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...Canadian female hockey players sipping champagne (and chugging Molson) on the ice after winning the gold medal. Those images, however, seem to encapsulate the spirit of the host country. Throughout the Olympics, drunken revelers have overrun the streets of Vancouver. Local hospitals are reporting spikes in emergency-room visits for alcohol-related sicknesses and injuries; most of the intoxicated patients are males between the ages of 15 and 24. In Whistler, the partyers have turned what should be a cozy village into rows of frat houses in need of soundproofing...
...Stop doing that awkward avoid-the-elephant-in-the-room mumble whenever someone tries to bring up blocking...
...discussing how and when you're going to break the news to “that kid that no one likes.” Also, the sooner you bring up blocking, the sooner you can figure out who can fake claustrophobia so you don't get put in a room the size of a shoebox in Winthrop...
...worry about who you want to room with...
Blocking means that you're just going to be in the same House, not that you have to live in the same room. The time to awkwardly tell your friends that the floor is not a rotten food storage receptacle or that 5 a.m. is not an acceptable wake-up time comes later, during the “who is going to room with who” conversation. But you don't have to deal with that yet. Procrastinate accordingly...