away When? How long? How often? How late? 1 shifts. One day, Dan would but it was staying put until all weekend. Ido the dishes, Steve could Dan got home, it’s his dog. So I asked, “Who was?” 2. Room cleanliness: How often to be cleaned? Who is 2 clean the living room, Brad In time, everyone came Just then, Grunt came responsible for cleaming various areas of the room? I could clean the bathroom, home and I started ranting walk-ing down the steps in i and I could scrub the and raving about how lam my boxer shorts. Luckily, 3. Studying in the room: Can the TV/stereo be on? When 1 refrigerator, clean the dining never home and every time I murder charges for fruit flies do you usually study? How late/early do you study? Every night? 2 room and make dinner, am I end up cleaning and don’t stick. Do you have a study lamp? Does noise bother you? 1 4. Going to bed: Are you a night or morning person? Light B DM! *t or heavy sleeper? How late do you sleep? When do you like to go g f t ASw Tie nilSnm tumiwrjm ... to bed? Can you sleep with a light on? 1 /OS6r. u ~j 5. Friends (mime sex) visiting: Do you anticipate having I 1 T friends in the room often? How do you feel about guests? How | ScITGm I Not At* AltonoUc, bure I jI I will you communicate when you don’t want anyone in the room 8 buroomatts? I DOTl’t 0\ 6. Borrowing/lending possessions: Do you like borrowing! /lr=u .--r Aut\ things? Do you mind letting others use your possessions? Please 1 Ull v 6 r I " 5 ~ ( .aT-we w discuss items like food, clothes, TV, computer, stereo, etc 1 _ >■ 1 \ -*.T I drunk \ A ~~£e' -r 7. Telephone use: How much time do you spend on the 2 w V c S ■wee.sau lrlrjJinnri? ■ x.” / IAI \I UIW “ ~***-' v i wJCjfllUitCi a ICMKSrtttouub 3L AM , auq “ ■ "icsu —4 —HC 8. Roommate relationship: Remember you do not have to 8 . wi/ m o ue _-r lwe , be best friends, but you do need to respect etch other. Think • 8 ti St PP Y l"" - about: How much time do you want to spend together? Are you | _ . ■ . * L i j already “best friends?” Do you spend time with other friends who g f rl/iFlIrQ* n dcmotlirtwittiyoi? I . . f -xrtl 9* IVobtom? How cm ywsppfwch roim How I *' : ■ J n fS „ . WmWM -The Collegian
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