Students mourn the loss of TKOE on Twitter

By Emily Ferber

10:19 p.m. Jan. 30 2012

With news of a closed Keg, Northwestern students took to Twitter, expressing all sorts dismay, memories and regret about the demise of the Monday night party staple. Here's a roundup of some of the best, worst and funniest tweets from the Keg night that never was. #RIPkeg.

The fake Twitter that could, @ETisdahl triumphed in both humour and some unexpected insight into town/gown relations:

I'm sorry, but someone just informed me what @DilloDay is. So yeah, I'm gonna have to go ahead and shut down @NorthwesternU. #sbi
— Elizabeth Tisdahl (@ETisdahl) January 27, 2012

The minds behind Sherman Ave put together quite a clever little video that also took off on Facebook and Twitter. Here they offer puppies in exchange for more web hits:

If our video of Hitler reacting to #RIPkeg goes viral, every minor caught drinking at the bar this year gets a puppy! youtube.com/watch?v=fS0jmo…
— Sherman Ave (@shermanave1) January 31, 2012

Some sage advice from the college bar that was. We're sure tears will be shed for many Mondays to come:

As I go, I say onto you, "Don't cry because it's over. Cry because it happened." Seriously. I was a sketchy place to hang out. #RIPTKOE
— Ghost KOE (@GhostKeg) January 31, 2012

Perhaps it wasn't god's work, but it was something:

RIP Keg of Evanston. Thanks for doing God's work. I hope that they serve beer to 17-year-olds in bar heaven. trib.in/xMLMrZ
— Louis Nelson (@louisjnelson) January 30, 2012

Now here's an idea. Students really bent out of shape over the Keg should definitely consider this. Definitely:

Just realized #TKOE is an actual bar and not just a communal beer keg sitting in the middle of the NU campus. Our bad NU students.
— EvanstonTheCity (@EvanstonTheCity) January 30, 2012

Library party anyone?

@SamanthaRollins #7 is solid. How about 8) Covertly book DJs to spin in Periodicals at library every Thursday. Chaos ensues#LONGLIVETHEKEG
— Max Gershberg (@MaxGersh) January 30, 2012

Even the soon-to-come Class of 2016 has heard of (and is apparently mourning) the legendary Keg: