The Ark

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The Ark is the non sequitur of a name for the main Nottingham University union bar. For many years it had sold heavily subsidised beer to thousands of tight fisted students, which was is more often than not served in a plastic pint glass, rather giving the impression that you're in rehab or something.

The Ark prided itself on its garish paint scheme, sticky dancefloor and aroma of vomit until, in 2004, it got a "major" facelift. This seemed to involve painting it an even more garish colour, rotating the pool tables by 90 degrees, installing large TV's that the bar staff didn't know how to operate and trying (unsuccessfully) to remove the smell of sick.

On a Friday night, the Ark was the start and end point for a successful Campus 14. With the end point of unsuccessful Campus 14s being lying in a hedge in a pool of your own vomit.

The Ark was a poplar destination at lunchtime for many students, where they could buy a massive chicken baguette, a plate of chips and a lager for around 49p. More often than not, this innocent lunchtime pint would cease being a break in between lectures and rapidly become an afternoon-long pool competition in lieu of the lectures.