roommates

While living with five housemates has its ups and downs, I do have to say our apartment reflects bits and pieces of everyone’s personality, whether it’s the decor or random trinkets we all have.

I beg you not to picture our tiny apartment kitchen with the amount of things I’ve described, as I assure you we’ve made it work. And while you couldn’t call it spacious per se, on its good days it does pass as tidy. It remains the soul of Apartment 23...

At the end of the day, the times we make each other cry, scream or listen to the Minion’s choir will be the times we laugh about in the future — a future where we get to return to our own respective homes at the end of the day.

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t planning to fall so hard for Apartment 23. She’s got her issues, and I wasn’t joking about the creaky floors or the dim lighting. She’s a small apartment, feeling even smaller with four people living there...

Just about every morning I get up, wash my face and make myself a pot of coffee while listening to jazz and doing some dishes. I call it, to quote the title, my morning ritual.

Stir-fried tofu with broccoli is a simple meal. A meal you don’t even need a recipe for; a meal we’ve shared countless times.

As I watched those around me find one another and sign leases, my panic grew; in contrast to my peers, who seemed to have everything figured out from location to money to roommates, I didn’t have a tentative — or really any — plan in mind. 

Here are a few ways to celebrate the holidays with roommates and friends, ranging from Christmas-themed activities to gift exchanges.

We've gone through the off-campus housing search multiple times and have seen many versions of the process. Here's our guide to help you through it.

Here are some ways that you can establish some privacy when it feels like everything in your life is shared.