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Did you attend the guest lecture? Did you catch the game?
Known to the students as GTF, Naomi is studying at Oregon Matt is a freshly 21-year-old, business major, fraternity brother,
for a graduate degree in Literature. Agate Alley is her fa- with hometown pride for the Bay Area. On weekends he can be
vorite campus bar and you’ll find her there when she’s had found at Taylor’s Bar and Grill drinking a Corona and dancing to
a long day and wants to get a drink with her girls. She’s not loud music with a hottie. Matt loves this scene for the girls and
really looking to have a late night and definitely not trying how he can catch any sports game. He has two plans for the night,
to get rowdy. Agate Alley is pretty much her only destina- rage hard like he doesn’t have a care in the world and to hopefully
tion and she probably won’t be heading to 13th to hit up the end the night with a girl he met there. More times than not, Matt
more energetic campus bars. Guys will probably hit on her will just leave with his bros only carrying out phone numbers he’ll
and she’ll flirt a little, but she’s not going out to meet a guy never use. Being a huge sports fan Matt knows Taylor’s is the best
to go home with. Naomi chooses to spend more for the at- place in Eugene to grab a beer and be around fans as rowdy as he is.
mosphere. She classes it up a little and will probably drink Matt usually shows up early to Taylor’s because he loves day drink-
a couple vodka tonics before she rides her bike to her South ing and hates getting caught in lines. He plans to spend less than
Eugene home. 20 dollars while out, but if he spends more it doesn’t matter to him
because the money was well worth the memories of a great night.
MAX’S R ennie’ s
35% 22%
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Pull up a chair.
Can I bum a cig?
Sociology major Sarah likes to start her nights with a few
5%
Trendy Chad, an art student, regularly rides his fixie to Max’s
drinks at Rennie’s and maybe a football game. She’s more
Tavern. This takes him 10 minutes since he lives in South
of a guys’ girl, but she’s got her close friends that will some-
Eugene. He arrives with friends to enjoy local beers and play
times accompany her when she goes out. You’ll usually find
chess to start their night out. He’s friends with members of live
her at one of the upstairs tables with a good view of the TV.
bands that play there and some of the bartenders know him
When the weather is nice, Sarah likes to sit on the porch and
by his first name. He strikes up interesting conversations with
socialize with her friends. If she’s not drinking a pitcher of
strangers while puffing on a cigarette out back. Chad isn’t trying
beer with her friends, you’ll probably see her with a Rennie’s
to spend much money so he sticks to the beer specials. As the Pabst
Lemonade. Either way, she’s just hanging out and not looking
Blue Ribbon
night goes on, Max’s gets packed and Chad gets drunk. He loves
to party until later in the night. As groups of people start to
Max’s both for the laid back times, and for the excitement later
flood into Rennie’s as the night gets later, many people recog-
in the night. Closing at Max’s is the only way Chad wants to end
nize her and will stop by her table for a hug and a hello. Her
his night. By 2:00 in the morning Chad is on the tables yelling
west Eugene apartment is only a few blocks away so she’s not
the lyrics to “Sweet Caroline” and drinking beer with strangers.
really concerned about having too many drinks because she’ll
After closing Chad has the choice of either stumbling home or
just walk home at the end of the night.
finding a friend’s place to stay at. He leaves the bar after giving
the bouncer a handshake and pat on the back.
Descriptions and percents on Eugene’s most popular and preferred campus watering holes based on 80 diverse students’ perspectives.