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By Melanie Perkins
Staff Writer
Hk new breed of nightclub opened
n College Station Tuesday — one
;he owners are hoping will fill what
hey see as a gap in Bryan/College
station nightlife.
^■"he Upper Room, a hole-in-the-
wall at 701 Texas Ave. across from
the Texas A&M campus, is billed as
a Christian nightclub — a place for
poung Christian men and women to
interact socially in a healthy, non-de-
nominational atmosphere — no cus
sing, smoking, or alcohol.
Hit is a place to share joy, prob
lems, feelings, emotions, good times
Hswell as bad times — a place where
relationships are more important
than cars or money,” said Bryan at
torney Bart Munro, who with two
other men, formed the non-profit
corporation which runs the club,
^■"he Weldon Sisters from Nava-
sota performed gospel music at the
opening, and several speakers and
well-wishers addressed the onlook
ers, among the more well-known of
whom was Larry Ringer, mayor of
College Station. Ringer wished the
clup success and presented a Bible to
the owners.
Hkfunro said the original concept
for the club came from his high-
school daughter, who was tired of
ending up at Sonic when she went
out and said there was no place to go
for a teenager who doesn’t want to
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Chuck Bruegger, co-partner of The Upper Room, stands by the non-alcoholic bar of the new nightclub.
drink, smoke or be chased by boys.
He and his partners — Chuck
Bruegger of Bryan and Jeff Leissner
of Bay City — saw a similar need in
the college community. Thus the
concept for The Upper Room was
born.
The name of the club refers to
The Last Supper, where Christ
shared food and fellowship with his
apostles before his death. The Up
per Room is formed on the same
principles — to be a kind of meeting
place or watering hole.
Besides atmosphere and
fellowship, the club offers snacks,
non-alcoholic beverages, games, live
and recorded music, talent nights
and a small dance floor.
The club agenda is flexible, since
there is no model to go by, and will
be based on what people want to do
or see.
The Upper Room will raise reve
nue through the sale of refresh
ments, from coin-operated games
and from a $2 cover charge on week-
nights, with a $3 cover on weekends.
It’s open Tuesday through Saturday
from 7-11 p.m.
iff exhibit gets a ‘jump-start’ with frogs that do the tango
Ugll!
By Rachel Cowan
Reporter
Hfhe dancing frogs on the Harrington Educa
tion Center are part of a traveling exhibit com
memorating the Texas Sesquicentennial.
’ ‘Six sculptures were delivered on a flatbed
truck and put in place with a crane Wednesday
morning. The display, sponsored by the Univer
sity Art Exhibits, will last through May 4.
The Laguna Gloria Art Museum in Austin or
ganized the exhibit, which has already been to
Lubbock and Temple. After leaving Texas A&M,
it is scheduled to visit Amarillo and Texarkana.
' An ice sculpture, carved out of blocks of col
ored ice with a chainsaw by artist Bert Long, will
be added Feb. 26. Museum representative Peter
Meer expects this exhibit to last one or two days.
“These works appeal to a broad selection of
people,” Meer said.
University Art Exhibits Coordinator Hermona
Dayag said, “People are reacting to it. Some don’t
like it while others are amused.”
“Three Frogs,” which depicts one playing a
horn and two dancing the tango, were made out
of plastic and steel by Robert Wade.
Luis A. Jimenez Jr., of Hondo, New Mexico,
created “Howl.” This Fiberglas statue portrays.a
wolf howling at the moon.
The child’s toy from the game jacks is enlarged
in Jim Love’s creation, “Jack,” made of steel pipe.
Large pieces of wood and steel make up the
larger-than-life “Date Cluster”. James Surls of
Splendora, Texas crafted the sculpture.
Jesus Bautista Moroles of Rockport, Texas
made “Interlocking Las Mesas”, a nine-foot
structure of pink Texas granite.
The red abstract sculpture of welded steel, “B-
lanco 17”, was created by Mac Whitney.
Dayag said the Texas Commission on the Arts
helped fund the exhibit.
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