It was a beautiful day in April. Spring was coming to a close and summer was on its way, but unlike all the other eighteen-year-olds in my neighborhood, I was trapped inside. Finals week was approaching, and my grades this entire semester had not been up too far. As a result, I was grounded until finals were done. It was not as if I had anyone to go out with anyway. I had always had a hard time socializing with other peop...

Most people don’t have good experiences with their roommates in college. Not me. In fact, I can still remember my freshman year vividly… It had been a chaotic day of last minute shopping at Target. My parents and I had spent the better half of the day trying to get everything an eighteen year old would need for his first year. After piling everything into the car, we trudged into the entrance of Marks Hall, where I would...