- Bars:
- The Student Guild runs two bars, the Ram Bar in Devonshire House, and the Lemon Grove in Cornwall House, which includes the Ewe Bar. There are also smaller bars in four of the Halls of Residence.
The Ram Bar - Situated in Devonshire House, this is busy day and night. It is open from 11am until 11pm every day. In the summer, most people relax out on the lawn and some students have be known to sit out there all day...what a shock!
The best thing about this bar though, is the range of beers and ales. Besides the usual national stock, they regularly change their guest beers to include local West Country brewers. If you like ale or cider you should definitely try the Ram Bar. It does have an old West Country pub feel...and if you don't like this then you can try The Lemon Grove.
The Lemon Grove - Situated in Cornwall House, this is the main function room of the Student Guild, which includes the Ewe Bar. It has recently undergone a £40,000 face lift! It is now an ultra modern bar, especially popular at the weekends, when The Lemmy takes places. This is the weekend function, when 2000 students party, party party! The bar is also popular with the Sports teams because of the Big Screen TV.
During the day, however, the Lemon Grove is more relaxed and serves as a coffee bar.
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- Functions:
- There are two weekly functions run by the Students Guild. The Lemmy is on Friday night, costs £2.00 and takes place in the Lemon Grove. The second is Club Tropicana, also in the Lemon Grove, but it costs £2.00 before 10:30pm and £3.00 thereafter.
The Lemon Grove is also the venue for the many live bands that come to Exeter, however, the larger bands, like Skunk Anansie perform in the Great Hall at the University. The Students Guild manages to attract many famous musicians, such as, Beth Orton, The Saw Doctors and the Lightning Seeds. The cost of Ents rises, when bands come, to between £6.00 - £10.00, depending on the group.
During the week, students tend to socalise in one of Exeter's many pubs. There are also a few clubs in the town. See Local Area section, under Accommodation.
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- Major Social Events:
- According to the Exeter Students Guild, "We're big on balls!" It also happens to be true. Like Oxbridge, Bristol and Royal Holloway (University of London), Exeter attracts a more than the average number of private school pupils, and according to reputation, a high number of students who did not make it to Oxbridge. The former might go some way towards explaining the high number of black tie functions.
There are plenty spread throughout the year, the best of which is the St. Luke's Summer Ball. Cost is around just £20.00, which is very good when compared to some other universities, where comparable balls can be as much as £60.00! It includes live bands, dodgems, bouncy castles etc.
There is also the The safer sex ball, a fetish ball on world Aids day organised by Rag. It is supposedly the biggest such event in England. Everyone goes in highly bizarre fetish outfits up to and including just chocolate or in the buff. Quite fun, as you might imagine. All sources tell us that this is an unmissable event. One to avoid might be The Powderham Ball where tickets are £50 and include dinner and all drinks, not bad you might think but we heard that the food was cold and inedible and that the drink ran out by about 9. We also heard that this was bollocks and that there was plenty so it's pinch of salt time all round.
Many sports clubs and other societies organise formal functions throughout the year, so we advise you to go to Exeter with either a Dinner Jacket or plenty of dresses.
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- Clubs & Societies:
- There are sports clubs and other societies to cover a range of interests and disciplines at Exeter. It is also easy to start a society, should you and some like-minded people feel like doing so. Full details of soceties can be found on the Student Guild website, or at Freshers Fayre. For those who are worried that Exeter is all rah and cheese, and we know there are plenty of you, don't be. Join Breaks and Bass Soc, they organise coaches to Legends of the Dark Black in Plymouth, a brilliant night. They have their own nights on in the Cavern too.
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