1976 WIU Yearbook
86a-girl drinking beer straight from the bottle.
"Thursdays are rapidly becoming the pulse of Western Illinois University s beer, seven and sevens, and shots of schnapps are dear to the hearts of Mh lovers. Small wonder, then, that masses of students congregate at local estab Thursday night to indulge in these ardent spirits. That's their foremost preoccupation from late morning until 1 a.m. as they c square, consume thousands of gallons of beer, and leave glassy-eyed E4, uptown bars, Gin Mill and Grin and Beer It, tap nearly 120 gallons each of d Hill and Walt's Office sell, in addition, "about 2,880 ounces" of bottled be( day night. Chances R tapped 40 to 50 kegs of Old Milwaukee before it war fire over Christmas break. And with "Old Mil" and the highly favored vodka drinks, come the munchi serves well over 350 slices between 11:30 and 1 a.m., while a host of othei
— Pagliai's, Pizza Hut, and Italian Village — mass-produce pizza long into the hungry but impatient boozer, McDonald's prepares hundreds of Big Mac Pounders each Thursday night. Monday through Wednesday, the college bars compete for customer, bucket nights, ladies nights, 2 for 1 drafts, 50-cent shots, and $1 pitchers; k the proprietors simply herd the legions through their establishments without mick.
Time Out admits 1,000 to 1,200 students on a typical Thursday night, c bars, usually fills to capacity. Amidst the fragrant aroma of stale beer, the ele moldy washrooms, and bittersweet scent of inebriated students, clientele fro bar in ever-increasing numbers. Grin and Beer It accommodates up to 98 I Rrirle r/nr. rind Wellf.c n I nn I