My RA narrowed his eyes, studying me, and then shrugged. You catch my drift?'īeing a naïve kid from a hick town, I totally missed his meaning. His first roommate requested a transfer out, which is why there's this opening.' 'We've got an opening in a real quiet dorm, Harry. My Resident Assistant said this would be difficult, since all the dorm rooms in the men's complex were occupied, but a few days later, on a Wednesday, he called me into his room. It was almost impossible to study in the rowdy, hard-partying dorm I started out in - I needed a quieter dorm, and a roommate without an electric guitar and a well-used bong. Late in the first semester of my freshman year at college, I decided I needed a new dorm roommate.