Unofficial Gopher’s After Dark
April 1, 2010 • written by Emily Beaver
Monday, March 15th marked the beginning of spring break at the University of Minnesota, however for many the break began on Saturday or for some lucky individuals, Friday. To mark the beginning of this wondrous week two other PSEO students (Navita Lakhram and Nicole Schank) and I decided to attend our first ever Gopher’s After Dark. To our disappointment it wasn’t an official Gopher’s After Dark, many of the free activities were not planned because most students would be gone due to spring break, but the movie was still showing.
The first portion of our Girls Night Out/Gopher’s After Dark Exploration was to buy snacks at Walgreens. The U is a lot of things but cheap is not among them. We managed to stuff four boxes of candy and three drinks into three average sized purses, not an easy feat. This turned out to be pretty entertaining because we didn’t even know if there was a rule against bringing in snacks, so we could have been making a large fuss over nothing. The movie was free to get into, we didn’t even need to show our student IDs. The theatre was a whole lot bigger than I thought it would be and the interior beautiful with large gold lights and maroon accents. They even played trivia questions about the movie before it began. We saw the Princess and the Frog. It was my first time seeing it and I thought it was very cute and creatively made; Disney strikes again.
After the movie we wandered into an international music festival that was being held in a different part of Coffman. To get in we just had to show our student IDs, no money required. The music was awesome and the dancing was excellent. We finished the night with a short walk around campus. The campus was quiet because many of the students went home for the week so it was a nice relaxed end to a busy day. I can’t wait to return to Gopher’s After Dark when the regular activities are planned.
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