When students at Arizona State University decided to draw attention to the homeless by spending a chilly night on the lawn near ASU's main library, they were joined by several non-students who called themselves "addressless." One of them was a middle-aged man, wearing a sneaker on one foot and a sandal on the other, who claimed that he was a member of royalty and was also a presidential candidate who had donated $250,000 to the university. He said he wasn't homeless but "sleeps among the homeless once in a while."

Andy Hall, who heads the ASU urban studies center, said of the students: "It's wonderful that the homeless came to them.... Often the best learning comes through relaxed conversation."

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