University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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Transportation ... the Ticket to the New World D. Wmfnrr With some transportat ion the newly remodeled Shairnasty's is close at hand for an evening of fun and entertainment. Spinner McGee's is a popular bar with a pleasant environment. With a blackjack room, large dance door and great drink specials. Spinner's has something for almost everyone. D. W jcn«T You’ve just returned from Christmas break and your roommate is bouncing around the room like he has a cat in his pants. You know he is dying to tell you something but your mom is bringing the last load of clean clothes up the steps. After sending the folks on their merry way you run to your room, bursting through the door yelling. “WHAT?” “I got a car!” he yells back. “I got the old blue bomb from my folks. Do you know what this means? We are taking road- trips. real dates, off-campus bars ...” Realistically all bars are off-campus, but to students who live on or near cam- pus and do not have transportation, the bars on the Hill are considered campus property. Once you add the word trans- portation to a college student, you open a new world in entertainment and fun. We are not just talking the Hill but now there is downtown Cedar Falls. Water- loo. Dike. Hudson. Chicago; you name it and it is in the realm of possibility. Getting back to college students and bars in and around the Cedar Falls area, let’s take a look at a few bars and what they have to offer students. A lot of bars offer students a place to dance. Note that dancing can be done in all bars but having your best friend sing while you dance will get you a visit from the boys in blue and a place to sleep downtown. I,ocal bars that offer dancing are Spinner McGee’s, Shagnasty’s and Fourth and Main. These three bars offer large dance floors, state of the art sound systems, lots of drink specials and ac- tivity nights. “Thursday is the original cup night at Spinner’s.” said KFMW disc jockey Mark Hansen. Available at Spinners al- so is a large blackjack room and bas- ketball hoops when a break from danc- ing is needed. “We started a Designated Driver Pro- gram to try and get students to come here. We offer the Designated Driver of each car free pop all night long.” com- mented Darin Beck of Shagnasty’s. Progressive draws are an option avail- able to the public at Fourth and Main on Thursday evenings. These draws start at 28

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Teetotalers K. Laubengay er Members of The Cause perform for an enthusiastic crowd in the West Towers Lounge. Having fun without the use of alcholic beverages is the purpose of Alcohol Awareness Week. was great to be with my friends having a great time.” Saturday concluded Alcohol Aware- ness Week. Activities ran all day long, ranging from movies to a biathalon. Jim Johnson, Shull Hall coordinator and chairman of the campus Alcohol Aware- ness Week Committee, summed up the purpose of all of the activities. He com- mented, “Activities were designed to in- crease awareness among students, fac- ulty and staff of the role that alcohol played in their lives, and to have en- couraged responsible drinking.” -Brenda Keairns “You didn’t need alcohol to be involved and to have fun. ” -Dan Ziesmer D. Wagner Alcohol Awi 27

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D. Wsfner A great get away from the campus ruckus is the well-established bar Fourth and Main. With its progressive draws. Fourth and Main draws large crowds. a dime a glass and increase a dime every hour. Another way area bars get students to come and dance is to have a live band. A lot of the area bands have university ties, producing large student followings. “We had people who would follow us to every bar in town,” said Darren Junge, guitar player for “Beer Nuts.” A short list of bars that have bands come in to play are T.J. and Company, The Water Tower Lounge, Dean’s Parkade Lounge and the 4th Street Jazz and Blues Club. Another reason students will go to a certain bar is to find a nice place to sit, have a drink with a friend and eat. A few that offer food are Diamond Dave’s, Ar- madillo’s, Casey’s 218 Pub and the 4th Street Station. “We were in Casey’s one night and I ordered two tacos. They were so big I thought I would never be able to eat them all,” said junior broadcast major Chris Reeves. A Mexican decor, jumbo margaritas and chips help to draw large crowds to Armadillo’s. There are a lot of nice bars in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area, offering a large selection of entertainment for col- lege students. So find some transpor- tation and come join the night life of the off-campus bars. -Jerry Byers Famous Pick-Up Lines You see him her across a crowded room ... some enchanted stranger. It’s the Stein, Suds, Bo’s, Stebs — the smokey atmosphere, pul- sating music, the shifty eyes. He she meets your intense stare, your eyes lock. He she looks interested. Now what? Well, you could continue staring and even- tually drool, letting him or her leave the bar wondering who that lurking stranger was. Or you could saunter over and try to make a little conversation. But wait ... warning! Conver- sation isn’t as easy as it sounds. First impres- sions are important. If you blow it by stum- bling, mumbling and falling over your first few words, you may never even get a simple hello from your beautiful stranger. So be prepared. Here is a sampling of the best conversation starters. Use with extreme sincerity and you will have the perfect opening lines. Practice with your friends because you’ll never have a second chance to make a first impression. Don’t you know me? Go out with me and you’ll see God. I’ve been noticing you notice me. Hola babee. How would you like to have an experience so intense it could conceivably change your political views. What are you drinking? What’s that scent? It is driving me crazy! We speak each other’s unspoken language... fluently. What's your sign? Didn’t we meet in a previous life? Are you old enough to be in here? Thank you for letting me gaze at you all night. Guess who worships you from afar? I am the miracle you have been waiting for. You look like you need a good friend. Were’t you in my Intro to Psychology class last fall? Don’t you eat in Redeker? Dancer, 4th floor, right? Why don’t you slap my face so we can move onto the insults. Lets skip all the social niceties — I have a heated waterbed, let’s go. Haven’t I seen you dancing at Bo’s? Let’s have a Certs encounter. What time is it? Your dorm room or mine? What beautiful eyes you have. Or if all else fails... •’Hi -Holly Johnson Pick-Up Lines 29