The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 31, 1983, Page 9, Image 9
Golden Spur celebrati
By Allison Stein
I he uoiden spur celebrates its 10th anniversary this week
with five days of special deals and activities.
"The purpose of this celebration is twofold," said Mark
Taylor, manager of the Golden Spur. "We want to say 'thank
you' not only to the students, but to the distributors who have
used the Spur as an outlet to contact the college market and
help promote responsible usage of alcohol."
Each day of the five-day celebration features a brand-name
beer special, entertainment and a special birthday cake. Each
cake will be shaped like a bottle of that day's special brand
and will be displayed until the grand cake cutting at 7 each
evening.
TODAY AND tomorrow, Scott Hammett will provide happy
hour entertainment from 4 to 7 p.m. Also tomorrow, the
Video Tape Committee of the Carolina Program Union will
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Wednesday night, blues singer Leon Redbone will perform
at 9 and 11 p.m. Tickets cost $4 with USC identification and
$5 for non-students wii'n a student sponsor. Tickets will be on
sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Russell House Lobby and
from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Golden Spur.
Thursday, Ricky Strickland will perform during happy hour
from 4 to 7 p.m. "Strings Attached,1" a jazz ensemble, will
perform at 9 p.m. Tickets for this jazz concert cost $3 with
USC identification and $4 for the public with a student
sponsor.
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THE GOLDEN Spur has been through many changes in its
10 years, but its goal has not changed: to provide a studentoriented
night club with diverse programming, and to promote
the responsible use of alcohol.
"Drinking is never a primary activity at the Spur," Taylor
said. "We have specials to give the students a break in their
budgets."
"All of the Spur employees are instructed in alcohol education,
confrontation and resolution techniques," he said.
Bartenders are students, and will not serve students beyond
their tolerance levels. If needed, they will find students an
escort home.
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44OUR BARTENDERS look out for our clientele. Because
of their careful observation, there has not been one critical incident
in the Spur in the past two years, and the student staff is
responsible for that record," Taylor said. j
The Spur began as an experiment in the late 1960s. 5
"The students wanted a campus bar," Taylor said. "Ten- ;
sions and sensitivities were on the drug culture, rather than |
with alcohol.
"The university was concerned with alcohol and did studies
of student bars in university unions. They found them to be
more educational than regular bars, if handled responsibly,"
said Taylor.
At that time, there were only 119 student bars on American
college campuses. Now there are many more.
THE FIRST USC campus bar was called the Wheat Street |
Club and was located in the old train station.
USC dccided a campus bar could be a positive influence,
and brought it to the Russell House in 1973. It was located in
what was most recently the Union Station Candy Shop. ;
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and local beer distributors served as bartenders.
One year later, in 1974, the Golden Spur was moved to its
current location. Much talent has graced its stage since then
including Steve Martin, blues artist Leon Redbone, jazz
ensemble NRBQ, Marshall Chapman, the Atlanta Rhythm
Section and singer Jimmy Buffett.
WHAT DOES Taylor foresee in the next 10 years?
"With the programming and advances we've made, it will
continue to be very important to have a student bar, especially
for the younger students. Sometimes, students initially away
from the family situation need a place to go that cares about
the individual and promotes the responsible usage of
alcohol," he said.
Taylor has a firm opinion about the proposed legislation to
raise the legal drinking age in the state.
"It is impossible to legislate maturity. Many people who are
18 years old are more mature than some people ever will be at
45 vears. Education is the answer ? not nrohibition.
"I hope more places will see the importance of this kind of
goal and understand we have a right and, especially, a need to
exist."
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