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Putting two strangers in a room together for 9 months and seeing how things work out sounds like a reality television show. In actuality, this is a common occurrence at colleges all across America. Often, students will fill out some type of vague personality survey, which is then supposedly used to match that student up with a compatible roommate.

Miraculously, this approach does sometimes work, although it is unclear whether it is because of the method of the personality survey or just because the two people are easy going enough to not try to switch rooms. However, there are times when people are paired up who do not mesh with each other, and problems ensue.

Jill Borer, a past Morningside student, is all too familiar with life with a bad roommate.

“My first roommate at college, things started off badly and got progressively worse,” said Borer. “She was nice, but equally as weird.”

Borer’s old roommate was a lesbian, which she specified didn’t bother her, but things got awkward when her ex-roommate asked to see her in her underwear.

“She was just fascinated by the kind of underwear I was wearing and asked me to show her more. I felt so uncomfortable.”

As the semester progressed, Borer’s roommate filled their room with bonsai trees, read books about witchcraft, and constantly made Chinese soups that would stink up their room and her clothes. Her roommate moved into a room with her girlfriend the following semester.

In the new age of technology, people will take to Facebook and Twitter to express thoughts and frustrations. The problem is, they often forget that those posts are public and can be seen by others.

Just ask Andrew Snyder, sophomore at Morningside.

“One day I happened to stumble upon my roommate’s Twitter feed, and it turns out he has been talking crap about me since school started. It’s sort of fun because he doesn’t even know that I know, but it’ll come out before too long, I bet.”

Another student, who wished to remain anonymous, had a roommate who would steal her debit card while she was in class, use it, and return it before she was done with class.

“I finally noticed on my bank statement after she had been using it for gas, food and shoes for 5 months.

Former Morningside student Ryan Schneider had a friend whose old roommate ran an unspecified business from their dorm.

“[He] tried to sue my friend because his alarm went off too early every morning. Apparently, it was ‘interfering with his business.’”

Claire De Roin, senior, dealt with a roommate who was more passive than up-front with her issues.

“My roomie left me passive-aggressive notes everywhere and wouldn’t talk to me at all, ever.”