Maddy Montiel and Brad Butterfield marveled at the community they found this semester at Cal Poly Humboldt. Montiel, an environmental science major, and Butterfield, a journalism major, had lived in their vehicles for several years, the only way, they said, that they could afford to attend college.
But the pair and about 15 others like them - students living in sedans, aging campers, a converted bus, who could afford a $315 annual parking permit but not rent - found one another on campus parking lot G11. They started parking together in a row of spaces and named their community "the line." They shared resources: propane tanks to heat their living quarters, ovens to cook meals. They helped one another seal leaky roofs and formed an official campus club aiming to secure a mailing address.
The actions by Humboldt - defended by university officials as necessary for health and safety - provide an up-close look at how low-income
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