Beer, pizza and music: the typical combination to a Saturday night townhouse extravaganza. Eventually, the pizza gets cold, the music dies down, and the beer, well let’s face it, there is only so much PBR and Natty Light that one can drink.
Now, I know this sounds very exciting, and you’re probably asking how one could possibly top an evening in the dorms or a townhouse kitchen, but trust me, it can be done.
The Levee is a haven for prep school students by day and it has a decent potential to become a congregation spot for FU students at night. Maybe this is a solution to those Saturday nights spent waiting three hours for a cab to Bravo. Oh yeah, and there is fresh beer, pizza and music, so the night will live on. Well, it will at least live on right up until closing at midnight.
The Levee, Fairfield’s on-campus pub and dwelling place of Mike’s Pizza, is one of the most convenient and delightful places for Fairfield students to meet up and have a good time. But few do.
“It is not cozy anymore without the booths,” said Morgan West ’07. “I would hang out there if there were more people and if they served hard alcohol.”
Regardless, this year FUSA aims to continue its efforts in having many outstanding events at the Levee. In the past FUSA has hosted musical guests such as: The Alternate Routes, The Disco Biscuits, Q and Not U, Black 47, and NICO.
FUSA continued its Battle of the Bands event last Saturday and look out this year for the return of On the Spot, Fairfield’s own improv group.
Tess Brown ’07 is excited for this years troupe, “Theater Fairfield is bringing back the prestige to improv this year with smaller more selective groups and a seasoned director, recent alumni, Timothy Eberle ’05, who plans to raise the stakes this year.”
Headlining this year’s groups are seniors Dan Scivoletti, Jodie Pfau, Brigid Williams, Casey Regan, Brad Marticello, James Desilvestri, Jon Perez, Liz Krane, and Kate Walsh.
Dan Scivoletti ’07 is pumped: “The levee shows last year were a blast to be a part of and also to watch.”
Senior Mug Night is one thing that seniors have been looking forward to since freshmen year.
As the rest of the seniors gradually turn 21, many on campus of-age seniors anxiously wait for the first mug night. However, this year there has been absolutely no talk about it.
Alexis Bartiromo ’07, who lives off campus this year, said, “I totally forgot about it until now, but of course I’ll be there.”
Other than Senior Mug Night, you will rarely see a senior at the Levee buying a drink. Also, Mug Night is the only night that the school offers any kind of transportation to the students living down at the beach.
This tender, yet unbalanced, attempt to get seniors back on campus may be a waste.
Michael Basta ’07, a former bartender at the Levee, said, “While [the Levee] may be good for students remaining on campus, most of us off campus will not take the chance of driving back to campus for a drink.”
As the days go by and more and more of our student body turns 21, just remember to get a drink at the Levee, a slice at Mikes, and catch a live show and the years of Domino’s delivery, PBR, and Fifty Cent CD’s will be something you’ll laugh about later.
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