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Colby College - Nightlife - College ProwlerCollege Prowler3.85

Nightlife

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Quick Stats

Primary Areas with Nightlife
  • Augusta
  • Portland
  • Waterville
Student Favorites
  • The Bob-In
  • Bootlegger’s
Other Places to Check Out
  • Mainely Brews Tavern
  • Safari Bar
  • Spirits
  • Spotter’s Restaurant and Pub
Local Specialties Orloff Vodka: Made in Lewiston Maine
Favorite Drinking Games
  • Beer Die (a Colby creation)
  • Beirut
  • Flip Cup
  • Power Hour

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Colby students like to relax after a stressful week of work. Some choose to do this by partying and drinking both nights of the weekend, but most go out more occasionally and instead hang out with an intimate group of friends. Small parties that can fit into dorm rooms without arousing too much suspicion from security are abundant on campus. Huge parties happen almost every weekend at off-campus houses or in the senior apartments, or Colby's Student Programming Board throws a big event like a dance or concert. Security has gotten tighter about busting unregistered parties. There is a party host system, which means that trained party hosts can have lots of people and alcohol in their room without getting in trouble, but it’s an unpaid and risky position, so registered parties are few and far between.

There is always something to do on campus, and Colby ensures there is always a chem-free option on the weekends. Usually there are concerts, performances, dances, movies on campus, or other functions facilitated by Colby. Students 21 or older who live on campus will visit the Pub, while the ones who live off campus find it easier to frequent the bars and taverns of Waterville. Many choose not to drink, and there is certainly no peer pressure to do so.

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Nightlife at Colby College

nolankb24

'14

Latin American Studies

2.3
C

Every Weekend Is the Same

If you love to get shwasty with several friends cramped in your dorm room every single weekend—Thursday, Friday, Saturday—then you will love the nightlife. Every weekend consists of pregaming in someone's dorm room and then walking around outside as everyone you know texts everyone they know trying to find the next party. Lame.

Nov 08, 2010

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Nightlife at Colby College

eakurtz

'11

Sociology

0.0
F

Social Scene

People like to go out but our college makes it so restrictive and taboo that if I knew the administration was so overly strict and unrealistic I would have gone to another NESCAC school in a heartbeat.

Nov 08, 2010

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Nightlife at Colby College

mabe125

'14

Studio Arts

3.5
B

Lots of Drinking on Campus

Because Colby is essentially in the middle of nowhere, nobody goes out into Waterville to party and basically everyone gets drunk on campus, hopping from dorm to dorm and usually ending up at the Senior Apartments. It can get a little repetitive after a while, but if you look, you can find alternative ways to have fun because there's usually always some student-organized event going on, like a performance.

Nov 08, 2010

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Student Survey Poll ResultsWhat's This?

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Facts

Club Crawler

Thursday night is bar night for the over 21 crowd. Unfortunately the bars are strict about checking IDs, so be prepared to wait until your Junior or Senior year before this section applies to you.

Bar Prowler

Thursday night is bar night for the over 21 crowd. Unfortunately the bars are strict about checking IDs, so be prepared to wait until your Junior or Senior year before this section applies to you.

Closing Time

1 a.m.

Cheapest Place to Get a Drink

The Pub

Organization Parties

Some sports teams will throw parties, which usually consist of too many bottles of Mad Dog in the woods before dinner. Outsiders are very much not invited to these shindigs, but if you see exceptionally drunk athletes stumbling toward a dining hall, you can pretty much assume they are coming from a sports party. Cast parties after student performances tend to be just as loud but usually take place in a big dorm room or the senior apartments and are therefore slightly less obvious.

Bar ListingsWhat's This?

Marchese Bluelight Pub

The Pub is only open to students 21 and up on weekends. It serves decent pub food and is as close to student life as possible, making the Bluelight the most-frequented Colby nightspot.

Cotter Union

On campus

Midnight Blues Club & Restaurant

This is a fun spot that has a DJ Thursday through Saturday and karaoke on Sundays.

2 Silver St.

Waterville

(207) 877-8300

www.midnightbluesclub.net

The Bob-In

As well as being a popular Colby hangout, the Bob-In's claim to fame is that it was featured in Empire Falls, an HBO film starring Helen Hunt.

17 Temple St.

Waterville

(207) 873-5842

Bootleggers Tavern

Bootleggers features live music and a (seasonally available) rooftop deck. It’s known, however, as less of a Colby hangout and more of a local Waterville tavern.

26 Elm St.

Waterville

(207) 872-4949

bootleggerstavern.com

What to Do if You're Not 21What's This?

Underage students bounce around dorms and the senior apartments on the weekends. Just don’t try to get into bars or the Pub—they are good at spotting fakes.

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