One way to cut dorm costs

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - January 19, 2010

He doesn't live in a dorm -- he lives in his old Ford Econoline van.

He camps out rent free in a university parking lot.

Ilgunas is from western New York.

He tells the Buffalo News he wants to avoid running up student debt.

Ilgunas kept his unusual living arrangement secret for a year, until the online news site Salon ran an essay he had written.

Ilgunas says he uses the bathroom and shower at a student gym.

As for his love life, all Ilgunas will say is that "girls like interesting guys."

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