Reminiscent of John Belushi and his cohorts in the classic college movie Animal House, the lower level of Stouffer Dining Hall erupted into a food fight Thursday night. University Police responded to a complaint from a Stouffer Dining Services employees -- but by then, all of the food had been flung. And considering how many diners enjoyed witnessing the messy food brawl, police intervention would probably not have been welcome. College freshman Eric Wenke said the fight was "the funniest thing I ever saw in my life -- even people hiding under tables were hit with food." Nursing freshman Rachel Kutcher said she was sitting at a table with four Phi Sigma Sigma pledge sisters when the fight began. "It was between two tables and we thought it wouldn't involve us -- but they started throwing [food] everywhere and we just got hit," Kutcher said. College freshman Dustin Hausladen said "someone was manning the yogurt machine. As his hand filled up, he threw the yogurt into the crowd." Kutcher, whose jacket and pants were caked with cake, said "it was very funny because people had food all over them." University Police Sergeant Michael Fink said that at 6:30 p.m., officers arrived at Stouffer to investigate, but by then then the students involved had left. Stouffer employees had forced the students to evacuate shortly after the incident. Hausladen also said police officers were questioning students on Friday night in the upper level of Stouffer about the food fight. Fink, however, denied this claim.
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