Students Play with Puppies on the Patio to Destress

Nivrithi Kuttuva, Dreamcatcher Poetry & Prose Editor| December 18, 2019

Students gather around a puppy named Rainey to destress during the day.

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Students pet Rainey as they talk to each other and relax.

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Jasmine Sureka ’23 poses with one of the dogs on the patio.

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Freshman students gather on the patio to pet Michelle, the border collie on the patio.

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On Friday Dec. 13th, during both lunches, therapy dogs were brought to the library patio for students to pet and relieve their stress. A long line of students gathered around the patio as eager students wanted to spend time with the dogs. StuCo arranged this event right before finals week, in order to alleviate some of the students’ stress and give them something to look forward to.

“I [needed this stress reliever] because I have a bunch of midterms coming up, so I really did like it,” Jasmine Sureka ‘23 said. “[The dogs] are awesome and they’re so kind and gentle.”

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anonymous • Jan 2, 2020 at 1:48 pm

this event was organized by student council, not cheer


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  Clementine Larrouilh • Jan 8, 2020 at 10:34 am
  
  Thank you for bringing this to our attention, the error has been fixed.
  
  
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