By Ambika Bist and Nadeem Farooqi The government shutdown surprisingly felt a lot like New Year’s Eve here in the nation’s capital. No, nobody was popping champagne bottles or blowing noisemakers, but there was something exciting about counting down the seconds until the historic moment that the government officially shut down. “Shutdown’s Eve,” however, was also a disheartening experience for many, including several fellow Claremont College students on the Washington Program