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THE BATTALION
Thursday, November 15, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 3
Local Night Spots
What’s Up for Saturday Night?
By KATHY BRUEGGEN
Texas A&M—party school of
the Southwest Conference?
Well, probably not. But it does
have its possibilities. If you don’t
feel like hitting the books and its
just one of those nights, drive
around and “scope out” some
night spots.
For instance, there’s usually
lots of cars and lots of action at
Sparkey’s, owned by Malcolm
Sparkey Hardee. You can enjoy
a tasty pizza in the main dining
room. If you’re the athletic type,
you can play pool, air hockey,
foosball and paddleball in the
game room. Or you can dance to
the latest tunes in the blacklighted
room.
There’s always plenty of beer
available at a reasonable price. As
Sparkey says. “You get a dollar’s
worth of product for a dollar. It’s
the only place in town you can
holler, run your fist through the
wall and not get thrown out.”
Has anyone ever been to a yell
practice at Sparkey’s? “We have
a floor show every night. It is just
people. We believe in informality.
The place here is what the people
want. I’m progressive when it
comes to what people want,” said
Sparkey.
You can get into your car,
cruise into Bryan, and enter the
world of nostalgia at W. C.’s. The
place is named after W’. C. Field
who loved nothing better than a
cool brew and a game of pool. The
old, elegant Victorian Mansion
turned nightspot provides luxury
Udall Speaks
On Energy
Another slant on the energy
crisis will be given Thursday by
Stewart Udall, former U. S. sec
retary of the interior.
The speech, sponsored by Poli
tical Forum, will begin at 12:30
p. m. in Rooms 225 and 226 of the
Memorial Student Center. Stu
dents are admitted free and others
are charged 50 cents.
Udall will discuss the national
viewpoint of the crisis.
Udall has been preceded on the
subject at A&M by Texas Sen.
Walter Mengden, former astro
naut William Anders, congress
man Olin E. Teague and under
water explorer Jacques Cousteau.
as well as entertainment. Excel
lent rock bands provide music to
boogie by on Friday and Saturday
nights. There is beer and wine,
pool and games and plenty of
atmosphere at W. C.’s. “I like the
place because its far out but it
retains the graciousness of the
home it once was,” said Richard
Moore, news director of KATM.
The Red Lion is a great place
for large groups to gather. The
rooms are spacious, there’s plen
ty of pool tables, lots of inexpen
sive beer and many very nice
people. Calvin Schein, co-owner
and bartender, is very courteous,
friendly and more than willing to
accommodate the public. One pat
ron said, “I come here because its
centrally located and all my
friends come here.”
Oh, yes. At the Red Lion,
there’s no lions to worry about.
Not even a stuffed one!
If you live near the south end
of town, it’s just a short drive to
The Peanut Gallery. This place
certainly is appropriately named
because instead of sawdust, there
are peanut shells on the floor.
There is a barrel of peanuts to
munch on and you simply throw
the shells on the floor. A light
organ flashes to the fantastic
sound of stereo music. Audiences
can be entertained ..on Tuesday
through Saturday nights by disc
jockey Tom Nolan and drummer
Scotty Price who adds an extra
beat to the music. Bartender Mike
Carmack said, “It’s not as rowdy
as most places. A girl can come
in here without getting a wolf
call.” Special attractions are
Shirt night on Monday and Booze
night on Tuesdays. “We’ve got
the best Hurricanes in town,”
boasts Carmack. “I like it here
because of the fine stereo music,
the people and the atmosphere,”
said Mike Davis.
Penthouse One is noted for
being plush, classy and unique.
It’s not really expensive, espe
cially during Happy Hour. All
unescorted ladies pay only half
price per drink. Thick red car
peting—nice. Dance floor en
closed in smoked glass—very nice.
Waitresses in short, very short
dresses—uh well, okay.
“The thing I enjoy about work
ing here is the casual, easy-going
atmosphere. It’s relaxing and
cozy. We try to offer a little bit
of something for everybody,” said
waitress Marilyn Maertens. “Our
customers are businessmen and all
types of students. They enjoy the
atmosphere, the drinks and the
quadraphonic sound system,” said
Ms. Maertens. “It’s convenient
and I’m thirsty. We came over
to meet and talk to people,” said
customer Robert Boe.
The College Station is the re
modeled East Gate Lounge. You
can recognize it by the train on
the front of the building. There
is pool, foosball, plenty of games
and lots of very reasonably priced
beer.
Its main feature is the people.
As bartender John Nelson said,
“That’s why you drink anyway.
To socialize, to talk with people
you have something in common
with.”
Why do people go to The Col
lege Station? “Friendship,” said
an A&M graduate student. “I’ve
been coming in here off and on
since 1967.”
There were some complaints
kiddingly made by the regular
customers. Noel Adams said
“Fifteen years of Aggie tradition
was ended when they took ‘Black-
land Farmer’ off the jukebox.”
Ken Freeman said he comes to
The College Station to “shoot |
pool, drink beer and talk to Sue.” !
Sue is the “bartendress.” How
ever, John Nelson said, “The
reason Sue came here to work is
because she heard about the good- :
looking bartender.”
So there it is. There’s all kinds j
of places for all kinds of people
in College Station. Take your
pick or try them all. Each is
different and all are lots of fun.
Campus Briefs
Pentagon Service Award
Army Lt. Col. Jose G. Pena
was awarded the Meritorious
Service Medal Wednesday for
service in the Pentagon.
Col. Pena, senior ROTC tactics
branch chief in the Military Sci
ence Department, served in the
Defense Intelligence Agency be
fore coming here last summer.
The 1956 graduate was cited |
for “competence, sound judgement !
and expert knowledge in critical t
and tense Middle East and Latin '
American areas of attache af- |
fairs.”
Highway Short Course
Key Texas highway officials
and engineers will meet Dec. 4-6
for the 47th annual Highway
Short Course highlighting new
innovations in roadway construc
tion and maintenance and related
activities.
The session is jointly sponsored
by the Texas Highway Depart
ment, Civil Engineering Depart
ment and Texas Transportation
Institute. The meeting will be
held in the J. Earl Rudder Cen
ter.
Keynote speaker will be Texas
Highway Commission Chairman
Reagan Houston.
Lighting Study
The Texas Transportation In
stitute has completed a compre
hensive study of roadway illumi
nation systems to provide data
which could make night driving
safer, particularly on freeways
and major highway intersections.
The study, sponsored by the
Texas Highway Department in
cooperation with the Federal
Highway Administration, involved
high-inast lighting, transitional
lighting, safety lighting, driver
visual behavior and lighting cost- .
effectiveness.
Dr. N. J. Rowan and Dr. Ned
E. Walton, TTI researchers,
headed the study.
Outstanding Club Award
Brazos Aggies won the plaque
in competition with clubs at Aus
tin, Waco, Brownwood, Temple
and Stephenville, among others
in the Central Texas Region.
The local club was beaten out
by Tyler for the statewide award.
The Brazos County A&M Club
captured one of five “outstanding
club” awards Saturday at the As
sociation of Former Students
winter council meeting.
The five awards were given on
a regional basis.
Practical Education Discussed
Students will be given an op
portunity tonight to question ex
perienced businessmen about the
value of the education they re
ceive at A&M.
The College Town Hall pro
gram begins at 8 p.m. in Room
502 of the Rudder Tower. All stu
dents are invited.
Entering its 21st year, the pro
gram permits discussion on the
practical applications of subjects
such as economics, finance, mar
keting, government and business.
The panel of businessmen is chos
en from area companies.
M. A. Taylor,Central Freight
Lines Inc., Waco, will serve as
moderator. Panelists are: Larry
Blankenburg, Transcontinental
Gas Pipeline Corp., Houston;
George M. Blackburn, Brentex
Mills, Brenham; R. T. Clare, Jr.,
M. W. Kellogg Co., Houston; and
Oscar W. Stewart, Jr., Mosher
Steel Co., Houston.
These programs are scheduled
during fall and spring semesters
on campuses throughout Texas.
Chemistry Grant
The Department of Chemistry ture and Reactivity of Adsorbed
has been awarded a $20,000 re
search grant by the Environmen
tal Protection Agency, announc
ed Cong. Olin E. Teague (D-Tex.).
Dr. Jack Lunsford, professor of
chemistry, is principal investiga
tor of the project titled “Struc-
Outside Oxides of Sulfur.”
“The objective of the research
under this grant is to study the
ionic species which are formed
upon the adsorption of sulfur di
oxide and other oxides of sulfur,”
Lunsford explained.
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