What is this blog?

The RutgersZone is a revolutionary new space located in the Livingston Student Center on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University. The space includes games like Skee-Ball and Pool, an array of HD Satellite televisions and a full-service ice cream/soda shop.

In addition to creating a unique experience on campus for Rutgers students, the RutgersZone also aims to develop life and leadership skills of the staff members working in the space.

This blog, the RutgersZone Experiment, is a chronicle of this ground-breaking experience being shared by seven undergraduate student managers and one professional staff general manager. These students are being tasked with working as a team to create an unmatched on-campus experience for our guests, learning to become effective managers and constantly "pushing the envelope" for what is expected on a college campus. As a part of their employment experience, each student manager is asked to blog at least once per week about the processes associated with opening this space or developing as a manger.

Welcome to the RutgersZone Experiment!





Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Livingston Campus Day: Like a G6

Yesterday was Livingston Campus Day and the Livingston Deans, RHA, and R U Sure? sponsored a free ice cream cone and tokens event at the RutgersZone. It also happened to be Monday Night Football, where the Jets would be playing the Ravens. Right before the game was supposed to start the sky got really dark and it started pouring. I started to panic a bit when the satellite TV channels started to go out and we almost had to send Adam to the roof with a coat hanger to get some reception, but thankfully they began working again. I assumed that the rain would deter people from coming out of their residence halls but I was wrong yet again.
Around 730 students started to slowly filter in for football and ice cream and once they started there was no stopping. Phylisha and I got a good work-out scooping cones all night and the Scarlet Night even made an appearance to play some games with the students. The Deans also seemed to be having a good time interacting with students outside a educational setting. I think the event was definitely a success despite the rain and hopefully more Deans and departments chose to have similar events at the RutgersZone.


--Joelle

ps. Phylisha and I had that place SPOTLESS by the end of the night. Ballersss

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