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Bed bugs at Berkeley will be treated with… say what? »

Bed bugs in student housing in Berkeley, at the University of California, the Daily Californian reports.
Three apartment units at the Smyth-Fernwald Complex near Clark Kerr Campus could have been infested with bedbugs as early as March, according to Jeff Urdahl, campus director for housing operations, maintenance and environment.
Yadda, yadda… it happens, and is probably happening […]

Spring break bed bug warnings! »

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Articles are now starting to appear warning students traveling over spring break that bed bugs are something to try and avoid. This article from the student paper the Daily Kansan, and this one in the About.com Student Travel Blog.
And remember Winston’s […]

Bed bugs at the College of New Jersey »

Bed bugs have recently been a problem at the College of New Jersey, according to the Signal.
Jessie Lamotta, now a junior history major at the College, was pestered by bed bugs on Cromwell 3 from move-in day to sometime in October during her freshman year.
“My roommate woke up with little red bumps on her body, […]

bed bugs at Pace University; bed bug buzz in Portland, Oregon »

OHRL addresses bed bug concerns in residence halls - Pace Press
Bed bugs in dorms at Pace University in New York
The Portland Mercury | Blogtown, PDX | Rent Down At Grove Hotel
Speculation about bed bugs in Portland SRO. People are talking about bed bugs–this has got to be good.

bed bugs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and at Cornell University dorms »

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online: Stealthy bedbugs pestering the weary
Bed bugs in Milwaukee, WI. Mattress covers don’t need to be “airtight” and the best ones do let air circulate. Most do not smell “a musty, sweet odor like soda”. One landlord is letting tenants out of leases and paying for one treatment in new […]

bed bug news for 2007-11-15 »

National Post: Bed bugs invade Toronto
East Toronto city councillor Paula Fletcher asked the Toronto public health unit on Monday to study what it could do to eradicate the problem of bed bugs. Right now the public health unit does not track infestations, but simply offers phone advice to suff
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Warning to Bracken County, KY: don’t get caught in the bed bug blame game »

More information about the Bracken County Schools bed bug situation. A new article from WCPO.com news says T&M Pest Control is treating Bracken County schools for bed bugs this weekend.
Terry says, “A pest control program for bed bugs is very detailed. You’ve got to get all the crevices. We are doing a little more […]

Bed bugs at Stanford again »

According to the Stanford Daily, bed bugs are biting at Paloma, a West Florence Moore dorm. The bed bugs still appear to be ably handled by Rich Crane.
The article said,
“Student Housing has been informed of a few cases of bedbugs on campus for about the past six to seven years,” Imogen Hinds, associate director of […]

No, not that DDT debate. A different one, trust me. Read on. »

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Sorry– the post is gone: removed at the request of the young person who wants to forget the whole thing ever happened. Traditional steps are being taken to eradicate bed bugs, and we wish this individual well.
Sorry to delete your comments which were so well-conceived, but we were all young once– Nobugs too!

Boston University students claim they were threatened if they did not keep quiet about bed bugs in London BU dorm »

Some Boston University students claim they were bitten by bed bugs in a London BU dorm, that the infestation was not properly identified or treated, and that they were threatened with losing future study abroad privileges if they told anyone about their experience, according to this article by Matt Kaplan in the BU independent student […]

Beware the used mattress, young man »

Stanford student teaches a mattress thief a lesson.

another Lawsuit: student bitten in Fordham’s satellite dorms @ The New Yorker Hotel »

NYC - New Yorker Hotel

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NY1 news reported Thursday that Fordham senior Michelle Hopkins has filed a suit for negligence and unspecified damages over bites incurred in her “dorm” room (click “dial-up” or “broadband” next to the photo at the NY1 site to […]