A forum was held in Butt C lounge yesterday where Director of ResLife Fran Koerting was present to answer questions and listen to concerns from pets about the new policy, which bans any new student pets, except for fish, from living on campus.
“I told the kids that if the pets could talk, I would listen to their concerns,” Koerting said. “I kept my promise.”
Several students and their pets showed up at the forum, and the pets had varied reactions to the new policy. The first pet to speak was Vanessa Kurzweil’s ’07 rat, Viggo.
“Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage,” Viggo said. Then he fell asleep.
Holly Wood’s ’08 hedgehog, Winston Q. Hugglesworth, III also spoke at the forum.
“In some states, it would be illegal for Ms. Wood to keep me as a pet,” Hugglesworth said. “Of all places, you would think Wesleyan would be accepting to a hedgehog, like me, who is questioning his sexuality.”
The forum ended when the parrot of Ed Kenney ’07, Princess, made a counterproductive comment that surprised and offended Koerting.
“Fuck you!” Princess said. “Fuck you, you dirty motherfucker!”
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