BOSTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Boston-area high school students gave a speech by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a mixed response -- some cheered, some booed and many were indifferent.
Hatch spoke on free-market economics, the Patriot Act and AIDS relief work by Bono at Wellesley High School, in Wellesley, Mass., where his son teaches business, the Boston Globe reported Saturday.
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The speech was closed to the public and the media, but Hatch said he also sought to deliver an anti-drug message.
"If you use illegal drugs -- even if you smoke cigarettes -- you're a loser," Hatch said he told the students.
About a dozen students staged a protest against Hatch's position on abortion, gay rights and the Patriot Act.
