Can guys and girls live together without children and a ring to keep them together?** At the national level, the numbers do not paint a rosy picture of marital bliss.
But what if you’re an upperclassman at Columbia living in a double with a member of the opposite sex? The numbers aren’t conclusive, but a cursory glance seems to suggest that things have generally been working out.
As Tracey Wang reports in today’s paper, the open housing program (which is open to all upperclassmen) for the 2012-2013 academic year has been progressing without any significant hitches:
“What we saw was exactly what we expected to see: If you find a compatible roommate, the gender element doesn’t really matter,” Edelman added.
