Max the cat is now a ‘doctor of litter-ature’ from Vermont State University
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CASTLETON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on Max the cat, a beloved member of its community, ahead of students’ graduation on Saturday.
Vermont State University’s Castleton campus is honoring the feline not for his mousing or napping, but for his friendliness.
“Max the Cat has been an affectionate member of the Castleton family for years,” the school said in a Facebook post.
The popular tabby lives in a house with his human family on the street that leads to the main entrance to campus.
“So he decided that he would go up on campus, and he just started hanging out with the college students, and they love him,” owner Ashley Dow said Thursday.
He’s been socializing on campus for about four years, and students get excited when they see him. They pick him up and take selfies with him, and he even likes to go on tours with prospective students that meet at a building across from the family’s house, she said.
“I don’t even know how he knows to go, but he does,” Dow said. “And then he’ll follow them on their tour.”
The students refer to Dow as Max’s mom, and graduates who return to town sometimes ask her how Max is doing.
Max won’t be participating in the graduation, though. His degree will be delivered to Dow later.
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Max is now a Marxist.
What's next - the Nobel Prize?
... and elitist, indoctrinating our young adults into woke culture. you can tell by that smug expression on his face ...
Cats are nothing new (or mew?) to the world of academia.
Schrödinger's cat is F.D.C. Willard's grand-paw.
I'm glad he lived long enough to sire kittens before he died and simultaneously didn't die.
And I hope he gave Schrodinger the swat he deserved on exiting the box alive (and also dead).
Arvo..
I say vote 1 for Max for President..
Far more intelligent than the current candidates..🐾🐾
I think that Max is perrrrfect!
What a handsome boy! He looks a lot like my late, great Stubby