In the name of education, I recently moved here from Los Angelesto attend Sacramento State. I bid sweet goodbye to my socialcalendar and headed north on the I-5. Once settled, I realized thatthe Sacramento social scene is beginning to mirror the one I leftbehind.

Angelinos know that the most happening nights to hit the clubsare not Friday or Saturday when all the tourists line up to bejudged at the velvet rope. The real club hoppers know the bestcrowds are out on the weeknights. Sacramento area clubs have takennotice and are using the weeknights to draw targeted crowds byoffering up theme nights.

If you get the Monday blues head over to “countrynight” at The Grad in Davis. Monday nights are open tothose18 and over with a $7 cover charge.

Michelle Sawa, junior at CSUS frequents country night and says,”I personally hate country music, but watching people linedance is really fun.” When asked if she joins in on theho-down, Miss Sawa says, “Only during the 3 hip-hop songs theDJ throws in to mix things up.”

Undoubtedly, Tuesday night has the least to offer. However, Idid find a comedic karaoke set going on at The Distillery. With nocover charge and free appetizers like finger sandwiches, cheesecubes and hot chili and crackers one can not go wrong.

An interesting mix of left over after work drinkers, karaokedivas and neighborhood dwellers wait their turn to sing whilebuilding their liquid courage with some of the strongest drinks Ihave ever tasted served up by bartender Alice. Order a WashingtonApple and she just might have a drink with you.

Wednesday nights belong to college students. The theme aroundtown is “college night” and clubs lure us in bylowering cover charges and offering drink specials when we wave ourone card. The biggest and newest club on the block, Empire, enticesstudents with $2 well drinks and $2 off of the cover charge of $12(18+) or $7 (21+) with college ID.

Other Wednesday night choices include “collegenight” at the Rage, and “wine downWednesday’s” new to Harlow’s. According to LarryJones of Top Shelf productions which promotes Harlow’srecently added Wednesday night club they are targeting an”upscale, adult crowd.”

Big Al, DJ for local radio station 102.5 spun everything fromrecent hip hop hits to classics like the Isley Brothers on myvisit. Bartender Dave is friendly and serves up a tasty concoctionof apple pucker and raspberry vodka aptly named “TheDave.”

Thursday nights drop by the Empire’s smaller cousin, The KBar. The valet parking is a plus for the K Bar since it is locatedin a K St. breezeway. The décor, reminiscent of LasVegas’ Ghost Bar, includes mod shaped bar stools paintedfuturistic white, a lounging area and an outside patio.

Thursday night is the only night of the week you will find theK-bar’s DJs devoted to spinning hip-hop. On a recent Thursdaynight I spotted several CSUS students enjoying the sounds andtrying their best to shake their booty when Lil’ Johninstructed them to.

The K Bar has a $10 cover and is strictly 21+, so leave yourfreshman roommate behind.

If the K bar seems to crowded for your liking, head over to thelarger Tower Club for “Thirsty Thursdays.” This longtime hit is put on by Soal Creations attracts the ladies with freeadmission before 11 p.m. We all know, where there are women, menwill appear.

There is no need to wait until a Friday or Saturday night tograb some friends and hit the town. The club owners know thatpartying hard during the week and making it to your 9 a.m. class isnot on the top of most students’ to-do lists. They offer bigdiscounts to get you out of bed and into their venues so take fulladvantage, you will save cash with lower cover charges and drinkspecials. You may even find a place that is worth the heavy eyelids in class the next day.