Room 15 is your bi-weekly advice column, answering anonymous students problems since 2017. Type out your dilemma to features@thedepauw.com, hit send, and we’ll take it from there and keep it hush, hush.
Dear Room 15,
I'm so stressed. School has my head spinning right round, right round. I have a 3 page, double spaced, 12 point font essay due in two weeks and I don't think I'll be able to finish on time. Do you have any life hacks that can get me through this dark time in my life?
Sincerely,
Don't know if I'm ever going to graduate
Dear It's Not As Bad As It Seems,
Take a deep breath. It's only 3 pages, double spaced, and you have two weeks to do it! The introduction and conclusion alone is almost a page long. This is an assignment that you could start now and be done with in three days at the most, or you could wait until the morning of and still bang it out. I do recommend the earlier start for better quality. 🙂 My life hacks for papers are pretty simple, but you really should do it early and send a draft to your professor. The professor will almost always look at it and give you feedback that will be extremely helpful. It's always a great idea to take your paper to the W Center. They're paid by DePauw to read your papers so they have to provide some suggested changes. I've never taken a paper to the W Center and had them say, "Oh this is perfect." You will be fine. You will graduate. And you will have assignments far worse than this one.
Sincerely,
Room 15
Dear Room 15,
I've started to realize that one of my friends is fake. I don't know whether to drop them or not because of our history, but is it even worth it anymore?
Sincerely,
One of the reals out there
Dear Herpetologist,
Snakes have no room in the garden, so weed that friend out before things get ugly. It is extremely hard to leave a fake friend that you have so much history with, but things change and people change. College is a weird time where most people are trying to figure themselves out while still trying to climb the social ladder. People come and go, and if you're ever wondering whether someone deserves to be in your life, the answer is almost always no. Leaving this friend in the past does not mean you do not love said person. It just means you love yourself more. If you both are truly meant to be friends, you will find each other again. Give each other some space to breathe and find each other naturally in the future.
Sincerely,
Room 15