the Pub

It's hard to imagaine (for those in the States) to have a bar on campus, seeing how you have to be 21 in the States to drink and your average college student starts off at 18. Laval has one right in the student union building. It's called Le Pub.

Le Pub is a restaurant during the day, but most nights it turns into a night club, serving all kinds of liquors and beers. The music is mostly techno, or what ever is popular here set to a techno beat. I'm not the biggest fan of techo music, but it was still fun to dance to. Thursday and Friday nights are the most popular. The place gets packed to the point you can hardly move.

What's also nice about the student union building (which, by the way, is called Pavillon Desjardins, or just Desjardins)also has another area that turns into a dance club. This one serves basically just beer. A dj comes from one of the Quebec radio stations to supply the music.

There is no fee to get in, or fee to get there. Just a short walk from the dorms. Drinks will range depending on what you like. Beer is usually the cheapest and the mixed drinks (depending on whether you want top shelf or not) will be the most expensive.

Since the region is known for its extreme coldness and snow storms during the winter, its nice to have a place on campus to go and still have fun. Université Laval has underground tunnels to walk in that connect to every building on campus (its also guarded during the day and has security cameras located everywhere too). So, no matter how cold it is, you can take the tunnels.