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Remember Steve Stanzak, a.k.a. "Bobst Boy," who in 2004 as a New York University sophomore spent the year in the university's Bobst Library?

He's got a copycat -- or a wannabe, however you want to look at it.

New York University rising sophomore Taylor Myers r

ecently spent five days there and made a student movie about it

 reports. The aspiring actor has financial issues of his own, and so has becomes the latest American student, it seems, to take drastic action.

He said he plans to live all of next year in the library if his financial situation changes. It's an interesting concept, though he might generate a little more sympathy from me if he didn't seem such a poster boy for The Entitled Generation. He exclaims in the video about his desire to be an actor:

Which is great. But can he do what makes him pleased -- on his own dime?

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Remember Steve Stanzak, a.k.a. “Bobst Boy,” who in 2004 as a New York University sophomore spent the year in the university’s Bobst Library? He’s got a copycat — or a wannabe, however you want to look at it. New York University rising sophomore Taylor Myers recently spent five days there and made a student movie…

Living in a college library — desperation or a stunt?

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