The Purchase Kittens: Our New Mascots

Purchase is a get-out-and-do-something type of community, an idea embodied simply and poignantly by senior liberal studies major Stacey Nassauer.
 
You may have seen them, the adorable feline duo that has taken up residence in the woods just outside the New.  You may have aw-ed at the one eyed kitten that wants to rub against your leg, or imagined how terrible winter must have been for the poor animals.  Nassauer, along with her roommate, senior psych major Rachel Chakansky, went out of their way to make life a little easier for their feline friends.
 
“When you’re walking along the path and see the cats there and hear cries coming from the woods,” Nassauer said, “You cant help but stop and try and do something about the situation.”
 
After initially feeding the cats a can of tuna, the girls thought they needed to take a more drastic step.  Armed with freshly purchased cat food and litter boxes lined with old clothing, the they made a little home for the kittens, set back into the woods behind the Dance Building. 

“There was already a wooden house-like structure there that someone else must have built.  But these had covered lids so we figured they would be protected from the rain and wind and more snow if it came.”
 
The cats have survived the brunt of the winter, and seem to be regularly fed by both Nassauer and Chakansky as well as the residents of the new.  As spring approached, the girls have high hopes for the welfare of the felines. 
 
“With the warmer weather more students come out of hibernation,” Nassauer pointed out, “Which means more people will notice them and hopefully put some food down too.”
 
Who know what would have happened to the adorable creatures who have set up shop on campus, but Nassauer, who doesn’t even consider herself a cat person, will rest easy.
 
“It gives my roommate and I a little piece of mind knowing that we tried to help them out as best we could since we cant take them into our own apartments.”