When the drinking age was 18, students were able to purchase beer on the Rathskeller level, along with a slice of pizza, a burger, etc... Students took their beer throughout the building. When the drinking age rose, it caused problems for the legal operation of the Union. Some students were of age and passed beer to underage students. Because of the passing of beer to underage individuals, the Rath could no longer sell beer. When the drinking age finally reached 21, the Executive Board shut down all beer service in the Union until a safe approach could be developed that insured compliance with the new law. A student architectural competition was held to develop ideas on how to use a balcony in the Union as a Pub. The design took into account that it was grad students, seniors, faculty and staff who would be the primary customers. They were polled and it was determined that they were looking for a place that they didn't have to drive to, that would be safe as well as fun and was a cut or two above the corner bar. The Union Administration and RPI's Physical Facilities and Planning Department worked with the Union E-Board to form a plan. The beer and wine license was modified to reflect the new service and was secured by the President of the Institute and the President's cabinet as the holders of the license. On September 14, 1990, The Clubhouse Pub opened its doors for the first time. Anne Ferraro was the President of the Union and was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony. The first manager of The Pub was Romey Romano. The pub has always been run by students as bartenders and in the early years, graduate students also acted as managers. In 1997 the manager duties were assigned to two staff members of the Rensselaer Union Administration Office, Cameron Reid McLean and Martha McElligott. They worked hard on training new staff to ensure that The Pub was a fun and legal operation where all Rensselaer students over the age of 21 and other members of the Rensselaer community could enjoy themselves. Approximately one year later Cameron's responsibility was defined as the TIPS Trainer (safe serving) for the Pub and Martha McElligott took over the managerial duties solely. At that time, we began an internal marketing campaign with monthly calendars, world tours, "dart" leagues and in 2001 trivia nights.