Bottoms Up to Murphy’s Pub

WCUA and the Knights of Columbus held an “Election Day Special” in the Food Court on Tuesday as the results came in, though attendance was noticeably minimal. Students that did attend watched the broadcast on a projection screen with no food, no drinks and no entertainment other than the banter between WCUA personalities. Most students spent their evening off campus, which is hard to understand considering the high political climate among the University’s students. While students scattered allover D.C., the Pryz, our “living room” according to administrators, remained essentially empty. Fortunately, the administration has remembered the Pryz’s true function to serve the needs of students with their decision to replace the current location of the bookstore with Murphy’s, a relaxed gathering place for students to kick back, shoot some pool and enjoy a pub-style beer on tap, when the south-campus development is completed.
Before the Pryz was built, the University set a goal to construct a student center that would become the “living room of campus.” As the living room can serve as a neutral place of repose in a home, this building was meant to create unity to a campus that had been divided into north, central and south parts of the campus for years. While the Pryz has created some unity and gathering spots, last Tuesday night made a big problem obvious: there is no place on-campus to socialize and just simply hang out.

While the majority of the Pryz is allotted to administrative offices and conference rooms, student organizations hibernate in the lower Pryz. Once Starbucks was placed in the Pryz, the building had a place for students to grab a coffee and study for midterms other than the dining hall and couches next to the Loft.

By allowing a facility like Murphy’s to open, the University will be giving students a chance to let loose and have discussions that do not revolve around academics or if there are any cheeseburgers on the grill.

Murphy’s will also allow student leaders to leave their offices and interact with the campus community. There have been attempts to bring different organizations together, such as the Leadership Retreat and even a baseball game between the College Democrat and College Republicans. With the growing mutual-respect between many student organizations, Murphy’s will allow these groups to continue working on the unity that this building, literally, stands for.

Here is a well- deserved toast to the administration for planning Murphy’s Pub. Thanks must be given to those who persist in remembering that the University is our home and the Pryz is our “living room.”

Additionally, thank you Frank Persico, vice president for University Relations, for personally spearheading the Murphy’s Pub campaign on behalf of your late friend and University alum, Michael Patrick Murphy.

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