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Show U Comments On Huddle Attacks i r - - .-.ilHfl J IvmM f"N --hi .in . I ' - - - -113 '! II i. - The name was withheld but his words have created much interest among members of the University community. He said the Huddle is a gathering gather-ing place for "those who need a place to loiter, winos, crooks, vagrants, pimps, prostitutes and the 'in' high school students who wish to get the right start in life." I Is the Huddle really the "den of iniquity" that was expressed in the 1 letter to the editor in Monday's paper? j Peter D. Grundfossen, asst. dean of students said the writer attacked : some things that are true but he expressed the view also that the writer "might review his personal value system in regard to dress." "The writer spent too much time with dress, smell and generalities rather than specifics," he said. "We can't arrest someone for talking about crime, smoking pot, licking stamps or playing cards. What's unsavory un-savory to the writer personally is not necessarily criminal." He said the administration knows drugs are being passed and they don't like it but "we refuse to give police carte blanche to clean up, because inevitably innocent persons, as well as real criminals, would be effected." It's perfectly valid for non-students to use the Huddle because it's a public restaurant that is completely self-sustaining, Dean Grundfossen said. We can't refuse someone the right to get something to eat, he said. Student reaction to the letter varied. One student in he Huddle said he went there because it's a good place to have a cup of coffee, a cigarette cig-arette and socialize between classes. He said he thought the Huddle was intended for that purpose. - The same student said, "I resent the letter because it sounds like he's saying anyone who's in the Huddle is ugly." He looked at his friend across the table and asked, "Do you think I'm ugly?" They both laughed. A coed interviewed said, "They have good food but I wouldn't want to eat there because of the atmosphere." Another student said it's a fun place to play cards and watch people but he said that once he's in there, he wastes too much time. "After 2 p.m. it's the only place open to get a bite to eat," said a Students patronizing the Huddle have been labeled hippies, drug addicts and criminals. philosophy major. "I think the writer of the letter exagerated. I haven't noticed that the people are so wierd. They look like the same people that I go to class with." The barber on his coffee break sitting next to him disagreed. He said, "They look like bums. I wish they'd come and get their hair cut. You look around here and you can see why my business is so bad." He added, "If I knew two guys that would hold them down, I'd cut all their hair off!" On the question of the availability availa-bility of drugs in the Huddle, most students said they hadn't been approached ap-proached by anyone selling drugs but they knew students who use drugs and if they wanted some it would be easy for them to get it. As for the other accusations of the,, letter, the students interviewed said the writer was out of place. The students resented being called what the writer of the letter called those people who patronize the Huddle. A waitress in the Huddle sum- marized what the students said. She said, "You see wierd looking ; ones and good looking ones. To condemn them all is wrong." |
