The book includes topics like interviewing prospective roommates (Critical questions: Do you own a VCR?

She tried to find something permanent on Craigslist, checking out prospective roommates via the online sites Google and Friendster.

While Morgan's prospective roommates arrive, he discovers that they are all participants of the Renaissance fair Jeff and Lester were referring to.

She recalled her meetings with prospective roommates as "hysterical."

When possible, the students visit their prospective roommates several times before a final match is made.

"They're going to get inundated by prospective roommates."

He recommends that when meeting a prospective roommate for the first time, it is prudent to do so in a public place rather than at the apartment.

But the first prospective roommate, once they actually met, was high maintenance, with endless demands.

The Roommate Finders Web site, at roommatefinders.com, says nothing about how the e-mail addresses will be used, only that personal information may be shared with prospective roommates.

This is not to say that politics is the only thing that prospective roommates care about.