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CHANGES DRY COUNTY BLUES The University attempts to substitute for a ciosed-down Blowing Rock, but will it be enough to satiate the student body ' s thirst? ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BABETTE MUNN Having friends over for dinner and wine or going out with friends to have a cold beer are not easy tasks in Boone. To top it off the nightlife in Blowing Rock has seen better days. But amidst all the changes, the university has rallied to provide a music hall for the students, and there may soon be a referendum for beer in Boone. There exists a long history of conflict concerning alcohol in North Carolina and Watuaga County. When the 21st Amend- ment was passed, Prohibition was halted. But while most of the state went wet, Watuaga County was left dry. With time Blowing Rock became the watering hole for the area. P.B. Scott ' s Music Hall and Clydes to name a few were the night spots for ASU students. P.B. Scott ' s had some great bands pass through its doors, including B. B. King, The Dregs, The Nighthawks, Papa John Creech, and Arlo Guthrie, just to name a few. You still hear talk of the memories created at P.B. ' s, but what was once a music hall and gathering place for friends, will soon become condominiums. The growing controversy with the ABC Board over disproportion- ate food to alcohol sales and the town of Blowing Rock ' s complaints of noise and litter brought the final demise to P.B. ' s and Clydes. Bucky Carter, a senior Industrial Arts major, said, nightlife plummeted when places closed down. You don ' t have as much of a chance to meet people. There are more open parties now, but they ' re packed and outrageous. As bars were closing the laws were getting stricter in other ways. The drinking age was raised to 19 and the D.U.I, laws were made much more strict. If someone blows a .10 or more on the breathalizer test, it costs them their license for 10 days and by refusing to take the test drivers receive a mandatory one year suspension of driving privileges. Concern over these new restrictions was shown by the administration of ASU. The Office of Residence Life got involved by setting up a week long Happy Appy Hour, showing students how to entertain and make drinks without alcohol. But to accommodate an even broader range of students the Social Activities Room in the Student Union became the hub for free entertainment and brownbagging. Al- though the limit of six beers per person was tightly controlled, it didn ' t seem to stop the students from attending. The capacity in the Social Activity room was 220 and some evenings crowds of 600 would wait in line. When the program was deemed a success, a new larger facility called H ' Appy ' s became an even bigger reality. SGA President, Ken Talley said, Other universities are following suit with H ' Appy ' s. They see we have a unique set-up. The emphasis of H ' Appy ' s is entertainment, and not the brownbagging of six-packs. Spring semester saw many changes, including a successful forum, organized by Eastridge cluster, called Boone on the Rocks. Said Talley, A lot of things became clearer during the forum, includ- ing the discussion of possibly holding a referendum for beer in Boone. Hopefully people will start seeing that it ' s not students vs. the Boone citizens. Talley commented how the town could profit from beer in Boone. He said, It could lower the tax basis. Some counties put the sales revenues into the county school system an d Boone could do the same. The results of the different changes this past year could be varied and prohibition may linger, but possibly this story will become history in a long scenario of ' the alcohol issue ' . Who knows, one day may find students, professors and townspeople alike stroll- ing downtown for a sandwich and a frothy draft in the company of friends.
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