“Now it’s still rubble, soon it will be Hubble,” said Quadrivium member Hemmo de Vries in summarizing the speech given by the chairperson of Team Bar Potential. Willem Goossens talked about the new name, the construction work that is moving forward, the vacancies that are available as of today and the crowdfunding campaign his team is setting up. “It won't be like the Bunker,” he said. “Boo,” said the public.

In the ‘Crossover Hall’ - as the hall in the basement of De Plint is officially called, but which is also known as ‘the bunker’ - some fifty people are milling about on Wednesday evening. Until January, this is their meeting space. They have finished rehearsing with Doppio, Footloose and Quadrivium, or have been role-playing, like the Knights of the Kitchen Table. Or they are here by force of habit. Goossens has deliberately planned the name reveal for after 10 p.m.

Hubble was chosen as the name, believes Goossens, because it suits both Luna and student behavior. “The telescope explores space and similarly students have to explore student life. Just look around and see how much there is to do.”

That the name is reminiscent of The Hub Eindhoven is purely coincidental. “That's been said to me quite often but The Hub is for expats in the city. It didn't cross our minds, although a lot of international students do live in Luna, and of course they too come here.” That's why he gives his speech in English.

Help (and publicity) wanted

The contracts have been signed (“It's 99 percent certain that Bavaria will be served, and Coca-Cola instead of Pepsi.”), the subsidies from TU/e are in and a professional manager has been found. Peter Joosten will take on the job of running the bar full time. In the evenings the bar will be run by the association's own committee members and tappers. For bar staff during the daytime, vacancies have now been posted.   

“We want to have activities every week,” says Goossens, “so we are looking to the tappers committee, the activities committee, and the technical committee for ideas.”

Team Bar Potential is also still looking for money. The crowdfunding campaign (for 10 euros you get a glass, a bottle opener and a ticket to a party, for 30 euros you get all this plus a beer backpack-cooler, and for 150 euros they'll also tap a hundred drinks for you) won't bring in much money in the long run.

In the short term, however, it is literally putting some money in the bank because the participants pay for their goodies in advance. “And the main aim is to generate publicity for Hubble,” says the chairperson. What's nice about the beer backpack-cooler is that it will carry the Hubble logo: a rubber duck wearing a space helmet. Harry Hubble is his name.