Pforzheimer Votes Down Ban on Adams Diners

Last night, the Pforzheimer House Committee voted 23-16 against a resolution to ban all Adams House residents from eating in their dining hall, unless accompanied by a Pfo-Ho resident.

The suggestion comes in the wake of the Adams decision enacted this semester to ban interhouse diners, due to excessive crowding during peak hours. Students in the Quad are especially affected by this restriction, as classes often leave them far from home.

Not permitted to eat at Annenberg Hall or Adams for peak hours during lunch or dinner, many Quadlings end up taking a Fly-By bag lunch from Loker or heading back to the Quad to eat.

Fredrick G. Wedell '01, in a discussion at lunch, conceived a plan for retaliation, borne out of frustration at the Adams rule, which was put on the agenda for the HoCo meeting by the president, Manuel A. Garcia '00.

"Putting stickers on their IDs is one step too far," Wendell said.

Wendell suggested the action of restricting Adams residents, whose IDs are marked with a sticker of the House seal, from eating at Pfo-Ho, a move he admits is not likely to affect the life of the average Adams student.

"It's more of a humorous gesture," Wendell commented, "I don't even think most of the people even know about it."

Students in opposition to the proposal said they thought restricting Adams residents would not be an appropriate reaction.

"It would just have been really petty," said Royd Chung '01.

Approximately 50 students attended the HoCo meeting where the resolution was defeaed.

On Saturday, at the urging of Pfo-Ho students who wanted Quad-wide resistance, Cabot House Committee took a vote on the same resolution, which lost at 11-0, with some abstentions.

"It was not effective in sending the message we want to send," said Brandon P. Jones 00, Co-Chair of the Cabot HoCo, "There's no reason to exclude anyone."

Currier, the third quad House, does not currently have the issue in debate.

"I never really considered it as a legitimate option," said Paul Gutman '00, Currier House Committee Co-Chair and Crimson editor.

Adams students themselves seemed largely nonplussed at news of the Pfo-Ho discussion, many even humored.

"Where's Pforzheimer?" quipped Matt Stearns '00.

Other Adams students evidenced confusion at the motives of their possible exclusion.

"To do it because the dining hall is crowded is fine. To do it just because we're doing it is silly," said Jon F. Cahill '01."