olam36
February 25, 2007, 2:34am
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<p>I just came across this article in the Daily Herald and laughed so hard my parents came in to see what was wrong:</p>
<p><a href=“http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/23/CampusNews/Students.Flout.Rules.And.Keep.Pets.In.Dorms-2739796-page2.shtml[/url] ”>http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/23/CampusNews/Students.Flout.Rules.And.Keep.Pets.In.Dorms-2739796-page2.shtml</a></p> ;
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The Brown Daily Herald, 2/23/07</p>
<p>Though Bova said the University’s rules are clearly stated on the Web site, it doesn’t seem to stop students from acquiring pets - and outrageous ones at that. Hans Sprecher '08, who is currently studying abroad in Barbados, kept a rose-haired tarantula named Cleo in his New Pembroke room last year.</p>
<p>“With heaps of vodka and rum scattered around the room, swords hanging on the walls, clothes drying from the water pipes and Christmas lights tangled around the fire equipment, keeping a pet seemed quite tame,” Sprecher wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. “Having a tarantula is very cool - kind of like having a mouse - just a feisty, scary-looking mouse.” </p>
<p>Sprecher and other students took turns caring for the spider and keeping it safe from discovery during room inspections. “A room check once came around when Cleo was out. Luckily, I had a friend over who was sitting on the bed flipping around a bottle of vodka, and this provided ample distraction,” Sprecher said.
<p>“It was pretty expensive. The alligator cost us $100, and then we had to buy food and supplies for it,” one of the students said. “My roommate wanted to get something really cool, so when we saw the alligator, we knew we had to buy it.”</p>
<p>The alligator, which they named Ali G, is currently 14 inches long and is kept in a tank they estimate is greater than 10 gallons in volume.
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<p>my brother used to keep a Hamster that stayed in this big plastic ball around the suite. It would follow people around the common room and even into the bathroom. It was pretty cute. When it died, they buried it in the woods next to their dorm.</p>
<p>Awwww cuteee.</p>
<p>Augh. Reptiles. But tarantulas are worse. i was watching something on the travel channel last night and the guy was gonna eat tarantulas. Bleh bleh bleh.</p>
<p>Hmmm. Swords and rum? I’m sure if you looked hard enough you could find a pirate’s hat and a fake parrot in that room too. <3 Captain Jack Sparrow</p>
<p>holy crap, thats awesome</p>
LadyLou
February 25, 2007, 2:58pm
5
<p>this is funny cus on one of my friend’s facebook pages (she is a brown freshman) there is a comment from her roommate saying “Yay, we’re getting a hamster” lol</p>
<p>awww, the hamster thing is adorable. I want one now (:</p>
<p>Hehe I’m happy i’m not the only one who does the smilies facing the other direction! d=</p>
<p>I really want a hampster now, especially if it had a little orange ball to run around in (Malcom in the Middle style)</p>
<p>The guys who have the alligator are officially my heros.</p>
<p>Lol I think that is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard - makes me want to go to Brown even more, haha.</p>