Auburn University Recruitment - Fall 2010

[carnation]

Originally Posted by aumom2010

My daughter is pretty much a straight arrow. Any good advice?

A *straight arrow*? Then she should go Pi Phi.

Just kidding! She needs to quietly confide in her dorm mother; there may be other girls in the same situation or maybe someone in a single who needs a roommate. Good luck!

ETA: We only had to do this once when one of our twins was assigned to room with a girl who was 4 1/2 months pregnant. The girl would have false labor pains and moan and groan all night and after a month, our daughter was a basket case!

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by carnation

A *straight arrow*? Then she should go Pi Phi.

Always thinking, carnation!

Seriously, though, as others have said, this girl needs to speak with her RA about it to at least try to switch to a better situation. The fact is that LOTS of girls smoke/drink/sleep with guys... at least this roommate was nice enough to be straight up about it, I guess! So even if she switches roommates to another "straight arrow" like herself, that doesn't mean the new roomie will remain a straight arrow all year long.

Fun fact: I, like carnation's daughter, had a pregnant roommate. It was actually awesome because she always stayed at her boyfriend's place and basically just used her closet in our room and that was it. Then she moved out when she had the baby and I had the whole place to myself. I don't know why her parents bothered paying for the dorm at all!

[MaggieXi]

BandAid makes really good blister band aids. They stay on and create like a comfort pad in the blister area.

As for the roomate issue - my first roomate was an over the top partier and quickly had a reputation with the boys within the first two weeks of being on campus. I lucked out because one of my suite mates dropped out of school because she was very homesick and just didn't go to class. I ended up moving in with my suitemate and my first roomate roomate moved down the hall with another girl who was a super partier. (sidenote: Both girls ended up getting cut very badly during recruitment - most likely due to their reputation). Your daughter may just want to live with the situation until recruitment is over, and see if other people are dropping out or want to switch rooms. But she should speak with her RA sooner rather than later about the issues.

[AnchorAlumna]

My husband and son hiked 80+ miles at Philmont. Their blister-prevention kit was duct tape! Wonder if they make flesh-colored duct tape?

Yes, go NOW and get the roommate thing straightened out. Another week and they probably won't let you change.