University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority members Allison Gillespie and Malease Marko take a break from working their chocolate covered strawberry stand to enjoy them- selves on one of the many Carni Gras rides. Mike DIBari 12 Student Life Division

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Private NIGHT CLUB ON THE LAKE New programs estahlished by the Rat Adviso- ry Board attract a greater num- berof students each night On Saturday nights during the fall when there is not a football game scheduled, the Rat presents guest comedians as part of the Gutbus- ter Series. X his place is a business, of course, but we ' re all here to have fun, said junior doorman John Mack. The Rathskellar was the only place on campus devoted entirely to student en- tertainment. Before its opening in the fall, changes, as well as some expan- sions, were made by the Raths- kellar Advisory Board. This panel, which was comprised of twenty graduate and under- graduate students, took on the task of attempting to program events that would entertain a majority of the students on campus. This committee established six different nightly events for Monday through Saturday of each week. Although its main goal of supplementing enter- tainment to the students, the Board could not accommodate underage undergraduates in perhaps the most popular col- lege social event; drinking. With the drinking age being 21 nation-wide, a great number of students were not able to drink. At the beginning of the year we see a lot of fake I.D. ' s, but as the year goes on, people find out they can ' t get away with it and it pretty much stops, said Mack, a three-year employee of the Rat. We ' re only doing our job out here. Peo- ple that get thrown out just try to hassle us. They don ' t realize that if they don ' t push it and just cooperate with us, we won ' t remember them the next night and they can get back in. We really try to help if people try to cooperate. A major addition to the Rathskellar ' s schedule of events was the introduction of an elec- tronic, keyboard operated game called Quarterback 1. Played during Monday Night Football and away Hurricane football games, this lap quarterback allowed students to predict plays that were going to be run while competing against bars and other establishments across the country. I think people really like it a lot, especially the fraternities, said freshman doorman Xavier Cedeno. This place is packed when we play it. The system was also used to play trivia games on weeknights before 9pm. These tr ivia con- tests offered prizes, such as shirts and mugs, to those scor- ing the highest on a given even- ing. The cost of the keyboards and the installation of the sys- tem to the Rathskellar was par- tially covered by a four dollar rental fee for each of the fifteen keyboards. As the games ' popu- larity continued to grow, howev- er, the availability of keyboards became scarce. Another new program to the Rat was Perry Como Night Away football games are televised on the big screen at the Rat. Hurricane fans cheer as Miami kicks the winning field goal against Michigan. 14 Rathskellar