samedi 11 mars 2017

Why A College Bar Is Also An Academic Mainstay

By Debra Wood


There are many towns in the nation that are recognized because they play host to good schools. These are the so called college towns or academic centers whose life has symbiotic relationships with the towns where they are found. Residents all have some connection to the institution of higher learning in these places and they mostly try to serve the needs of students.

Schools in the south have been around for a long time, with excellent reputations for turning out people with talent and expertise. One of the oldest and most well known of these is the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, which a college bar Blacksburg serves. Otherwise known as Virginia Tech, it was founded as a school run along military lines and is considered a great engineering school.

In the city the campus of this school has a family history that dates back centuries. The Black family patriarch Samuel gave the land area for the current VT campus through the property he gave his son John, while he gave Blacksburg its downtown through land he bequeathed his son William. Both students and residents have benefited from these bequests.

Any student in search of a place with excellent vibes for hanging out and having something to drink can find it here. Here, it is all about heady academic stuff aided by drinks, and many kinds of fun activities can be found. These are varied, from meeting members of the opposite sex, to simply hanging out with fraternity brothers or Friday night socials.

The typical bar will have mostly the same kind of prices as with most other competitors. It is not about exclusivity or being more posh than most that is important. The typical places have just enough regalia, decorative motifs and special equipment or decorations to make them stand out from others of their kind.

Some bars are where people go to for things like darts, a great thing to do while drinking. Other games can be found in most places, often dependent on what board games or playing sets people have left behind. There will certainly be cable TV or WiFi, and there are places which have sets permanently tuned to sports channels.

The food here is filling and affordable by far, but in bars it is simply one sidelight that can be had. This is for times when people need something to eat more than something to quaff, and these can also be great, made with local ingredients and cuisines. VT students or Hokies of any persuasion will have some favorite place to chill out.

There are some dozen or so bars that have become centers of student life on the main street of the town. One or two are exclusive to crowds that need some fuel for specific school teams. The ones where frat brothers congregate can have some arcane ritual stuff, like a welcome free punch booster that has an instant buzz.

Bars accommodate the student rhythms, whether the need is for a drink, some companionship or usually both, and they know how to take care of rowdy academic hijinks. Most people here know most other folks and Blacksburg is one of those known to be a great place to live in the South.




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