B-CS has several venues for different styles of dancing
Six experienced seniors rated Bryan-College
Station dance venues based on atmosphere,
music and crowd.
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By Lizette Resendez
THE BATTALION
From country to rap and hip-
hop to salsa, Bryan-College
Station offers dance clubs for
people in boots or stilettos.
“I usually go to the Hall (Texas
Hall of Fame) — there’s usually
lots of people, the company’s very
nice and there’s usually hot girls,”
said Robert Cogburn, a senior
agricultural journalism major,
who has been dancing at the Hall
for three years.
However, Cogburn does not
limit his opportunities. He has
visited Cody’s, Hurricane Harry’s
and Soho Lounge, and has devel
oped an opinion of each one.
While Cogburn does not
enjoy the people at Cody’s,
he appreciates their music
and prefers it to the music at
the Hall.
“People at other clubs go nuts
over 10-year-old songs like ‘Baby
got back’ and ‘Give me that Nut,’
” Cogburn said.
Cogburn usually visits Soho
Lounge after a night at Shadow
Canyon. He enjoys the dance
music and the people, who are
mostly college students.
“I know lots of people
there,” Cogburn said. “They’re
a close-knit type of people
because the same people go
there every week.”
Cogburn said that since Cody’s
does not have a cover charge, peo
ple from the area frequent the
club, but there are not as many
college students as at other local
dance clubs.
Students, especially freshmen,
may find a recurring theme in
the type of people that attend
certain clubs.
“Harry’s became the status quo
for freshmen, because it’s a hop,
skip and a jump away from
A&M,” Cogburn said.
Cadee Beyer, a senior agricul
tural development major,
notices that Shadow attracts an
older crowd.
“It’s more of a 21-and-up
crowd,” Beyer said. “We went
there a lot this summer, like once
a week, but not quite so much
since school started because Ive
been busy.”
Beyer also appreciates the
dance-floor size with plenty of
room to dance.
“It’s not too crowded,” Beyer
said. “You can actually move and
dance, and the drinks are cheap.”
Matt Madison, a senior indus
trial distribution major, only goes
to Harry’s if he decides to go out
dancing. Harry’s plays old and
new country along with Top 40
and rap.
“Every other place has gone
ghetto. Harry’s plays a good mix
of music, and there’s a lot of beau
tiful girls,” he said.
Madison has become famil
iar with the crowd and sees
someone he knows every time
he visits Harry’s.
“No matter when you go, you
always see someone you know,
Madison said.
However, not all students
enjoy two-stepping. Thomas
Bigini, a senior applied mathe
matics major, said he prefers
Cody’s to Harry’s or the Hall
any day.
“(Cody’s) is one of the few
clubs that plays the only music
that I like to dance to, like hip-
hop and dance,” Bigini said. “It’s
more up to date than other clubs
that play ‘Baby got back’ right
after George Strait.”
Bigini began dancing at Cody’s
because it was closer to his apart
ment, there was less of a parking
hassle and he was not as fond of
the cowboy scene found at other
clubs, he said.
“The dress at Cody’s is differ
ent,” Bigini said. “There are no
cowboy hats and tight jeans.”
Manish Raizada, a senior
computer engineering major,
holds a VIP card which gets him
into Soho free and knows the
disc jockey: his roommate.
“I definitely like the music,”
Raizada said. “The music is more
house and trance, and you don’t
see that at Cody’s. Their music is
the most distinct music in town.”
While Raizada said he does not
enjoy the music as much at
Cody’s, ,he_ still sp ; p.s My, after a
party, if he feels like dancing.
Raizada also does not like the
atmosphere, which he said can be
a bit hostile.
“People will be giving me the
eye,” Raizada said. “If it gets
crowded, and you accidentally
bump into someone, they think
you do it intentionally.”
Jeremy Mitchell, a senior jour
nalism major, said he does not go
to Harry’s or the Hall unless
there is a concert and instead,
enjoys the scene at Codys or
Soho Lounge, for their lack of
country music.
Mitchell said he does not go
to Soho as often as Cody’s, but
likes its atmosphere and well-
dressed people.
Mitchell also likes Cody’s
“good mix of hip-hop and
techno.”
“Overall, their DJs are pretty
decent and good at keeping the
crowd going and energized
throughout the night,” said
Mitchell, who also is a deejay.
Another dance club that is fair
ly new, and a little less well-
known, is La Bodega. La Bodega
plays salsa music every Friday and
has salsa parties ever}' other
Saturday. Mitchell also appreci
ates its music and visited when his
friend Michael Tillman per
formed there. Tillman playes clas
sical Spanish guitar.
La Bodega attracts a more
diverse crowd.
David Macias, a senior
telecommunications major,
said he likes La Bodega’s music
and crowd.
“They play all Spanish music
like salsa and merenge,” Macias
said. “There’s definitely a variety
of music, and I get tired of coun
try and rap and that’s all you hear
at the other clubs.”
“A lot of Hispanics go there,”
Macias said. “I have friends that
go there religiously.”
Many international students
from Guatemala, Puerto Rico and
South America can be seen every
weekend at La Bodega. . . .
Under 21
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There are many options for underage
students looking for a good time
By Matt Stellbauer
THE BATTALION
In most college towns across the United
States, being underage presents a dilemma for
students looking for something to do at night.
This is not the case in College Station, where
many businesses gear their advertising to
attract students of all ages.
“I think it’s neat when
Hurricane Harry’s and the
places such as
Dixie Chicken
open their doors to
underage students such
as myself,’’said Amanda
Kruse, a freshman ele
mentary education
major. “I am always
looking for a place to
go and hang out with
friends and other peo
ple my age.”
Being 21 years old
does not always limit
what Texas A&M stu
dents can and cannot do.
However, if an under
age person is going to
survive the nightlife of
Bryan-College Station,
there are a few rules he
or she must learn before going out.
“One of the first rules to surviving the night
life is you have to know what places are hot and
when,” said freshmen biomedical science major
Mark Birkensfield.
Birkensfield said some places are busier than
others, depending on which night it is.
Berkensfield said the second rule students
should know is which nights are not hot.
“Friday, for instance, is a date night. I am
still fairly new at this, but I have learned that
Fridays are a good night to find a date or go
to the movies with the guys because nothing
is happening on Fridays.
For students looking for that romantic
evening alone, College Station offers an array
of places to entertain that special someone.
“This town is great for places to take your
ladies. Like, if it was me, a nice picnic at
Research Park would be very special,” Kruse
said.
“If you’re not the outdoors type, there are
restaurants galore for these types of occasions,
such as Square One or Caffe’ Capri.”
Students should not assume they have to
spend money to do something fun; there are
many alternatives to
normal nightlife.
“We do all the
same things that
everybody else does;
we just have a differ
ent outlook about it,”
said junior electrical
engineering major
Danny McReynolds.
“My friends and I
believe that you don’t
have to drink to have
fun at Harry’s or
Shadow. In fact, we
have alternatives to
most of those things.
For example, we go
to the movies all the time, and sometimes, we
will throw a barbecue and invite friends over
and just hang out.”
If students are looking for a place to escape
the normal, late-night activities, there are less
visited, but still quite enjoyable, places.
“Coming from a small town, I know all
about finding things to do,” said freshmen
political science major Tim White.
“So going to the bowling alley and just
doing things like getting a group of guys
together and playing a game of football and
basketball; however, just renting a movie or
two is always an enjoyable alternative for me.’
I think it's neat when places such
as Hurricane Harrys and the Dixie
Chicken open their doors to
underage students such as myself
I am always looking for a place to
go and hang out with friends
and other people my age.
— Amanda Kruse
freshman elementary education major
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