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<li><p>I think most (all?) dorms are set up for students to put up curtains if they want as the windows already have curtain rods. I can remember that all the dorms I lived in had them. Someone that’s currently on campus should probably chime in here. You put the curtains up yourself. Or, at least, I never heard of a student having someone else do it for them (like someone from the Facilities dept.).</p></li>
<li><p>You work it out with your roommate. This is called face to face interaction and negotiation. Sorry for the snarky tone, but I think the vast majority of roommate issues are things that you work out yourself with the roommate. From mini fridges to studying time to going to sleep time to morning alarm time, etc. etc. It always surprised me - the number of students who had never shared a room before they came to Wellesley and had no idea of how to go about talking and discussing these things with their roommate. It doesn’t have to be as hard or difficult as you might think. Be reasonable and compromise!</p></li>
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