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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, February 24, 1957
Coffee at the Union
With the First Swing of the New Snack Bar's Aluminum and Glass
Doors, A New Individual Evolved
By DONNA HANSON
Daily Staff Writer
THE old Union cafeteria used to
be a quiet haven for eaters,
snackers, occasional studiers and
visiting grads who couldn't leave
the University without reminis-
cing over their initials carved in
table tops. Soon, however, along
with the increased enrollment,
there was an increase in eaters
and visiting grads so the Union
expanded its cafeteria facilities by
adding an ultra-modern type snack
bar and cafeteria.j
With the first sw in of the new
snack bar's aluminum and glassr
doors, a new type of campus in-
dividual evolved w ho can be am-'
biguously labeled the "Union-
goer."
Some identifyin "characteristics
of the Union-goer are in ostenta-
tious display of familiarity with
other Union-goers coupled with
the I-feel-right-at-home type
look. Also, the individualo hosen-
ters, frantically looks around the
room and dashes for an empty
booth making a ciltim otn it by
triumphantly tossing his coat in
the seat can immediately be
marked as a Union-'oer of the
first rank.
0CCASIONALLY. however. a
Union-goer can be found who
is rather reticent.
Though the booths are coveted'
for their suggestion of intimacy
and security, this retiring Union-
goer will circle the room only
once in his empty booth search,
then quietly submit to the inevi-
table - sitting in the middle of
Sitting in groups usually of
y his own nationality, the foreign
student uses the cafeteria as a
place for discussion, hashing over
the news of the day or arguing
over the latest panel discussion.
C OUPLES have made the snack
bar a favorite place for social-
ization and rendezvous. Between
classes coffee and after-movie
confections provide easy rationa-
lzation for the couples Union-
goers to stop at the cafeteria.
To them, the cafeteria has be-
come the epitome of "collegiate-
ness." Every college and Univer-
sity has its campus hangout and
to go elsewhere for coffee or
snacks would not be less than
f pure sacrilige,
The last Union-goer type indi-
LONE WOLF LONELY OBLIVIOUS TO CONVIVIALIT'Y HEY, NIAT S THIS? vidual is the "lone wolf." He, or
. involved with deep thought ..,. studier is Union-goer ... some Union goers actually eat she as the case may be, comes to
the Union to seek friendship and
the snack bar at one of the small est of Bohemian fashions, he will inyly vast importance. He must companionship. He crowds in
tables. sit for hours in a "booth" and appear properly involved with the booths with people of mere pass-
The distasteful aspect of sit- hold deeply significant and duly campus at large, accomplished by sing acquaintance, monopolizing
ting at a middle table is the per- Ia friendly hello and a ooick wave the conversation with glib fa-
son is open to inspection from all mntellectual conversations with of the hand to a mainimum of 25 miliarity.
sides. It gives one somewhat of a his compatriots. passers-by. Once in a while, the lone wolf is
feeling of nakedness. Spurning the 26 campus li- The smartly-dressed organiza- unable to find even a slight sc-
braries, the studier comes to the tion member is never without a quaintance, so he must sit alone,
0THER than regular attendance cafeteria to mull over loga- folio or reams of mimeographed feigning studious endeavor or pre-
in the snack bar and cafe- rithms and theorems and has papers. If, however, the member occupation with some deep
teria, there really isn't any one the amazing ability to be oblivious is important enough so he can thought.
basic characteristic that can be of surrounding conviviality. His obviously try not to be obvious, These types by no means en-
applied to all Union-goers. Their purpose? Who knows. He probably his lapel tomahawk is a sufficient compass all the Union-goers who
purposes in frequenting are di- wants his coffee. He drinks it, too. earmark. inhabit the cafeteria or snack
verse, but usually easily recogniz- Foreign students make up a bar. They are merely the most
able. EQUIPPED with furrowed-brow large segment of Union-goers. Os- obvious and best described, and,
The B o h e m i a n Union-goer expressions and poised pencils, tensibly lacking the "rah rah' as phenomenal as the idea may
comes to the cafeteria to flaunt the organization member Union- characteristics of many of the seem, there are actually people
his unconformity to an audience goer sits with his fllow members surrounding students, they pro- who go to the Union snack bar
of conformists. Attired in the lat- making policy decisions of seem- vide a sober and sedate contrast. I and cafeteria to eat!
TELL IE ABOUT PICASSO
.. Bohemian-type flaunts unconformdty
IT'S THE LATEST THING OUT
. . couples find cafeteria epitome of 'collegiateness'
STUDIOUS ENDEAVOR
... by female Union-goer
MIXES DATES, STUDYING
.. Union-goers sit in coveted booth
FOREIGN STUDENT UNION-GOERS
e . , iscuss latest panel discussion