Gods, heroes, mythical beings, cheap beer. Valhalla is certainly unique. It is also extremely versatile. As its founder Thomas Nichols observes, it's not just a place to drink beer. Professors and their students hold conferences there, and campus police stop in for coffee.
Lunch is served daily.
Situated on the southwest end of Dell Butcher Hall, under the Chemistry Lecture Hall, Valhalla, almost since its inception, has also been host to a Friday afternoon phenomenon in which graduate students, alums and their families drop by to meet friends and sip beverages on the lawn while enjoying the beauty of the Rice campus. Nichols can recall in the early days when students gathered in Valhalla to sing hymns. There have been weddings, bluegrass concerts, chess and bridge games, not to mention some very loud arguments. Something about Valhalla cultivates strong attachments. Schroeter recalls when in the late '70s an explosion on the third floor of Butcher Hall caused a minor fire.