University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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men of Pi Kappa Alpha host Alpha Delta Pi ' s Carry-In in the fall. Many students preferred house parties, but fraternity par- ties were also popular on cam- pus. er a great party, two University students finish off the last bites of a pizza. It did not take long to find a friend to split a pizza with you, especially after a good party. Sarah Smucker ' ew students enjoy a conversa- tion as a party winds down. Seats were valuable items at parties, and became even more cherished late in the night when partiers ere tired of dancing. n HM 1 1 72 House Parties

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dents wait in line to get into Touch- n Cafe, a bar located on South University. Even during the week, emu (K had to wait for up to an hour and a half to enter some bars. Lines would form outside campus bars as i rly as 8:30 p.m.. s ncer Danny Cevallos checks se- ior Sandra Dierkes ' s ID before allowing her entry into Touch- down Cafe. On some nights a three dollar cover charge was collected to fpmpensate special drink offers. Mike Campbell Mike Campbell apdog drummer, Willy Jurkiewicz, plays the drums. The Lapdogs played at Rick ' s Ameri- can Cafe on Wednesday, Septem- ber, 11 at 11 p.m., giving Ann Ar- bor a taste of local talent. Bar Scene

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As the weekend quickly approaches, students begin to ask each other. here ' s The Story by Jed Rosenthal Layout by Jessica Hermenitt The campus party scene provided students with three main options: fraternity parties, bars, and house parties. Many students became disenchanted with the fraternity scene after their first year, and the bar scene was reserved for those who were at least twenty-one and those lucky individuals whose fake IDs worked. Therefore, the favorite option for the majority of students seemed to be the house party. Students who were old enough to participate in the bar scene still felt that house parties were the best choice for a night life at the University. You see more of your friends there, David Cook, a School of Music senior said. It tends to be more of a relaxed environ- ment, but that doesn ' t make it less of a party. Archi- tecture senior Steven Heuss agreed. It ' s more laid back. At house parties, it ' s easier to carry on a conversation instead of yelling into someone ' s ear. One benefit of house parties was the accessibility of alcohol. There was rarely a line for the keg, and quantity of alcohol was not a problem. Rarely do you have to wait in line at the keg, said Matthew McHenry, a Business School senior. And when it kicks, you can always get more. Unlike fraternity paities, mixed drinks were often available in addition to beer. I despise beer, I just can ' t drink it. But when you are going to a house party, your friends are more likely to splurge and hand out hard liquor, and it is a lot cheaper than the bar. For the host of the house parties, the atmosphere helped with crowd control, because it was easy to monitor who was entering and leaving the party. There was not an outrageous amount of unknown guests at house parties primarily because the parties usually did not attract younger students. Older stu- dents saw this as a large bonus. At house parties, you don ' t have to continuously dodge random people. Emily Andler, an LSA junior said. You also don ' t have drunk freshman bumping into you. Tonight ? House Parties 73 Peter Nielsen