âYour friends, visitors and tourists will always be coming by and stopping in,â Batten graduate student Kurt Lockhart said. âYour room is a place where you can hang out and take a break during the day; tourists can stop in and enjoy it. You donât really have your own personal space sometimes, so thereâs definitely that challenge of managing your life in the public eye.â Friedman reports on the responsibiities of living on the lawn










