Easing your hangxiety
Easing your hangxiety

Understanding social norms for going out on SUâs campus can relieve studentsâ nerves. With Princeton Review ranking Syracuse as the No. 1 party school in 2019 and Barstool Sports crowning Syracuse best bar town in America, students should not let fears prevent them from hitting the town. By following these expert tips from campus bar employees, you will not only make their life easier but yours, too.
Orange Crate (Lucyâs):
1. Orange Crateâs cover is $5 every single time. âPeople will ask all the time, âhow much is coverâ and Iâm like, you come here three nights a week â cover is $5 every time!â -Catie Haugen, senior Lucyâs door girl
2. Yes, even YOU have to pay cover. âPeople will try and be like, âI donât have to pay right?â and Iâm like, âBabe, I donât even know you.â Itâs never my close friends or my roommates who are asking. Itâs always people that I maybe had a class with or something like that. Thatâs annoying because it just makes my job harder. Ultimately, Iâm on camera and itâs my job, so I have to have cover.â – Catie Haugen, door girl
3. Treat the door girl with respect. âPeople will talk to me like Iâm trash and talk to me like Iâm an idiot and throw cash at me. There seems to be no recollection that I am a human as well sometimes. Itâs not like every day and itâs not every person. Some people are awesome.â – Catie Haugen, door girl
4. The bouncers, the door girl, the bartenders ⊠they remember you. Donât be lame. âThey might not know who I am, but I work every weekend. I know who the mean ones are.â – Catie Haugen, door girl
5. Uncrumple your bills. âPeople will pull out of their pockets crumpled bills and just kind of put them on my register. Itâs rude because you wait in line to come to the bar and then you literally throw money at my register and watch me uncrumple it. You canât even unfold a bill for me? It doesnât need to be perfect but crumpled into a ball.. Really?â – Catie Haugen, door girl

6. Wait patiently for your turn. âOne of my biggest pet peeves is when people are waving you down or trying to call out your name. We have our own sections and our own system of who orders next and who you take orders from based on where theyâre standing.â – Katie Pimentel, senior Lucyâs bartender
7. Plan your order BEFORE you make eye contact with the bartender. âWhen people wave you down and are super in your face, obnoxious, wanting their order to be taken and then they donât know what they want or theyâre ordering for their friends and they donât know what their friends want. It just slows the whole process down.â – Katie Pimentel, bartender
8. Have your card or cash easily accessible. âA lot of people forget to pay. I would prefer to already have their money out while ordering. So then that way they can hand me the card as quickly as possible just so the process goes a lot smoother.â – Katie Pimental, bartender
9. Write sweet nothings on your receipt. âI love when people write sweet notes on the receipts because at the end of the night, we close out all the receipts, so it takes a really long time. At that point, it’s like 3-4 in the morning and weâre exhausted and our bodies are tired. It’s just fun seeing messages from people.â – Katie Pimental, bartender
10. Schedule when you will get your $2 Tuesdays drinks for optimal deals. âThe deal on $2 Tuesdays goes from 8-10 so in those last 15 minutes, the bar becomes overwhelmingly busy because people are pushing to get their drinks before the deal ends.â – Katie Pimental, bartender
11. If someone says Lucyâs, they are talking about Orange Crate. âCall Orange Crate Lucyâs and Lucy Blueâs Blucyâs. Orange Crate and Lucyâs are technically interchangeable.â – Molly Cummins, senior

Faeganâs:
1. No fakes ⊠especially at Faeganâs. âItâs an upperclassmen bar. Honestly, underage people wouldnât even have that much fun there.â – Logan Demetros, sophomore Faeganâs bartender
2. Faeganâs is not Lucyâs. âItâs more of a sit-down bar. People are usually pretty calm.â – Logan Demetros, bartender
3. Heads or tails? Flip Night is not that difficult. âIf you have to grab your friend and get them ready, then itâs just taking more time. As long as you and your friends are ready to call it, then itâll go smoothly.â – Logan Demetros, bartender
4. Donât be offended if they donât ring the bell. âIt depends on the bartender and if they even see the tip. On Wednesdays and busy nights, we barely ring the bell because it is tough to keep up. Otherwise, itâs completely subjective.â – Logan Demetros, bartender
5. Be gentle with the darts. âDonât whip them at the board. Youâre playing darts, not trying to throw a baseball and all that.â – Logan Demetros, bartender
6. Stay on your side of the bar. âA big pet peeve is people excessively reaching over the bar, trying to get our attention.â – Logan Demetros, bartender
7. Become a regular, but not on Flip Night. âPeople are working. You get to meet them. You talk to them a little bit. And then they know who you are and come to you first on busy nights.â – Alexis Chu, graduate student
Harryâs:
1. Just donât. âYou donât go to Harryâs if youâre not a freshman. Thatâs just fucking weird.â -Natalia Vecera, sophomore

Frats and house parties:
1. Sacrifice one â and only one â pair of shoes. âWear the same pair of shoes to the frats. You donât want your other shoes getting really gross. I feel like Iâve ruined my shoes by wearing them out.â -S ydney Baldridge, junior
2. Always have cash on you. âIt’s smart to have cash just in case. But also, you will need it for your cover or if you are a freshman boy, you will need it to get in⊠everywhere.â – Sydney Baldridge, junior
3. Donât darty too hard. âBring your own drinks while dartying so you know how much you’re drinking and how much alcohol is in them instead of trusting the frat to make it for you. Thatâs a good way to pace yourself.â – Sydney Baldridge, junior
4. If you arenât having the time of your life in a dark, sweaty basement, you are not alone. âA lot of the time, Iâll be standing around wondering if everyone else is just faking having fun?â – Molly Irland, junior.
5. Embrace the freshmen pack mentality. âFollow the pack to the Euclid house party where guys have to pay. Itâs like a right of passage.â – Natalia Vecera, sophomore
6. Explore the music scene. âEvery Friday or Saturday night, there is some sort of music performance in somebodyâs basement.â – Natalia Vecera, sophomore
7. Follow artists on Instagram to stay in the loop about upcoming shows. âWord of mouth or social media. Either youâre in the world and your entire Instagram feed is about events that are happening or itâs not and you have to go out of your way to actively ask about it.â – Lauren Juzang, sophomore musician
8. Donât kill the vibe at a house show. âAs an audience member, donât be a dick. Be respectful of peopleâs houses like donât bang on the pipes. Shows have been canceled after two songs because cops wouldnât leave.â – Lauren Juzang
9. Some venues have a limit and go for more of a chill vibe. âThe Garden is one venue and they are pretty strict about their cap, which is great because you feel safer and there is more space. They turn away a lot of people.â – Lauren Juzang
10. Others do not. âVenues like Mud Pitt, Redgate and Harrington are a lot rowdier. Itâs more reminiscent of a frat party.â – Owen Wernow, freshman musician
11. Dance or get out of the way! âDonât stand in the very front of the crowd if youâre not going to be dancing. As a performer, you feel like the audience isnât having a good time. Bring the good energy to the front.â – Owen Wernow, musician