Cal State Fullerton ghost town is its own lesson - Mike Anton, LA Times

You could have landed a small airplane on the tranquil, tree-lined walkways of the Fullerton campus. The notoriously packed Nutwood parking garage was nearly empty. And the usually bustling campus bookstore was as quiet as a monastery.For students, the Tuesday-through-Thursday furlough left them with plenty of time to fill.Outside the bookstore, members of Associated Students Inc., the student government, registered voters and operated a "vent tent" where passersby were invited to sit before a video camera and tell lawmakers how cuts in higher education funding are affecting them.Others wrote their stories on a whiteboard and stood to have their photos taken with it. The materials will be used in ASI's lobbying efforts in Sacramento.