Athens residents stand inside of Stephen’s while they celebrate Green Beer Day on March 2, 2022, in Athens, Ohio.
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Students crowd Athens bars to participate in Green Beer Day ADDIE HEDGES AND MAYA MORITA FOR THE POST Ohio University students started preparing for Green Beer Day early Wednesday, and Court Street bars were eventually overflowing with students excited to participate in the festivities. Bars Uptown advertised their Green Beer Day specials, and a few businesses sold Green Beer Day themed clothing and accessories. “Today we’ve had a ton of sales specifically just for Green Beer Day,” Drew Humphreys, a junior studying marketing and a 12 / MARCH 3, 2022
10 West Clothing Co. sales associate, said. “We’ve mostly (sold) the Green Beer Day green shirts and we had some beads in here too, but they’ve all kind of gone.” Jordanne Krajewski, a sophomore studying child and family studies, searched through 10 West Clothing Co.’s Green Beer Day merchandise in preparation to celebrate with her friends. “Last year (Green Beer Day) felt controlled still, so I’m hoping this year will be a little bit more like the real experience,” Krajewski said. Last year’s Green Beer Day had been altered to comply with COVID-19 restrictions. However, with the recent lift of Ath-
ens’ mask mandate and the elimination of carrying capacities in establishments this past summer, students were able to enjoy Green Beer Day without limitations. “There are definitely many more people out this year because there were still COVID-19 restrictions last year,” Colton Jones, a fifth-year studying health services administration, said. In addition to stores preparing for the celebration, bars also prepared for Green Beer Day with music and themed drinks. “We actually have a DJ; they’re going to start at nine o’clock,” Ali Cutshall, the front house manager at The Pigskin, said. “And then pretty much, I got green beer in so I
have kegs of Bud Light that have been already dyed green.” By 1:45 p.m., OU students had already started celebrating, but participation was limited, and only a few Uptown bars had more than a handful of people in them. Despite the slow start, Cutshall said she expected the bar to get busy later in the day and for the crowd to last well into the night. “It’ll probably (get busy at) about 6 o’clock, and then if students can pace themselves enough, then hopefully it will last until about midnight,” Cutshall said. As the day continued, more students made their rounds on Court Street and by
