Talk about alumni and faculty commitment!

Alumni reitrement communities on US campuses are already old news -- the really devoted alumnus can go one better. For just a few thousand dollars, several US colleges are offering to house the ashes of former students and faculty in perpetuity, so that they can spend eternity in the locale of their college glory days. Other schools are building memorials to serve the same purpose.  In an increasingly mobile society, one's alma mater may be the most logical resting place.  The New York Times