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Senior English\/Secondary Education major Laura Bopp is serious about her work, but that hasn’t kept her from publishing her poem “Wishing for a Washer” on the humor site The Higgs Weldon. Laura asks the thoughtful question, “How does your washing machine see you?” Read the poem here: http:\/\/thehiggsweldon.com\/wishing-for-a-washer\/ Congrats to Laura. 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