Maybe this is what De Blasio meant when he said he wanted Manhattan to live more densely. It could house at least 20 illegals.
Posted on 02/05/2015 6:10:35 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Preparing for a move is an occasion bound to promote reflection, nostalgia and maybe a little melancholy.
So it has been of late for Jeff "Professor Dumpster" Wilson, a dean and associate professor of biological sciences at Huston-Tillotson University. He and his helpers have done a lot of work on his home for the last year, and now it must be said: He's going to miss that trash container. He confessed he teared up Tuesday night, his last in the dumpster.
"The last few nights have been really sweet," he said at the end of last week in the dumpster, which has a window air-conditioning unit, storage under a false floor, a sliding roof with a weather station that takes measurements every five minutes, and not much else.
"Identitywise, am I still Professor Dumpster if I'm not living in a dumpster? I don't know if this is what my mom wanted for her first-born son."
The Dumpster Project has focused not only on sustainability and education outreach, but also the challenges and opportunities born out of living in a used — albeit thoroughly scrubbed and fumigated — 36-square-foot trash bin that's been on campus and around town. After an initial phase of what was little more than camping in a dumpster, the place now has a few comforts, including a small electric heater and art on the walls. He painted the interior a sort of eggshell color to give the illusion of more space.
"The hypothesis we started with was that one can have a pretty good life in and on a lot less," Wilson told the Austin American-Statesman. "Stuff is noise."
Wilson evicted himself at a reception on campus Wednesday afternoon, and the plan now is for the dumpster to become more of a hub for education.
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They ought to move him out of the dumpster and into the nut house.
I actually visited the Dumpster last year. He made it quite homey but he had to shower etc. at the university Gym since the dumpster didn’t have any facilities.
Also known as the Experiment on how most Liberal Arts graduates with Sociology and Communication Degrees live with crushing student debt in the Obama Economy.
Why didn’t he do this in a state that gets cold? Poser.
I am surprised to see a real professor (e.g., in the sciences) pull a stunt more aligned with the marshmallow side of academia.
For shame, sir, you have lowered yourself into the “studies” arena, and will now have to be fumigated and cleansed in order to rise back up to the realm of actual thought.
A historically black university——and an air conditioned dumpster.
Hmmmm !!!!
Not a single pic... It didn’t happen. We have been B. Williamsed.
Maybe this is what De Blasio meant when he said he wanted Manhattan to live more densely. It could house at least 20 illegals.
This new scam gives him 99 more days of rent free living. What a moocher. The Extreme Cheapskates tv show should feature him.
“He confessed he teared up Tuesday night, his last in the dumpster.
They ought to move him out of the dumpster and into the nut house.”
The Department of Redundancy and Capt. Obviousman remind all, “He’s already on faculty”.
Correction: The professor moved out of an 8-foot by 8-foot by 10-foot box dumpster and back into his 20-foot by 20-foot by 10-foot dumpster also known as his classroom.
Just prepping his students for life in the block? About the same size as a jail cell...that’s some confidence he must have in his employer.
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