The Orange Monster?

One of my Twitter peeps shared this link to an article about a NC student who stole a few of those orange traffic barrels, cut them up, and made this "sculpture" on the side of the road:
Cool, but probably a little dumb. The police didn't think it was so cool, and they arrested him. Supporters are clamoring for the charges to be dropped. I must say, that's a far better sight to see than what some hackers have done to the road signs on local Virginia roads...