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I went by and checked it out last weekend, (11-18-01) nowhere near 20K, more like 150-200. And most of those are older homeless hippie types. The students (maybe 75-100 of them) will go back to their dorms as soon as it turns cold, which will be tues. in B-town. I dont know any gen Xer's that have the balls to camp in a midwestern winter....

I was on the Bloomington campus back in 1990 when these jokers took Dunn Meadow away from the enjoyment of the student population and turned it into filthy Dung Meadow. It was an eyesore then and I'm sure what they have there is one now. It was amazing: they pitch their tents, stay out for a night (maybe two while the sterno held out) and cry, "It's cold outside. This is no fun." Then they scuttle off to live and "study" somewhere else-- leaving their crap and a smattering of drifters to watch over it in their wake.

The arrests made at that time, IIRC, were for their attempt to take over some buildings. The administration let them have their fun for a day or so, then routed them out.

Soon after the collapse of the Iraqis, the adminsitration decalred a day for them to clear off or their junk would be carried off. Once the decent stuff was picked over by the owners and homeless, the rest went to a landfill.

There was another infamous sqautters village near Bllomington in the Hoosier National Forest. The inhabitants who ruined their stretch of parkland had the nerve to call it "Lothlorien" and declare their own mad King and Queen of the Elves. Photos of this place showed two-or-three rolling wrecks, a few squares miles of plastic tarps acting as tents and shelters, and just plain junk and detritis everywhere. Anyone else remember this place?