Hot and Heavy Is Back!

The first Red Light District Party in two years makes a bang.

Campus life is, by and large, dictated by the students, and it's their “job” to make it what it is. Sometimes, however, it proves difficult to maintain certain activities because of issues outside of the control of students. Even crowd pleasers such as the Red Light District Party fail to be re-organised due to internal difficulties, squabbles with the people in charge of okaying the event, and good old-fashioned bad timing—which is what happened in the last academic year.
In order to make up for the evident lack of a Red Light party the year before, the staff of TheOtherSide decided to go all-out this year and make up for a two-year hiatus of the literally “hottest” party on campus. And when I say literally, I mean it. The venue for this year's party, the H3 room we are so accustomed to, turned out to be in fact unable to accommodate the sheer density of people attending. While H3 parties are not known for attracting as many party-goers as the bar staff would like, that did not seem to matter as people flocked in such high numbers, turning H3 into an oven. The fact that the doors were closed between approximately half past midnight and half past one did not help matters any, and by the time people were allowed to exit, everyone needed fresh air and a cold drink.
The main attraction of the evening consisted in two hired striptease professionals, and their performance was the reason why the doors were closed. This strategy proved more than effective as the attendance rate was high even before midnight, a very unusual occurrence for campus parties in recent months. The many people arriving on time got the entertainment they came for not only in the form of the two strippers, but also games and “novice” striptease acts by the staff. As for the professionals hired for the night, they probably made Jacobs University history.
One particularity that most students were eagerly looking forward to was the presence of both a male and a female stripper. While the scenario was to have a member of the audience of the opposite sex be the receiver of a lap-dance of sort from the strippers, the assembled crowd got more than they bargained for from the activities going on on-stage. For one thing, the initial “victim” of the male stripper got dragged off stage by her boyfriend, at which point two replacements were found. The dance certainly took on an X-rated quality at times, but the crowd was clapping and yelling for more all the same. As for the female stripper, it seemed that the male portion of the audience was more willing to let only one of their own have his fun. And fun he did have!
It debatable whether one strip-tease performer “outstripped” the other, but all the participants involved had more fun than any of them could have anticipated. As for the audience, the numbers did not seem to diminish even hours after the official show of the night was over. Although the presence of the large stage became bothersome because it limited the space considerably, people were happy to either remain on the dancefloor or talk and drink in groups within and around the SAC. It wasn't until late into the night that the party was vacated.
While some students might have found the party too raunchy or outside of their comfort zone, it cannot be denied that from many viewpoints it was a complete success for the bar and for the many students who chose to go on Saturday. As the end of the semester is approaching, it would be near impossible to have another party that could top Red Light this year. The only question is whether this is the best that this party can be and what new delights next semester holds.