The Problem With Symbols

On People's Park and Other Places Where Metaphor Eclipses Meaning

I was homeless when I started college at UC Berkeley. First-year students weren’t guaranteed housing in those days, and I’d been unable to secure a spot in both the university dorms and the student-run housing co-ops. Over the summer, I’d applied for rooms in dozens of shared houses and apartments listed at the University Housing Office, but nobody want…