In Kanye West’s song “Real Friends,” he raps, “We smile at each other, but how many honest?” Last Saturday night, I found myself preoccupied with that same question. I stood in a friend’s room on the fourth floor of Stewart and carefully folded a vomit-soaked comforter around itself to ...
In college, so much socializing occurs in the bedroom. In high school, no one other than my closest friends had reason or desire to be in my bedroom. But suddenly, even acquaintances are granted that privilege. Close friends might bring hangers-on, uninvited, into your private space, where they can ...
What’s the weirdest thing about the first year of college? If you answered “having a roommate,” then you agree with me, (sorry to the other contenders, such as eating in dining halls, partying on weeknights and being in class only 30 percent as often as you were in high school). Sure, some first ...