Lights were low in the Koons Activity Venue (KAV) Friday, Aug. 30 for a preview Conrad’s Corner event.

Conrad’s Corner is the new campus travelling pub that will feature a variety of student social events throughout the year.

According to the Elizabethtown College website, Conrad’s Corner will be offering free events for students featuring free snacks and beverages, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic for students 21 and over.

Bags of chips and pretzels lined one table for students to easily grab, and a temporary bar was set up where students could order drinks.

Besides serving alcoholic drinks, students could also grab a soda or water bottle at the bar.

Friday night’s event featured singing comedian Brian O’Sullivan.

O’Sullivan’s entertainment is as straightforward as it seems.

He took the stage with a guitar and began to serenade event goers with song parodies and melodic one liners.

“He’s not what I expected,” senior Sierra Rosa said. “He took out a notebook and asked us a bunch of questions.”

According to Rosa, O’Sullivan also asked them for different kinds of words and ended up creating a completely original song on the spot using the student suggestions.

“It was like [an] epic Mad Libs,” Rosa said, admitting after that she really enjoyed the experience.

O’Sullivan performed many songs from his two albums, ranging from short songs like “Cyclops Love Song” to full-length pieces like “I Will Never Ever Like Taylor Swift Ever” and a “Call Me Maybe” parody about the audience being from the 2000s.

Rosa also found the KAV setup to be really relaxing. “I’m a sucker for weird, dark hippie places,” she said.

Senior Dylan Warner said the atmosphere and lighting was “very cozy.”

He said he appreciated that, while music and entertainment played on the speakers in the background, people could still talk and be heard.

“The lighting felt like what I would expect from a bar…which was nice,” Warner said.

The lights of the KAV were dimmed down with some blue accent lights to highlight the stage.

Booths lined the perimeter of the KAV, giving an air of privacy to the occupants.

In the center area high top tables were set up with stools. Some smaller, two-person tables were also arranged on the floor.

The dim lighting and intimate seating of the booths created an air of privacy as well despite the amount of people in the room.

Sophomore Madeline Kauffman also really liked the atmosphere, saying that she thought the setup crew did a good job at “making the KAV into what they wanted.”

These students said they are also looking forward to future events with Conrad’s Corner.

Both Kauffman and Warner voiced their hopes for student performances to highlight the talents of students on campus.

“I saw people from all different parts of campus and like, my life that were all in one place, doing the same thing,” Warner said.

According to Warner, he rarely sees people from all the different parts of campus that he’s involved in all together somewhere.

Usually, friends from one group are seen mostly in that specific group context.

This event then allowed him to pop over to different tables to interact with friends from different groups.

“I think this could potentially have a good effect because it’s a safe place for people to get alcohol and it’s really regulated,” Rosa said.

There were many precautions to prevent underage drinking, between checking student ID, wristbands to designate age and Campus Security officers.

Conrad’s Corner also has a one drink per hour rule to limit of-age students and prevent potentially dangerous situations.

Kauffman also thinks Conrad’s Corner may contribute to a closer campus community.

“There were a lot of people there for the first event,” Kauffman said. “I think people will definitely go out for it.”

The next events hosted through Conrad’s Corner will be Bingo Sept. 6 and pub trivia Sept. 7.