But when I want to be on the phone, or when I want to be by myself, that's when it's a problem. It's more socially than academically. While organizing some T-shirts in her closet, Parineh noted that there is a marked difference between the way females and males deal with each other in the triple rooms. One of the problems is cleanliness, she said. But us, when we're in here, we just like things a certain way.
Girls are just a lot pickier about where they live.
Alex Baca, a freshman, said he rarely quarrels with his roommates in his triple room in Markham Hall. But there were some rules we had to set down. I don't want to be sexist or anything, but maybe guys get along better in the dorms. Like some other males interviewed, Baca said he rarely talks to his roommates, a factor that might cause their interactions to be relatively peaceful. Gabe Levy, who lives with one roommate, said the reason he dislikes triple rooms is the lack of privacy.