In an attempt to join the
green movement, Bucks
officials have said they will
allow students to camp out
on campus from Monday
to Friday while classes are
in session.
“Allowing the tent community
cuts down on all
the gas students waste
coming back and forth,”
student life director Matt
Cipriano said of the plan.
Professors like the plan
as well.
“I’m behind this decision
100 percent,” said
Professor Smith. Smith
noticed that students who
tent show up on time.
If they don’t, he knows
where to find them.
So far eight tents have
been set up in the orangery.
“I love waking up to the
sculptures and the beautiful
topiary,” said Rachel
Merson, 18, a freshman
majoring in biology.
Merson said she became
homeless when tuition
went up. The tent community
has been a lifesaver
for Merson and many others
who are struggling to
pay tuition and the cost of
books every semester.
“I sleep in the orangery
from Monday through
Friday, “says Merson. “On
weekends I park my car in
the Wal-Mart parking lot
and camp there.”
Bucks has designated a
staff supervisor to make
sure that the community
does not vandalize the
campus or haul in four
kegs under cover of the
night.
The staff supervisor is
blowing a whistle tonight.
Apparently one tenter has
tried to take over another’s
home. The student is being
dragged helplessly around
the orangery by a barrelchested
man who is
demanding his tent.
“I need this tent,” says
the barrel -chested man to
the hippie boy. “You just
want to save gas! I need
this home,” he screams.