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Page 6 • Wednesday, September 1, 1999 Aggielife OWEN TEMPLE €1) ItllJylSE IJP/ PARTY 5 ; ^ r THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 nd at SHADOW CANYON Opening: Houston Marchman “Passing r^roug/?” available at Hastings Brought to you by Mustang Entertainment Our Vacuums Really SUCK! Seriously... Bring in this ad for a package of vacuum bags (with purchase of equal or lesser priced bags) We service all makes of vacuum cleaners and sewing machines Sew Vac City 1 667 Texas Avenue South (Culpepper Plaza) www.sewvaccity.com 693-6592 FREE LOOK WHO'S COMING Come by and meet us. A&M University ^ ‘Delta <$ ororftu August 29-September 9 Rush Registration at the MSC more reason to sign up For our course Personal Attention Small classes mean plenty of personal attention. You'll work in a class of 8 to 15 students. You'll be taught by a smart, well-trained instructor. And if you need extra help, you will get it-at no extra cost. * THE PRINCETON REVIEW Classes start this weekend, (409) 696-9099 www.review.com Odd Couples OP Mismatched roommates make for nightmare situatvs BY NONI SRIDHARA The Battalion P W arning: Incompatibility or personal ity differences may cause stress anxiety, sleep disorder and random bouts of outrage and may also lower academic performance. Exercise cau- tion when choosing room mates. Sue Foster, assistant di rector of residential educa tion, said many freshmen come to college expecting their new roommates to be come their best friends for life, and it often does not al ways turn out that way. Jennifer Johnson, a freshman chemical engi neering major, said she was He said among the essay test. “After finding out that my first instinct was to beat the s 1 don't hit girls." he said. Martin said the worst part that his roommate had witi test w, it of d th» id ne “I asked her what was wrong she told me that she did my laundry and then pointed over to my side of the room. ,f imn — Jennifer Johnson freshman chemical engineering major ot u busy with sorority rush the first week she lived in her dorm and did not have much time to take care of her laundry, so her roommate tried to help. “She had taken my laundry basket (trying to be helpful] and decided to wash the clothes for the both of us, and she didn’t separate any thing,” Johnson said. “I came back, and she was sitting on the edge of her bed crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she told me that she did my laundry and then pointed over to my side of the room.” Johnson said she was literally speechless as she viewed her discolored wardrobe. “I admit 1 was upset, but I really didn’t want to say anything because she was really emo tional and she hadn’t done anything really major to upset me,” Johnson said. Foster said actions like these where stu dents do not tell their roommates about things annoying them is called “saving it up.” “Many students like to avoid conflict, so they avoid mentioning any little problems that may be bothering them,” Foster said. “What this eventually causes is that a sim ple action, such as taking ice-cream from the freezer, may set off a huge outburst.” “If you are saving it up then it is big enough to mention.” Ttey Martin, Class of ’98, said his room mate’s girlfriend was always nagging the two of them to clean up their room when he lived on campus. “Even though she was over in our room a lot, I really didn’t care what she said,” Martin said. ^ Martin said one day when he returned ■ such roommate conflicts. s< such as Jessica Haider, gradi Neely Hall and a graduate dent Affairs Administration program, have residents sigi “During the first week o Resident Advisers passoutthetfr contracts at their floor meetings, andttol quired to turn them in by the endoi: week.” Haider said. I laider said this system has been s them, but the people that usually ei conflicts are those who do not lake the: seriously. “Sometimes, what we will have ha one roommate will fill out the contractii parties involved," Haider said. 1 laider said if roommates are ha and have not settled them, they their Resident Adviser and if it is a s lem. disciplinary' action will be Not all roommates end up mares. Martin said his roommate i sophomore year became his best friend: have roomed together ever since. “I'm not say'tng the two of us neve lem. but we decided not to mini over trivial matters,” Martin said. Foster said roommates can have lanonship if both individuals wort "One of the key's to have a mate relationship is for both roon honest with each other and have each other and their belongir WASH I ^ rampaign jj lion by the Lential ca nominatio fould surpg “I knows riacity to rj pents,” Bt: ‘I would [o trade pi. Bush ret; has contir |>250,000 y, jraska. 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