<p>“Half of the top drawer in my dresser was purely medicine and the like. Tylenol, antihistamines, throat drops, cough drops, Visine, tussin, etc. And were they all needed? Oh yes. Very much so.”</p>
<p>…really? You had all that? I didn’t even have Advil and I got through the year. Haha. [Although I did steal some from my roommate when I had a really bad hangover, but don’t tell him that, lol.]</p>
<p>I only locked my door when nobody was in the room or when we were sleeping. We forgot plenty of times though, and nothing ever got stolen. Just be careful how often you lock it: I never brought my keys with me when I went to take a shower, and my roommate locked me out three times over the course of the year. One time my RA was nearby to get the spare key from the front desk for me, but the other two times I had to run downstairs in my towel and ask for the spare key. Luckily I knew the people who worked the desk well, since I technically was supposed to have my ID card to get the spare key (a catch22, since I was locked out of my room!) So… don’t go overboard with locking your door, think about if your roommate has his key with him too.</p>
<p>Most theft is bicycles and people leaving stuff alone in the library/gym. Not dorm room theft, I never see that mentioned on the CampusWatch [a email newsletter that lists the previous day’s crimes. I highly recommend signing up for it, it’s really funny to read since the officers who write it make jokes about drunk people a lot].</p>