When the days grow shorter, and leaves shade the skyline with brilliant hues of red and orange, the smell in the air is crisp and fragrant. With the advent of autumn, not only do days grow cooler, but the nights trun frigid, too, turning the lives of hundreds of homeless persons in and around the New Brunswick, New Jersey area into a dismal ordeal for survival. One Halloween night, the rain came down in droves so shockingly cold that it sounded like ice pellets hitting the sidewalk. My roommate and I walked into the warm coffeehouse and saw a man huddled in the corner.