First Test for Freshmen: Picking Roommates – NYTimes article on picking roommates via online matchmaking methods, also some interesting anecdotes w/ traditional methods:
“We had a match that seemed perfect, until we discovered that one was a cattle rancher’s son and the other was a vegan,” said Leslie Marsicano, the director of residential life at Davidson. “They should definitely meet, on the same hall. But we didn’t want to put them in the same room.”