“Mug night.” When you used to hear those two words on North Dakota State’s campus you automatically thought of The Turf. Although that may still be what you think of. Unfortunately (or fortunately) after the devastating fire at The Turf, mug night has been snatched up by Herd and Horns.

As a result, every Wednesday night, mug night lives on.

There were many theories about the fire in regards to Herd and Horns ability to be prepared so quickly.

Maybe they started the fire or paid someone to do so. Maybe they fast shipped all of the mugs so they can start mug night before The Turf came back to life. Perhaps they even had some mugs on hand in case some devastating situation took place and The Turf was no longer around.

These theories may be just that, theories.

Some people still aren’t too happy with the change though.

After a couple visits to the new mug night, I was able to see the state of the old time Bison. They are very distraught with the thought of The Turf’s apparent nonexistent return.

There have been promises of rebuilding but still no action surrounding the charred remains of the building. Some of the younger Bison, however, are rather happy that another place was able to pick up the Wednesday night tradition. Having not been able to experience the glory that was the Turf, they are thankful that they at least have the ability to live out the Wednesday dream and drink cheap tap beer from a gold and green mug.

Perhaps The Turf will see better days in the future. I know there are more than a few alumni, if not current students, that will be more than willing to fork over a large portion of their salary to rebuild history. But will it be enough? Or is The Turf a thing of the past and Herd and Horns the turf of today’s Bison?