University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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ABOVE Smells fill the kitchen as one roommate ignores his dirty dishes. Wars over who cleaned the dishes caused conflict with many UA students throughout the year. ROOMMATE WARS 27

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Frijoles rojos oscuros SlASiSlS Value Dark Red lASxOJU Value Crunchy peanut Butter i ) equate Tomatoes Kidney Beans Natural | f I Echinacea One Daily HHWU 80 Z :UB 1 ? 0 Z) 794 q IV li a I r llrrb Super -Complex Chicken Noodle SOUP m t } JiT Tn SSSU I00c Supplement 80 lABtin 1 , |(rwI M 5 0 Z (411g) IIHW1 PES0 NETO 15.50Z(439g) irk ft •J ABOVE UA student posts a Do Not Touch sign in order to keep their roommate away from their food. Having a roommate was a way to learn how to settle con¬ flict whether that was through compromise or legality. I Know I ' m Not a Criminal! STORY Ayana Gray PHOTOS Emily Rhodes Eyes half closed, pajamas still rum¬ pled from a deep sleep, Snuffles wasn ' t sure who or why someone would be at her door so early on a weekday morn¬ ing. Her surprise when she greeted a policeman at the door was understated. I was here by myself... I went to the door and there ' s just this policeman there. I was scared [because] I didn ' t know what he was here for,” she said. Yet as the policeman began his inqui¬ ries of the situation, Snuffles—a student at the University of Arkansas who has asked to remain unidentified— rolled her eyes as a situation gone entirely too far began to unravel into chaos. At best a stage of transition, col¬ lege is a constant lesson in the art of compromise with roommates. Rarely, however, do those uncomfortable con¬ flicts end in the involvement of law en¬ forcement. Yet when asked about their own conflicts, Snuffles and her room¬ mate, a student who ' s opted to use the name Bubbles,” exchanged glances in remembrance of the horror. Snuffles explained the way it hap¬ pened in tired recollection: Everybody pretty much got along at first,” she said. When an altercation between friends of the varying roommates became out of hand, things changed quickly and drastically. Bubbles commented that she tried to meet with the girl for a roommate mediation, but was told by the roommate that her attorney advised against it.” As the situation ' s seriousness increased, so did the tempers of those involved. It was scary ... intimidating. I ' ve never been in trouble with the law be¬ fore ... I thought she was going to sue us, Bubbles said. The girls were asked to report to the University police station to give state¬ ments and have not been bothered since, though the day is one Snuffles will never forget. You never know what people are capable of,” Snuffles said. You have to realize your roommate ' s not just like you. They come from different places and you never know what someone can do. Thank God it ' s over now, though. 26 STUDENT LIFE

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ABOVE Freshmen Katy Rogers and Taylor Walker work at their desks while Sarell Keith studies on a sofa. All three girls were put in a common room that had been converted into a bedroom in an attempt to solve the housing overflow issues. SHARING SPACES STORY Rebecca Soard PHOTOS Tabatha Pollock Welcome to Humphreys, the dorm otherwise known as the hottest place on campus. Step onto the ninth floor and imagine being one of few people living in a room with air-conditioning, a flat screen television and couches, a room that was originally intended for the entire floor. This situation is one that freshmen Sarell Keith, Taylor Walker and Katy Rogers became completely familiar with when over¬ flow housing forced them into the dorm common room, a living situation nothing less than unusual during their freshman year. We had a few people that would just come in, see us sitting here and just walk out, Walker said. We were really nice, though. We let people come in here when it was really hot. Despite this and the other minor complication of having no internet in the common room, the girls quickly adapted to their living situation. The worst part about it is having to leave, Rogers said. This viewpoint was held by the oth¬ er common room occupants as well. We all got so used to it, and now we have to move in the middle of the week, Keith said. I ' m still trying to figure out where to put stuff in my new room. While the girls were upset about leaving their roommates and adjusting to new rooms, the rest of the floor wasn ' t as troubled. We already have a few programs scheduled for the day they move out, Resident Advisor Justin Massingill said. We ' ll probably have a grand opening of the room and probably have pizza or something. Though these comments may seem harsh, Massingill pointed out that it wasn ' t an issue with the girls themselves, but more of an issue for the rest of the floor. Whenever people are just in their rooms, I feel like it ' s kind of awkward to just go up to someone and intro¬ duce yourself, Massingill said. Other people on the floor agreed. It prevents our floor from being so¬ cial, a resident said. It ' s not fair that they get that room and we don ' t 28 | STUDENT LIFE