Released on = March 21, 2007, 7:06 pm

Press Release Author = Truman Walker

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = In a case of fiction begetting reality, several college
campuses across the country have found themselves the center of an underground "Free
the Frogs" campaign.

Press Release Body = In a case of fiction begetting reality, several college
campuses across the country have found themselves the center of an underground "Free
the Frogs" campaign. Apparently inspired by a satirical and metaphorical episode in
the novel WALDEN by Michael T. Dolan, students in at least six campuses have "freed"
frogs from their biology labs.

Incidents have taken place on the campuses of Indian State University, Waldron
University, Texas A&P, South Dakotan State, Browning University, and Yeats
University in the past several weeks, with a new incident seeming to crop up each
week at a new campus.

Incidents have varied from students breaking into biology labs to simply taking
frogs during labs. Where the frogs have ended up has varied as well, with some frogs
finding themselves in college cafeterias while another showed up on the desk of the
Dean of Admissions at Waldron University in Boston, Mass.

Said Adam Welsh, Vice President of Public Affairs at Browning University: "We are
not overly concerned by this incident because it appears more along the lines of
student practical joke than anything with malicious intent. We do not see this
happening again, and have taking steps to ensure that."

Students at Texas A&M have eluded to an underground "Free the Frogs" campaign that
is being forwarded online on popular student sites like MySpace, Facebook, and
YouTube.

Said Texas A&P sophomore Mickey Delpino, "I think its just a joke. I don't think
these students have any high motivation that has anything to do with animal rights,
PETA, or the environment. I really do think it just stems from fiction."

The fiction Delpino refers to is a new coming of age novel called WALDEN which was
published by Conversari House last fall. The novel, by Michael T. Dolan, has a cult
following among college students and is the supposed inspiration for the "Free the
Frog" events.

In the book, the protagonist and his cohorts break into a biology lab in a night of
drunken antics and take the preserved frogs to a nearby pond and hurl them back to
whence they came.

While more incidents are likely, it seems the "Free the Frogs" movement is just
another antic spreading across the Internet - and college campuses.

Web Site = http://www.conversari.com

Contact Details = PO Box 2464
West Chester, PA 19380

Email: mdolan@conversari.com