The interior is a mixture of ideas from Mullenix and her friends
Deanna Muflenix, manager of me 2
Student to open club
By CATHY RIELY
StaffWriter
E = me 2 . Einstein’s energy
equation. Thanks to an A&=M
student, that famed formula
will now take on new meaning
to Biyan-College Station resi
dents.
The A&>M student: Deanna
Mullenix. The new meaning: a
dance club called me 2 .
Mullenix, an environmental
geography major, is manager
of the soon-to-be-opened club.
A local businessman came to
her with the idea because of
her involvement in the local
music scene. She has been a
disc jockey at Dr. G’s for almost
nine months.
“He saw the success in
Dance Attack (a new wave
dance night at Dr. G’s) and saw
a good opportunity for a club
that would focus on that kind
of music,” Mullenix said.
The club’s name was chosen
when Mullenix and a bunch of
her friends got together to bo
unce around ideas and some
one suggested me 2 .
“The name seemed to fit
perfectly because we wanted
the atmosphere to be high en
ergy, so why not call it that,”
she said. \
The club’s decor is the prod
uct of a conglomeration of peo
ple’s ideas: Mullenix, her boss,
and all the friends who helped
her paint. The walls are black,
the molding bright yellow.
Day-Glo graphics illuminate
the walls. Colored beams re
flect off the revolving mirrored
ball suspended from the ceil
ing. The prominent portrait of
Einstein overlooking the dance
. floor completes the picture.
The official opening for me 2
is tentatively scheduled for Fri
day, March 29, pending appro
val of a liquor license. Mullenix
said she plans to sell beer at
lower than average prices and
provide set-ups for those who
wish to bring their own bottle.
A free promotional party is
planned this Saturday, from 10
p.m. to 1 a.m., to introduce the
club to the community.
Mullenix said she was wor
ried when first approached
with the idea for the club. She
was afraid managing the club
while going to school would be
too heavy a responsibility. But
she said she then realized what
a wonderful opportunity she
had to bring more variety to
the entertainment scene in
town.
“My main motivation in
doing this has come from my
boredom with the lack of vari
ety of entertainment in town,”
she said. “I’ve been here for
four years and I’ve become very
bored with the predictability of
the scenes of most of the
clubs.”
Mullenix thinks the best
dance songs are rarely found in
the “top 40.” She hopes “to pro
vide a more stimulating atmo
sphere for those that care to
look beyond the scope of com
mon radio music.”
Wednesdays and Saturdays
will be “neo-dance nights” at
me 2 . Mullenix said she plans to
focus on high energy dance
music, leaning toward new
wave and funk, with a lot of
European flavor.
She plans to schedule a
dance band every Friday and
hopes to have live entertain
ment other nights as well.
Bands she hopes to book in
clude: The Judy’s, 4 Hams on
Rye, Da Da Curve, Skank, The
Zealots, The Natives and Ran
dom Culture.
At this point, Mullenix is not
sure of her exact duties. She
definitely will be handling en
tertainment, but is unsure
about such other aspects as fi
nance or publicity. She said
that would depend upon her
time constraints as well as
what her boss wants her to do.
“I’m both nervous and excit
ed,” she said. “I’ve never done
anything like this before.”
What Mullenix lacks in man
agerial experience, she makes
up for in her knowledge of the
music scene. She has not only
been the disc jockey at Dr. G’s,
but has worked at Music Ex
press for over two years. Her
manager at Music Express had
recommended her for the job
at Dr. G’s because of her exten
sive dance collection.
She has also been a DJ at
KANM, the student-operated
radio station, for 10 months.
She currently has a radio show
Thursdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Her DJ name is Betty Beatbox,
and her show is called “Stimu
lation: An Escape from Stagna
tion with Betty Beatbox.”
Although she is graduating
in December, Mullenix may re
main in town after graduation
and manage me 2 full time.
She’d like to stay around long
enough to make the club a suc
cess. \