By Danny Atten, Opinions section staff writer<\/p>\n
As we begin second semester at IMSA, we have seniors skipping and sophomores slacking.\u00a0 We are once again sucked into the stressful whirlpool that is any semester here.\u00a0 Projects, papers, and tests are back to full load as teachers and students get into the normal swing of things. Yet, in this start-up stress, we, the underclassmen, are expected to find a person with whom we want to share our personal space, a person whom we are fortunate enough to see every day.\u00a0 Many, particularly sophomores, are worrying about their housing for next year. \u00a0It is prudent to remember that in the end, the extra stress caused by roommate worries is unnecessary and unfounded.<\/p>\n
The single, the double, and the godly quad, all teasing, all precious, all stress-causing agents to sophomores, dominate our lives on a daily basis. \u00a0Our upperclassmen constantly have to remind us to relax and that housing needn\u2019t be decided for a while, yet. They are forever amused by the worried, little sophomores.\u00a0 One of their main pieces of advice deals with rooming in a particular wing or hall.\u00a0 In the words of junior Sunny Shah, \u201cIt\u2019s not all about whether you\u2019re in a quad, or who your roommate is, instead, it\u2019s better to think of the hall as a whole.\u00a0 In-room is little more than a figment of your imagination, so in the end, it doesn\u2019t really matter if you\u2019re in a particular wing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some further advice from other upperclassmen:\u00a0 Don\u2019t make promises now or even soon; things change.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want your decision to be affected by a promise you made long ago.\u00a0 It\u2019s better for all, because the closer it gets to housing, the better you will know people, and the better decision you\u2019ll make.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want to end up reneging on promises and stabbing people in the back.<\/p>\n
In the end, it\u2019s better not to worry about housing, now especially. There is a time for everything, and now is not the time to worry about housing.\u00a0 Rather, use the time you have now to focus on homework and start the semester on a good note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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