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...Forte ’08; the incoming resource development chairs, Henry C. Agbo ’09 and Jessica-Kate O. Ogungbadero ’09; the incoming events fundraiser, Jennifer E. Graham ’08-’09; and the incoming student development chair, Emily M. Parrott...
...what such a spot might look like--and one that animal-behavior experts routinely cite with approval--is the zoo in Oakland, Calif., where four elephants live on 6 acres. "Our philosophy is to just let the elephants be elephants as much as possible," says executive director Joel Parrott. "That means giving them space, not dominating them, and working with them in ways that do not use physical discipline." The animals spend their days socializing, taking dust baths, swimming, eating and wallowing...
...Like Parrott, Baker does not buy the idea that elephants can't be housed humanely--only that his facility doesn't have the money to do so. "I think there's still a huge amount we don't know about what animals need and want," he says. "Could we reach the point someday where we as a community say, We don't think this is a good species to keep in a zoo environment?" That option is always open. But given the pleasure zoos provide--especially for those kids pressed up against the chain-link fence...
...then allegedly stormed through the crowd to the back of the bus in search of the student who had called for his removal. “He finally crawled through the people and attacked this one guy in the back [of the bus],” said Emily M. Parrott ’09, who was also on the shuttle. “You could tell he was drunk—he was holding a bottle.” Witnesses said that the victim’s face became bloody as he was being attacked. According to Parrott, other people...
...version of 'How High the Moon,' Lou Pallo does the intricate plucking; Les mostly sits in on his own signature song. It's an instrumental (Paul never worked with a female singer after he broke up with Ford), but there's still a pretty woman on-stage: Parrott, the Australian double-bassist. 'I want her to get damn tired,' the old spieler says. ''Cause I got somethin' in mind.' Now he's playing the cute old goat. 'I feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole.' Parrott soldiers on, with exemplary forbearance, and Paul puts a note of hope...