How do you create the ultimate bachelor pad so a lady - or possibly many ladies - will come through and not be turned off by the fact that you live in your own sh*t.

The most important things to keep in mind when designing your bachelor pad are: YOU must be comfortable there. A WOMAN should not be uncomfortable there. It should reveal your PERSONALITY. It should be a FUNCTIONAL place to live. It should look like a MAN lives there.

Whether your pad passes the lady’s “test” or not could be the difference between heart-pounding success and mind-numbing failure. Of course, certain things are obvious and go without saying - such as your place should be clean, neat, and smell-free (or preferably smell good). However, keep in mind that it should look “lived in” and not like you just spent six hours cleaning it before she came over. You want her to be “impressed” but also comfortable.

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Controversy is brewing at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, where school officials have recently started to enforce an old rule that requires on-campus residents to maintain at least a 2.0 GPA.

The New York Times reports that one student, whose grades slipped due to an illness during exam week, received a letter informing her of this policy only days before the spring semester. She was also dropped from the meal plan, and her ID card no longer allowed her access to her dorm, making even clearing out her belongings difficult.

Some schools, such as Seton Hall and SUNY Farmingdale, have GPA minimums as well, but lack Old Westbury’s zero tolerance policy, instead offering tutoring and academic monitoring to low-performing students. Other schools offer free or reduced-rate housing to those with high GPAs. Read more