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Some people chart weather, stocks or maybe stars. Harvard students have found a way to make any activity educational -even sex. So budding cartographers on the third floor of Pennypacker have appropriated mapping methods for their roommates' indiscretions and drunken tendencies to create the ultimate dormcest chart...

Author: By Juice Fong, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Easy Access: Shitting Where You Eat | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...Everyone knows the intimate details of the relationship. Dormcest was made for Big Brother. Except that Big Brother is your 20 other entryway-mates, and they talk to each other and other people. Big Brother has the advantage of not having anyone around...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Social Analysis | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...easy. The two people don't really have to make any effort to see each other, so dormcest often continues far past its prime simply because it is easier to keep doing what has already been done. Whereas, if one person lives in Currier and the other in Mather, and one starts thinking that the other isn't so much fun to hang out with anymore, he or she would reconsider the 30-minute shuttle ride involved in a visit...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Social Analysis | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

Break ups are messy in general. They involve typically unpleasant changes and adjustments to basic daily habits. This kind of break up is like divorcing but not being able to move out of the same house as the former spouse. Dormcest makes the breakup infinitely more messy...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Social Analysis | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

...dormcest takes less organization than an average relationship. It also allows for more spontaneity, which makes relationships. more romantic. The prevalence of dormcest just shows how little time we have. Unfortunately, like everything else at Harvard, the more time a person puts into a relationship, the better (and healthier and more balanced) it's going...

Author: By Aparna Sridhar, | Title: Social Analysis | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

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