Are roommate conflicts more common in underclassmen than upperclassmen?
Banko: “With freshmen it happens a lot more because they don’t know the person that they will be living with. Sophomores, juniors and seniors know who they are living with. They choose to live with this person for some reason or another. Mostly when upperclassmen have conflicts they more or less deal with it because they were friends before, and I am sure they want to remain friends after they move out. With freshmen they usually get fed up and move out. The university is very accommodating to that.” Lippa: “It’s worse with freshmen coming in because they usually take the first semester getting to know the other person. Into the second semester they start having conflicts with personalities. Then that’s when they come to us, hopefully. Usually upperclassmen don’t have too many problems unless they come into a room not knowing the other person too well.” It is commonly said that a student should not room with his or her best friend. Do you agree? Why or why not? Banko: “When I came in f
