{"id":868,"date":"2018-12-19T21:44:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T21:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=868"},"modified":"2018-12-19T21:52:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T21:52:25","slug":"bedbugs-at-hunter-college-have-been-put-to-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2018\/12\/bedbugs-at-hunter-college-have-been-put-to-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedbugs at Hunter College have been put to bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After dozens of complaints and sightings from students last spring, it seems the bedbug situation has maybe been \u2013 ahem \u2013 put to bed.<\/p>\n<p>This fall, exterminators were called in to treat upholstery and carpets, including the most recent visit on Sept. 28, following the report of a possible sighting in the library, according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHunter College takes the reporting of pests very seriously,\u201d the spokesperson added. \u201cAlthough no evidence of a problem was found, we nonetheless completed a thorough steam cleaning and treatment with eco-friendly products within 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last semester there was a huge wave of bedbug complaints popping up on social media from students &#8212; many of which included video and photographic evidence of the existence of bedbugs on campus.<\/p>\n<p>One student, who requested to remain anonymous, shared this story: \u201cI was taking a nap on the couches on the sixth-floor library. After a solid hour, I woke up to my alarm and to my surprise there was a bed bug crawling fast towards my arm. I immediately got up and took out the napkins I keep in the side pocket of my bag and killed it. I reported it, filled out a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_869\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 648px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/33404510_1800718489971970_3621363694950154240_n-e1545255711343.jpg\" alt=\"bed bug\" width=\"638\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/33404510_1800718489971970_3621363694950154240_n-e1545255711343.jpg 638w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/33404510_1800718489971970_3621363694950154240_n-e1545255711343-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/33404510_1800718489971970_3621363694950154240_n-e1545255711343-97x55.jpg 97w, https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-content\/uploads\/33404510_1800718489971970_3621363694950154240_n-e1545255711343-310x175.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken on May 22 at approximately 9:30 p.m. in Hunter West on the second floor on the couches near the escalator.<\/figcaption><span class=\"photo-credit\"> Photo by Tasnia Khan<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the college\u2019s efforts, some students still maintain the existence of bedbugs on campus. Hunter Undergraduate Student Government president Intzar Singh said he is still getting complaints from students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, you know, the complaints die down,\u201d Singh said. \u201cAnd if not, then now we need to have a sit down with them again to say, \u2018Ok, I\u2019m sure you guys tried to implement a thing, but now you guys need a better procedure than this. Maybe instead of bi-weekly, it needs to be weekly, because this is not working out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter College student&#8217;s bedbug complaints have finally been addressed by administration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[63,13],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bedbugs","tag-hunter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}