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Hobomaxxing

2026-01-17T05:29:21Z

HomelessStudent: unoccupied

The concept of living homelessly to keep cost of living down, while maintaining an otherwise normal life. Usually done to build savings while working a job, or to get through college without student loans. Why pay rent if you don't have to?

The rest of this page will consist of documentation of specific locations, tips, and tricks, mostly based on HomelessStudent's findings (although the great thing about a wiki is that anyone can edit. If you have info to share, please share it.)

== Showers ==
There are a number of showers in campus buildings outside of the dorms, including Chem Sci, Forestry, and the GLRC. Two of these are accessible without a HuskyCard if you enter the building during the workday. I do recommend using the showers outside of normal working hours though.

The MTU Biking [https://www.mtu.edu/bike/resources/ resources page] also has a list of all the showers, but some info seems outdated. The Wayback machine shows it hasn't been updated in ages as of October 2025.

I also reviewed a University of Michigan shower for fun.
{| class="wikitable"
|+MTU Biking Resources and Notes (membership only access excluded aside from SDC)
!Building Name
!Building Number
!Room Location
!MTU Notes
!Hobo Sigils
|-
|Lakeshore Center
|3
|Next to the west stairwell
|
|
|-
|ROTC Building
|4
|
|
|
|-
|Minerals & Materials Engineering Building
|12
|228
|
|
|-
|J.R. Van Pelt Library
|17
|Garden Level
|Two single stall and handicap accessible private showers are freely available for employees and students near the north-side restrooms on basement floor. Lockers are also available. Only available during normal Library business hours.
|
|-
|[[Forestry Showers|U.J. Noblet Forestry and Wood Prod.]]
|18
|1st Floor
|Across the hallway from 104
|
|-
|[[Chem Sci Locker Room|Chemical Sciences and Engr Building]]
|19
|Basement and Sub-basement
|Men's showers and lockers are in the basement. The Women's shower and lockers are in the sub-basement. Contact Stefan Wisniewski sgwisniw@mtu.edu for use.
|
|-
|R. L. Smith Building
|20
|Basement
|Men's custodial locker, through men's restroom
|
|-
|Student Development Complex
|24
|1st Floor
|Membership required
|
|-
|ATDC
|95
|1st Floor
|Across the hallway from the main men's and women's restrooms
|
|-
|Great Lakes Research Center
|100
|1st Floor near west stairwell
|
|
|}

== Cooking ==
The dorms all have kitchens/kitchenettes, if you look like a student who could plausibly live in the dorms, and someone lets you in, I suspect you would have no problems. Many academic buildings have microwaves in common areas with large staff/faculty presences. These academic spaces are generally unoccupied outside of normal working hours and dorm spaces can have people at all hours.

== Sleeping ==
Haven't personally tested this one, but I've heard you can sleep in most lecture halls if you're awake before 6am. No promises though. I wouldn't sleep in the same place more than once every couple weeks though. Keep a low profile and don't ruin it for anyone else.

Hobomaxxing

2025-10-28T15:07:01Z

HomelessStudent: /* Showers */

Hobomaxxing

2025-09-05T20:14:36Z

HomelessStudent: linked forestry showers

Forestry Showers

2025-09-05T20:13:42Z

HomelessStudent: Created page with "There's at least two showers here, one in the mens room, one in the gender neutral. not sure about the women's room. Located on the first floor, as far to the east as you can get, in the north end of a hallway accessing faculty offices, past the big room with all the offices including a dean office The one in the mens room had evidence of being used on occasion, specifically a soap box with a partially used bar of soap in it. maybe I'll run into whoever it is. Havent..."

There's at least two showers here, one in the mens room, one in the gender neutral. not sure about the women's room.

Located on the first floor, as far to the east as you can get, in the north end of a hallway accessing faculty offices, past the big room with all the offices including a dean office

The one in the mens room had evidence of being used on occasion, specifically a soap box with a partially used bar of soap in it. maybe I'll run into whoever it is.

Havent showered here yet, will report back when I do. I will say due to it being next to a bunch of faculty offices in a cramped hallway, be mindful.

[[File:Signal-2025-09-05-154841 002.jpg|thumb|Mens Bathroom Exterior]]
[[File:Signal-2025-09-05-154829 002.jpg|thumb|Mens Bathroom Shower Interior]]
[[File:Genderneutralshowerexterior.jpg|thumb|Gender Neutral Shower Exterior]]

File:Genderneutralshowerexterior.jpg

2025-09-05T20:13:26Z

HomelessStudent:

gender neutral shower exterior

File:Signal-2025-09-05-154829 002.jpg

2025-09-05T20:11:31Z

HomelessStudent:

Mens Bathroom Interior

File:Signal-2025-09-05-154841 002.jpg

2025-09-05T20:06:55Z

HomelessStudent:

exterior of the shower

University of Michigan Showers

2025-09-05T19:54:48Z

HomelessStudent:

only tried one shower so far

doing this mostly for fun, very simple review

without further ado, here's the review (fun rhyme)

== East Quad Center 3rd Floor Gender Neutral Bathroom Showers ==
Not super populated the one time I showered here

need a residents Housing Card and last 4 of M# to let inside

The hot water gets absurdly hot, the handles take 2 turns to go from off to fully hot, which is nice with how hot the water is.

WiFi works well

Two sections, both with drains, within the stall, one for changing and one for showering

Handicap stalls have a fixed (?) Bench and removable shower head, all the other ones are fixed.

Was very clean... Overall rating? 9/10, almost perfect.

[[File:Signal-2025-09-05-155141 002.jpg|thumb]]

University of Michigan Showers

2025-09-05T19:54:07Z

HomelessStudent: fixed formatting

only tried one shower so far

doing this mostly for fun, very simple review

without further ado, here's the review (fun rhyme)

Not super populated the one time I showered here

need a residents Housing Card and last 4 of M# to let inside

The hot water gets absurdly hot, the handles take 2 turns to go from off to fully hot, which is nice with how hot the water is.

WiFi works well

Two sections, both with drains, within the stall, one for changing and one for showering

Handicap stalls have a fixed (?) Bench and removable shower head, all the other ones are fixed.

Was very clean... Overall rating? 9/10, almost perfect.

[[File:Signal-2025-09-05-155141 002.jpg|thumb]]

University of Michigan Showers

2025-09-05T19:53:17Z

HomelessStudent: Created page with "only tried one shower so far doing this mostly for fun, very simple review without further ado, here's the review (fun rhyme) Not super populated the one time I showered here need a residents Housing Card and last 4 of M# to let inside The hot water gets absurdly hot, the handles take 2 turns to go from off to fully hot, which is nice with how hot the water is. WiFi works well Two sections, both with drains, within the stall, one for changing and one for showering Hand..."

only tried one shower so far
doing this mostly for fun, very simple review
without further ado, here's the review (fun rhyme)

Not super populated the one time I showered here
need a residents Housing Card and last 4 of M# to let inside
The hot water gets absurdly hot, the handles take 2 turns to go from off to fully hot, which is nice with how hot the water is.
WiFi works well
Two sections, both with drains, within the stall, one for changing and one for showering
Handicap stalls have a fixed (?) Bench and removable shower head, all the other ones are fixed.
Was very clean
Overall rating? 9/10, almost perfect.

[[File:Signal-2025-09-05-155141 002.jpg|thumb]]

File:Signal-2025-09-05-155141 002.jpg

2025-09-05T19:53:10Z

HomelessStudent:

it's a shower stall

Hobomaxxing

2025-09-05T19:40:11Z

HomelessStudent: added sections

Chem Sci Locker Room

2025-08-25T20:32:40Z

HomelessStudent:

Part of a series on [[Hobomaxxing]] on campus.

The Chem Sci Mens Locker Room is home to the most liminal space bathroom on campus. This mens bathroom/ locker room is located at the south end of the Chem Sci Basement, across from the staircase. It is currently my preferred location to shower, as it is both infrequently used, and very accessible.

Only ever seen people during my showers on weekdays, during working hours. Showering on weekends (in the middle of the day), and on weekdays the evenings (after 8pm or so) I have never seen anyone in here. The motion sensors lights have always been off, and nobody has used the bathroom with me in the shower. Very rarely do people use this bathroom, but they do on occasion.

Even on the days where I shower during business hours, nobody has ever come into the locker room section. The locker room is visible through a propped door, but the showers are blocked from view until you enter the locker room. During business hours, I have observed at most 3 people per hour use the bathroom. The lights are usually on when I enter the bathroom. The timer is about 20min. The lights also give you a motion detector if someone opens the door. The shower has it's own light on a regular switch.

The shower has 3 shower heads (no stalls, one shared room), although 2 of the shower heads have broken handles. Should be operable with vice grips but I have not tested it.

The shower doesn't appear to be cleaned ever, but it has good ventilation, and with infrequent use doesn't seem to mold. Not particularly clean otherwise, but have some sandals so you don't have to touch the floor. Handle is clean, and I don't have any problem putting a shampoo bottle on the floor, or my soap box on the soap shelf. The cleaning log on the door indicates that the bathroom portion is cleaned by Janitorial staff in the AM. Not sure when, earliest I have been in here was around 11am and it was done.

The hot water takes about 5min of running the one functional shower and all the sinks at worst. I usually sit on the toilet on my phone with them all running for a few.

The WiFi is bad, but usable in the locker room half. Totally fine in the bathroom stall section. I'm writing this down and creating this page from in the shower right now.

[[File:Chem Sci Basement Shower.jpg|thumb]]

Chem Sci Locker Room

2025-08-25T20:32:10Z

HomelessStudent: Created page with "Part of a series on HobomaxxingHobomaxxing on campus. The Chem Sci Mens Locker Room is home to the most liminal space bathroom on campus. This mens bathroom/ locker room is located at the south end of the Chem Sci Basement, across from the staircase. It is currently my preferred location to shower, as it is both infrequently used, and very accessible. Only ever seen people during my showers on weekdays, during working hours. Showering on weekends (in the middle of..."

Part of a series on [[Hobomaxxing]]Hobomaxxing on campus.

The Chem Sci Mens Locker Room is home to the most liminal space bathroom on campus. This mens bathroom/ locker room is located at the south end of the Chem Sci Basement, across from the staircase. It is currently my preferred location to shower, as it is both infrequently used, and very accessible.

Only ever seen people during my showers on weekdays, during working hours. Showering on weekends (in the middle of the day), and on weekdays the evenings (after 8pm or so) I have never seen anyone in here. The motion sensors lights have always been off, and nobody has used the bathroom with me in the shower. Very rarely do people use this bathroom, but they do on occasion.

Even on the days where I shower during business hours, nobody has ever come into the locker room section. The locker room is visible through a propped door, but the showers are blocked from view until you enter the locker room. During business hours, I have observed at most 3 people per hour use the bathroom. The lights are usually on when I enter the bathroom. The timer is about 20min. The lights also give you a motion detector if someone opens the door. The shower has it's own light on a regular switch.

The shower has 3 shower heads (no stalls, one shared room), although 2 of the shower heads have broken handles. Should be operable with vice grips but I have not tested it.

The shower doesn't appear to be cleaned ever, but it has good ventilation, and with infrequent use doesn't seem to mold. Not particularly clean otherwise, but have some sandals so you don't have to touch the floor. Handle is clean, and I don't have any problem putting a shampoo bottle on the floor, or my soap box on the soap shelf. The cleaning log on the door indicates that the bathroom portion is cleaned by Janitorial staff in the AM. Not sure when, earliest I have been in here was around 11am and it was done.

The hot water takes about 5min of running the one functional shower and all the sinks at worst. I usually sit on the toilet on my phone with them all running for a few.

The WiFi is bad, but usable in the locker room half. Totally fine in the bathroom stall section. I'm writing this down and creating this page from in the shower right now.

[[File:Chem Sci Basement Shower.jpg|thumb]]

File:Chem Sci Basement Shower.jpg

2025-08-25T20:25:03Z

HomelessStudent:

3 shower heads. Large shared shower room.

MTU Jargon

2025-08-25T20:14:43Z

HomelessStudent: Add hobomaxxing

[[Category:Michigan Technological University]]

*Brick Dick: Another name for the MEEM
*Copper Country Cruising: Driving around the Keweenaw
*CLIT: The new CS building. Also known as Rekhi for the n00bs.
*Cyberia Cafe: Local Coffee shop with free wifi
*EERC: Electrical Energy Resources Center (Building 07)
*Glass tit: The greenhouse between the MEEM (Building 20) and Chem-Sci (Building 19)
*MEEM: Mechancial Engineering - Engineering Mechanics (Building 20)
*Motherlode: Local Coffee shop with free wifi
*Troll: A resident of the Lower Peninsula
*WMTU: Campus radio station
*Yooper: A long time resident of the [[UP]]
*[[Hobomaxxing]]

Hobomaxxing

2025-08-25T20:13:31Z

HomelessStudent:

Hobomaxxing

2025-08-25T20:13:15Z

HomelessStudent: Created page with "concept of living homelessly to keep cost of living down, while maintaining an otherwise normal life. Usually done to build savings while working a job, or to get through college without student loans. Why pay rent if you don't have to? The rest of this page will consist of documentation of specific locations, tips, and tricks, mostly based on HomelessStudent's findings."

concept of living homelessly to keep cost of living down, while maintaining an otherwise normal life. Usually done to build savings while working a job, or to get through college without student loans. Why pay rent if you don't have to?

The rest of this page will consist of documentation of specific locations, tips, and tricks, mostly based on HomelessStudent's findings.