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Cooper Union Protesters Living High Life Out of President’s Office

As embattled encampments go, the president’s office at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is not exactly Zuccotti Park in the fall of 2011. Rather than a warren of improvised shelters with a loud drum circle, the gracious office has open views through seven arched windows, and the only percussion comes from the tapping of laptop keys.

On May 8, students moved in to protest the school’s decision to charge undergraduate tuition for the first time in 150 years. Since that day, their perch atop Greenwich Village has become an Occupy Wall Street in miniature. A steady stream of students has passed through the office — some staying for just a few hours, others for nearly the whole time — to spread word about the rebellion, posting various satires and subversions to the Web, searching for a better solution to Cooper’s financial