I see someone moved the furniture on 3rd this week and added a new black, leather couch/bed. Alfredo from the EC Computer lab walked by me the other day and said that I could sleep here if I wanted - just bring a pillow and a blanket and I'm good to go. If there was a shower and some lockers, I could, but I think I would die from eating White Macadamia Nut Cookies from Starbucks.
I'm reminded of Steze Staznack, an NYU student who actually lived out of lockers and slept in the library because he couldn't pay the crazy rent in NY (not to mention the tuition). He set up a live journal documenting how public space at school became his home.
http://homeless-at-nyu.livejournal.com/
Today I met Martha Viveros, a PhD student here. She gave me props for setting up the blog and doing something with public space. "In the five years I've been here", she said, "I've never seen anything like this". I asked what she thought about OISE as a space:
"This building does not allow for community building. It's very vertical and doesn't allow people to get people together and talk."
She that if something could change here, it would be the fifth floor - "it's a great space to get people together to talk".
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