w Page 14-E The Michigan Daily,--Thursday, September 8, 1983 Happy days w W V V w I W. 5y ,- -. 1 w The;Michigan Daily - Thursday, Sep By Halle Czechowski H APPY HOURS may be the quintes- sential college experience. It's hard to beat having a few drinks with friends after Friday classes, and in Ann Arbor opportunities abound to get those drinks at a minimum cost. Happy hour can be a place to meet friends, a quick stop on the way back from classes, or a method of making Friday's dorm dinner tolerable, but above all it is a prelude to the weekend. Most start about the same time students are finishing the last class of the week, and they are a great way to forget how tough that class was, how incompetent your teaching assistant is, and how much studying you have to do over the weekend. Several campus bars cater expressly to this purpose. At Dooley's the deals start at 2:00 Friday afternoon - all drinks and draught beers are two-for-one and hot- dogs are a quarter until 7:00. Dooley's happy hour draws in the average jock and dorm crowd, but for soap opera fans this bar has the advan- tage. It plays the whole ABC afternoon lineup of "One Life To Live" and "General Hospital" on a big screen TV. A popular spot for students to rub elbows with an occasional professor or Happy hours: The only place to be on Friday afternoons. University administrator is the U-club in the Michigan Union. From 4:00 to 7:00 pitchers are $2 and mixed drinks are a buck. Perhaps just as important,ahowever, is the free pop- corn, cheese, and crackers. A more interesting mix of people gather at Rick's for drink specials bet- ween 3:00 and 8:00. One can expect anyone from graduate students to engineers to complete fraternities. While the prices are not that spec- tacular - $1 for mixed drinks and $2 for pitchers of beer - it is a good place to meet people. The Art School, of all places, offers the most interesting happy hour around. The trip to North Campus may be a little long, but it won't seem so bad on the way back. Once you get to the Art and Architecture Building just follow the signs. The fun starts at 4:30, but get there a little early to avoid a long line. Beer is sold by the glass, three for a dollar, un- til the kegs are dry. Entertainment is always free and usually a band, and if you're lucky you may win one of the door prizes they give away. Art school T-shirts are raffled off with your beer tickets (i.e. the drunker you are, the better your chance to win). If you're looking to get away from the campus bar scene, try a happy hour at a downtown bar. One of the most interesting, both in clientele and appearance, is the Full Moon. With its art deco motif, and decorative streetlamps, this bar and restaurant takes on the atmosphere of Chicago in the 1920's. From 5:00 to 7:00 it offers bar blends and draft beer for 75 cents, and if Friday is a bad day for you, they also have happy hour from 11:00 to midnight Sunday through Thursday. Try one or try them all, but no college experience is complete without going to at least one happy hour. It may take a couple of tries, but eventually you will find the bar and the atmosphere that fits you and your pocketbook. .r XTA~C14PNi ~. L L~ E ,f ,, __ s f -ti \' l '' ~ , Michigan Theater: Campus films bring students Hollywood's best. i [I "Gimme a D Gimme an A Gimme an I Give the MIC that old colleget CALL 764-0558 t . . . L . ..Y* CHIGAN DAILY try. *o order your subscription wood and Fox-Village theaters are run by United Artists, who routinely show advertisements for autos and stereo systems before the movie starts. The State Theater might have looked quite impressive five years ago, but we'll never know - the theater has been split down the middle and horizon- tally right under the balcony resulting in four small theaters. It generally gets a few first-run and one or two off-beat, second-run films. On Friday and Satur- day nights, the State, Briarwood, and Fox-Village theaters present midnight movies. Usually a mish-mash of cult favorites, x-rated features, and staples like Apocalypse Now, 2001, the mid- night shows have proven to be- very popular. The State has been showing Harold and Maude for so long at mid- night that it's almost a University distribution requirement. The Ann Arbor Theater also split up into two medium-sized - screens, but more than makes up for the loss with their regular bookings of newer foreign- films and odd small-budget movies. Now and then, the Ann Arbor also shows midnight movies. The Campus Theater has one of the last big screens to be found within walking distance of campus. It's usually devoted to a movie with strong box-office potential - E.T. held on for most of the second-half of 1982; Return of the Jedi should be at least as strong a draw. . The Wayside is a bit off the beaten path way off in Ypsilanti, but the big screen may be worth it. Rounding off this town's theater grab-bag is . the Univer showinj cheerle As yo momen picture: want t lifetime for twc playing COMPLETE Photo ... .. . Processing FROM HITE PHOTO & KODAK FEATURING.... COLOR'- BLACK/WHITE PRINTS -"SLIDES -REPRINTS -.ENLARGEMENTS I U I I U I M -- OVERNIGHT SERVICE DISCOUNT FILM PRICES ART DEPT. 2ND FLOOR Q. What is PIRGIM? A. PIKGIM (purge'em) n. Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, better known as PIRGIM. 2. supported by student contributions at registration. 3. works on variety of issues concerning human rights, the environment, ener- gy, housing, and consumer reform. 4. where students can receive academic credit for projects. 5. a training ground for students. 6. known by the PIRGIM logo. 7. located in 4106 Michigan Union. 8. stop by, or call 662-6597. 71s I The Non-Profit Student Bookstore. Liberty at Division. Open 7days a week. 40110%0 40 %0 - - - - - - - - - - -