University of Virginia Library

Public Complaint

As one of the many
hundreds of people who waited
in line and failed to gain
admittance to Mr. Agnew's
speech on Tuesday evening, I
would like to register a public
complaint about provisions
made by the Student Legal
Forum and its president Mr.
Chuck Robb for the seating of
the audience.

It is my understanding that
the Vice President's platform
was placed in the middle of U
Hall instead of at the far end,
thus needlessly eliminating
many seats. Many people had
to be turned away when
Senator Kennedy came to
speak; surely it could have
been anticipated that the Vice
least as large a crowd at this
university. And judging from
reports of those who were
admitted, the reason for the
limited size of the audience
was not an insufficient number
of Secret Service agents.

I feel that it was a gross
mistake on the part of those
who sponsored this talk to fail
to make available all of the
possible seats, and I was both
disappointed and angered by it.