Don Let the Bed Bugs Bite!: Whats the Deal with Bed Bugs?
What do these three places have in common? The Elle magazine offices, filled with racks of expensive designer clothes ready to grace celebrities and models on red carpets and runways. Hollister, a popular and accessible shopping destination often frequented for casual outfits for class or just hanging out on the weekends. Your dorm room or apartment, in all its cramped and cozy glory. Give up? As ridiculous as it may sound, all of these places have hosted bed bug infestations within the past few months, complete with evacuations and temporary closings. Popping up in a huge array of schools, homes, and public places all over the country, bed bugs do actually exist and have become a real issue in recent years. The Elle editors were told to work from home while a trained beagle was sent in to find the bugs, Hollister in New York was forced to close and post a vague sign reading “We will reopen soon” on its doors, and students at Cornell University were kicked out of their infested dorms a
