The United States prison system is as unsavory and misguided as David Bowie's 1972 mullet. With 7 million Americans in jail, on probation or on parole, the "land of the free" is host to nearly 25 percent of the world's prisoners, according to a CNN study.
Quarantined in my bedroom, sweating, coughing and nauseated, I felt like Glenn Beck responding to callers demanding a public option.
"Joshua, based on the information you provided on your housing questionnaire, your suitemates(s)" I began to sweat like a galley slave on a Byzantine warship. For months, I'd been able to ignore my anxiety about a future roommate.
I've been having a recurring nightmare of late, which I assume is not uncommon among first-year students at prestigious colleges like Dartmouth.