Maroon Weekly

By Betsy Ellison

The fall semester has flown by just like the rest of them (or maybe faster than the rest, considering I was “researching” this column at Northgate for the most of it); only this time I have to factor in that after December comes and goes I will have t-minus five months before college is o-v-e-r!

With that said, I honestly cannot wait to be done with school and I say it all the time too. My older friends and family tell me that I am “wishing my life away” and how I will miss college more than I think once I’m out, but this is only semi true—I will miss College Station not college.

Who wouldn’t miss this place, especially the ever famous Northgate and all of the favorite bars and hangouts one has acquired over their last four or so years in Aggieland. I know one thing I will miss about the nightlife in College Station is how relaxed it is and how one can rarely find themselves in a place that is unfamiliar or uninviting.

Over the last 10 weeks I have tried my hardest to break down the bar scene (as I see it) in the BCS, and if even just one of my readers has taken advantage of what wild advice I have given about where to go for a good time, then my work here is done.

For this last article of the semester I’m not going to review a bar, I’m not even going to tell you what crazy antics I got into this last weekend (ok, maybe just a little hint: the Ptar, Logan’s, tailgating, Corner Bar and Saki bombs—use your imagination).

For this last installment I want you, the reader, to think about the most exciting and fun night you had all semester and once you have figured out that moment, run with it! I want you to relive that night of mayhem before finals take over your life and you begin having fewer and fewer dollar margarita nights.

There is no harm in having a little fun and personally (remember this is an opinion column), I believe it is good for the soul. If all you ever did was sit at home and study, then what do you have to show for your college years except good grades and a multiple charges to Starbucks on your credit card? Might I add that just because you go out and “party hardy” every now-and-then, doesn’t mean you’ll start doing badly in class or lose track of your four-year-plan; these are supposed to be the best years of our lives, so live it up (responsibly) and make some memories other than the funny joke your professor told in class.

I like to think that I have made the most of my college years and that I have a pretty good idea of what is fun and how to tell when people around me are having a good time as well. We’ve all done crazy things without thinking (some more than often) and that makes for an interesting evening, but that’s what college is for—living and learning.

Take a look at some of the bars I’ve mentioned this semester, like: Shotzi’s, Hurricane Harry’s, the Chicken, Zapatos, Fitzwilly’s or Ozona, and once you find that one place you feel comfortable think to yourself how nice it feels to be out of the house, hanging with friends, listening to good music and enjoying a nice cold [insert favorite beverage here].