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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Subject: Re: Drink ages?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.041031.145@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1993Jan21.160453.20162@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1993Jan23.001115.8789@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1993Jan23.010700.25385@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 04:10:31 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.010700.25385@news.acns.nwu.edu> mkahn@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Michael Kahn) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan23.001115.8789@cs.nott.ac.uk> eeyimkn@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (M. Knell) writes:
- >>
- >>Does this mean that the campus bar is not such a social centre for students in
- >>the US?
- >>
- >>Cheers, Mike
- >>
- >
- >At Northwestern, the campus bar's official title (I believe) was The
- >Gathering Place, although everyone knew it simply as The Bar. The Bar closed
- >down last year due to too many underage students getting in and rapidly
- >declining attendance, so yes, I would venture to say that a campus bar is not
- >such a social centre (unless it doesn't card). There are, however, certain
- >off-campus bars that are considered to be hot spots. I think there is somewhat
- >of a contradiction in a campus-sponsored bar where the majority of students
- >are underage, and that is why off-campus joints seem to be livelier. I'd like
- >to hear what anyone else has to say about this.
-
- Here in Indiana, you have to be 21 to even enter a bar, so a lot of the
- problems with underage students declining the attendance don't seem to
- apply. I will admit that bars back in Illinois that admitted underage
- people for dancing purposes or whatever (this might have changed since
- then) rapidly became underage hangouts, and led to the decline that you
- describe above.
- However, I think the one factor that is affecting bar attendance most
- of all is simply the number of bars in the area. If the bar scene gets
- popular and two new bars open up, everybody sees a drop in attendance.
- As for off-campus bars, I find them more appealing because I don't have
- to deal with the campus crowd that thinks drinking is then end-all and
- be-all of life. You get a better atmosphere, IMHO. Your mileage may vary.
-
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