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9 Animals at National Zoo Test Positive for COVID-19

9 Animals at National Zoo Test Positive for COVID-19

By Zoe Winburn September 24, 2021

Nine animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 after displaying symptoms of the virus.  Doctors conducted COVID-19 tests on the animals after National Zoo staff...

Georgetown, Please Offer Better Electives

Georgetown, Please Offer Better Electives

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz May 2, 2021

Finals season may be upon us, but our fall classes are right around the corner, and hopefully, next semester won’t be over Zoom! While Georgetown students have just registered, it’s clear there needs...

How to Study and Make a Difference at the Same Time!

How to Study and Make a Difference at the Same Time!

By Meg Lizza and Meg Lizza April 18, 2016

Need a place to study, but want to do a good deed at the same time? The on-campus project called "Making a Difference" is partnering with Crumbs and Whiskers in order to save more pets from facing life...

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Crumbs and Whiskers offers a unique combination of cats, board games and coffee shop treats. Entry costs $15 for the company of the cats selected from the Washington Human Society.

Feline Lovers Rejoice at First DC Cat Cafe

By Jasmine White September 4, 2015

★★★★★ It has only been a few months since Washington, D.C.’s first cat cafe, Crumbs and Whiskers, opened. Yet the establishment has already garnered tremendous success. Even in its earliest...

Calling All Women & Men for CATS

Calling All Women & Men for CATS

By Jenna Clifford and Jenna Clifford March 4, 2015

Calling all cat lovers, cat ladies, cat men, college students who miss their furry friends back home and essentially all gentle cuddle-loving human beings: 4E has BIG news for you. CAT CAFEs are the...

Uber Delivers Kittens Today

Uber Delivers Kittens Today

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland October 29, 2014

Uber is delivering kittens today! Because it's National Cat Day so naturally a taxi driver should arrive at your doorstep with a kitten and UberKITTENS swag. The kittens are coming to Austin, Chicago,...

From the Hilltop to the French Hill

From the Hilltop to the French Hill

By Jessica Tannenbaum and Jessica Tannenbaum June 25, 2014

​After two semesters of trekking to Lau and whining about Leo’s food, summer provides a much-needed escape from the Georgetown bubble. Yet, even while exploring Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, Mount...

Youre on Spring Break: Now What?

You’re on Spring Break: Now What?

By Griffin Greco and Griffin Greco March 10, 2014

Well, we’re about two days into spring break, and if you’re most people, you’re already sitting at home, bored to death, refreshing Facebook and hoping you can vicariously live through your friends’...

Parental Advice: Then and Now

Parental Advice: Then and Now

By Harper Weissburg and Harper Weissburg October 10, 2013

Fun Fact: Parents aren't always right. Un-Fun Fact: We should still listen to them ... As college students, we are all (begrudgingly) managing the transition from childhood to adulthood. It's time to...

The Fluffington Post

The Fluffington Post

By Nicole Jarvis and Nicole Jarvis June 30, 2013

So you're a news junkie, constantly checking for the next breaking story instead of doing, y'know, work stuff. All that doom-and-gloom news can start to weigh a little heavy on your mind, so it's good...

Monopoly Madness! Meow!

Monopoly Madness! Meow!

By KP and KP February 7, 2013

Attention, world (and by world, I mean cat lovers): Hasbro has officially announced that they will be retiring the classic iron game piece and replacing it with their new cat game piece. That's right....

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