The boys want to attend the same university. One twin wants to room with his brother in the dorms. The other is ambivalent about it. I advised her to discourage rooming together. A right of passage as a freshman is to meet as many new people as possible. The easiest way is to open the dorm room door, crank up some tunes, and invite passersby to come in for a prohibited orange whip. If the twins live in separate dorms, or even just separate rooms, they will double their circles of new friends.

But I was informed by the lovely and talented Mrs. Bonbon that kids don’t prop open their dorm doors anymore. Is that true? And why? I met some lifelong friends that way during New Student Week … and scored 3 dates. Fish in a barrel