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'U' handling of Hash Bash was unfair to students

TO THE DAILY:

When one spends thousands of dollars to attend a university, one expects to have access to the facilities during regularly posted hours.

On April 6, in commemoration of Hash Bash, the University effectively closed campus facilities to everyone, including students.

While I can appreciate the University's desire to keep the Hash Bashers who have no affiliation with the University from glutting our facilities, denying access to students and staff who would normally have access to areas under normal circumstances is intolerable.

I was denied access to the staff paid lots on Church and Hill Streets because I have a commuter tag on my car. I was denied access to the Law Library because I'm not a law student. I was met at the door to the Shapiro Library by two gentlemen whose purpose I was unable to determine because they let me in without frisking me for dope. I guess I just looked respectable or something.

This is the first time in my 3 1/2 years at this campus that I have needed to conduct academic business during Hash Bash, so perhaps this is typical. But I resent needing to rearrange my life to accommodate the University's security precautions because a bunch of people want to invade the town to rot their brains on pot -- which is an illegal drug no matter whether one thinks it should be or not -- together.

So, for all of my wasted time that should have been used doing my research, I thank the University administration. You have once again demonstrated your intellectual prowess and your amount of respect for the people who pay tuition at this esteemed institution.

JEFF TRAIGLE