college roommates

August is here and with it comes the prospect of moving into your new apartment for the year. I moved into my first apartment a couple months ago, and have some ideas for things that are important to get you started. 

It’s that time of the year — students have finished their finals, have experienced the panicked scramble to use up their last few flex dollars and, if you’ve just finished your first-year, have fully moved out of the dorm rooms you called home for the past year. 

For those of you looking to escape the headache, the smell of overflowing trash or the pile of clothes crowding you in, here are some of my best tips for living with another human.

Roommates are there to see you at your lowest, at your highest, and everywhere in between. So, a good roommate matters and they are worth the world.

I knew very little about my new roommate Emma. We assumed one Zoom call was sufficient to decide to spend the next five months living together in a pandemic.

There are plenty of articles out there filled with good advice if you’re about to move into an apartment. This isn’t one of them.

Even though it can be hard to live with other stressed out people when you yourself are stressed, there are many ways to cheer up your roommates!

With the news of optional in-person classes for the fall semester, you have a decision to make. Here are the pros and cons of going back to Berkeley.

Unlike American schools, Greek universities don’t really have dorms, and students often don’t have roommates. Why does this discrepancy exist?