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Burmann, who leads tent city’s town meetings, has no official connection to the University, but he has a good friend who sat inside Mass Hall and he said he has a strong belief in the protester’s cause...
...peak two weekends ago, the tent city housed 110 people, according to its organizers. But now, they say, only about 60 people come each night, so many of the tents stand empty night after night...
About half of the tents are occupied by their owners, Burmann estimates. The rest are donated and occupied by other protesters who, in return for living in the tent city, help the living wage campaign occasionally by drawing posters or running errands...
...residents of the tent city have developed their own security procedures. After one tent was stolen last weekend, some of the occupants fixed their canopies to the ground with special corkscrew stakes. They have fire-extinguishing equipment and maintain regular security shifts that patrol the area with flashlights...
...residents have also drawn up a list of “tent city rules,” prohibiting alcohol and weapons and warning occupants not to light candles in their tents...