There’s a new club in town and it’s not here on Sam Houston’s campus. It does not conduct meetings or vote on vital subjects. Instead it groups together and party until the midnight hours. It’s called Club Paragon and it’s located on Josey Street in Huntsville.In August 2001, 26-year-old Larry McCain, owner of the club, started renovations on the building once known as the Texas Roadhouse. McCain opened Club Paragon in hopes of bringing a different style to the little town of Huntsville..McCain, a six-year veteran manager to the Junction, took the opportunity of owning the club when it was up for sale.”I built and renovated the club, trying to bring a Houston-style atmosphere that everyone can enjoy,” McCain said. “I had talked to so many people and they always offered suggestions for a Houston-style club–and I really liked the idea, so I developed one,” he said.McCain then teamed up with current assistant manager, 25-year-old Rick Shelhorse. “We’ve known each other for six years and he liked my ideas and decided to run with them. I think we’ve hit success so far,” McCain said.Meaning “perfection” in Latin, the Paragon is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 p.m. to midnight and on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., offering cheap drink specials and a night full of entertaining music. For 21 and older, the price to get in is $3 and for 20 and under, it is $5. On Wednesdays, everything except imported beer is $1. The Paragon offers $1 wells and $2 domestic longnecks on Thursdays and Saturdays. Disc jockeys Sicarius, aka Eric Giese, and Lucky, aka Wade Vander Linden, offer club-goers a bounceful night with the hottest music around. The DJs spend countless hours finding the best music that everyone is listening to, and make sure that it’s played at the club. From house to hip-hop to dance music, requests are also a part of the nightclub’s scenery.Club Paragon not only offers cheap drink specials and student interactment, but also comes equipped with tables and chairs to sit at on the side of the club, pool tables upstairs and an outside patio where people can talk amongst themselves.Ten bartenders, 11 bouncers and seven waitresses comprise the rest of Club Paragon. McCain hired all students in different organizations, with different majors solely on the purpose for people who attend the club. “Nine times out of 10, someone is going to know someone that works there. I wanted it that way, so people would get a “homey” feeling,” McCain said.While Club Paragon offers only a nightclub scene for many, McCain hopes to expand within the next few months.”I would like to obtain a comedy club scene on some nights, bringing in top comedians like Pauly Shore and Carrot Top,” he said. “I’d also like to bring in already known music artists like Run DMC and Ton Loc,” McCain said.Senior Abby Ruiz, likes the Houston-style atmosphere that the Paragon offers. “I like that we now have something different in Huntsville. I like the lights, the music, the cheap drinks–it’s a different nightlife…very trendy,” she said.Club Paragon has been a busy, yet successful nightclub bringing in up to 1,000 people a night. With business like this, Club Paragon hopes to stay open for a while, expanding new and improved developments to students and local residents.