Photo by Pei Robins.
Shuttered since the end of Winter Term 2020, the doors to the Viking Room Lawrence’s bar and social meeting place were thrown open to student patronage on May 12. Fourteen months have passed since the last droughts were poured in that space.
While the Viking Room has been the home to pints and conversations on-campus many a night since 1969, the world has changed in the past year, and so the Viking Room has changed with it. According to the VR’s staff supervisor Greg Griffin, social distancing, masking indoors, limited capacity and outdoor-only seating are the rules for the Spring Term 2021 in order to keep the doors open and students healthy.