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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.
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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." Said
another, "The beer was cold, the
band was loud, and the women
were loose."
One of the die-hards, shuffling
through the graveyard of plastic
cups, sighed, "If Marquette
partied like this, they deserve to
beat us." If the Warriors had
partied like that, they wouldn't
have been able to pick up a
basketball for two weeks.
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