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...those who can cook treat it almost like a hobby, not a daily task. The rest survive on large quantities of frozen food, spaghetti and Ramen Noodles. Some of them have not even bothered to buy beds, sleeping instead on our decade's great symbol of student life, the futon. Others watch "Ally McBeal" and actually identify with...
These informal bargaining arenas allow seniors to advertise items for sale, in many cases objects that might seem bulky and useless outside of the college environment--like a futon or halogen lamp. Prospective undergrad buyers inspect the goods and sometimes try to haggle over price...
Sales benefit both seniors and student buyers, since prices are often very reasonable--less expensive than either buying a new futon or shipping the old one home...
...Once I'm done with exams, I'm going to start trying to sell my futon and maybe a lamp," Gluck says. "I'll put up signs and hopefully someone will want them. Otherwise, I might have to just give them away...
...picture that perfectly encapsulates its essence. Hanging on the warm, yellow stuccoed walls is a small painting of a woman, muted by broad impressionistic brushstrokes. Rather than sitting demurely at a picnic in 19th century Paris, however, the lady is dressed stylishly in black, perched on an elegant futon. She has a telephone cradled in one hand and a cigarette dangling from the other. The image is a perfect one for Salts, a place where haute-bourgeois society meets its modern yuppie analog...