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Beer o% From Page 1 building and was absorbed im mediately. The structure was spacious and chilly. Two beer outlets greeted the onslaught: a Budweiser truck at the entrance, with six taps, and a "Budweiser Party Wagon," with two taps located, conveniently enough, near the restrooms. Like most big gatherings, the party started slowly. People tended to congregate in .small groups, and occasional shouts of "turn up the heat!" echoed through the room. Getting a beer during the first hour was no problem. Most students were content to stand around, caress their cups and nod to the rhythm of the band, Brother Blood. Slowly, gradually, the place began filling up. People who had taken seats on the cement floor .earlier were beginning to stand up now. Either that or get cracked fingers. The band elicited its first possitive response of the evening by asking, "Everybody gonna get drunk tonight?" The ayes had it. It was loosening up now. One observer offered, "This ranks with the beer busts of the past-mediocre bands and a lack of proper seating. I'd say the beer is more accessible, though." Sitting alone in a remote corner of the building was a disconsolate young man, propped up against a wall. "Came out here with a chick tonight," he lamented, "but she left me. Guess it's just one'a those things." Any solution? "Yeah, I gotta get drunk. Dfinitel. rerwheli A lot of people were thinking about picking up more than just .tickets. "Plenty'a time to score," chirped-- a pseudo Casanova. "The night's still young. See, I ask 'em their names, then I ask 'em to marry me." The subtle approach. "The more beers ya have," he said, "the more times ya ask." The crowd was swelling, and lines were beginning to form at each station. A general state of inebriation was taking a stranglehold. A particularly introspective gentleman analyzed his raison d'etre. "I'm attempting to enter a state of cranial distortion where my brain cells are intermittant of a state of dormancy and reverse action, uhh, further complexed by the psychotic tendencies caused by excess consumption of alcoholic beverages in order to become closer to nirvana." "Hang on to your cups," an nounced someone on the mike. "We may be running short in a little while." "My what?" mumbled a dazed girl. "Hang on to my what?" For the desperate, the restrooms were nightmares of lines. "Oh my God," sobbed a student, doubling over in agony. "I swear I ain't gonna make it! Lines to register, lines at Russell House, lines, lines, lines! Oh Lord, I'm dyin'!" Nothing was spared. Everything was U potential target. One man exited the bathroom muttering angrily, "Man, it's disgusting." He didn't need to explain. His face told the story. ns all As 11 p.m. approached, several taps on the Budweiser truck were drying up. A mad crush was on to capture the last few drops. "The students are acting like animals," noted one, "but if they run outta beer before 12, there's gonna be hell. If you got here at, say, 10 p.m., well, you won't be able to get your share of beer and that's not right." Ten additional kegs were rushed into the far corner stand, which became the center of at tention. The Budweiser truck was completely drained by now, and it was serving as a vantage site for the totally juiced. Despite the fact the.party was going on beneath a roof, one fellow on top of the truck was determined to let his audience get a glimpse of the moon. By 11:20 p.m., people began to trickle out, and by 11:45, p.m., the lights were turned on and t4e band bade adieu. Complaints cropped up that the beer should have been distributed at more than two locations, but most people left with glazed eyes and smiling faces. "It provides an outlet for your frustrations," grinned one straggler. "There ain't nothin' like it." 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