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!





Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fried Pickle Night!

OH YEAHH! Snooki from Jersey Shore came to perform at the Livingston Student Center on March 31. Both shows were sold out in record time (or just really fast) and tons of students in orange wristbands started waiting in line over an hour before the first show was scheduled to begin. In honor of her favorite food, the Zone was giving out fried pickles to the people waiting as well as those in the Zone. Many people were really skeptical because fried pickles sound kinda questionable, however with a little encouragement and probably a lot of hunger, lots of people tried them. Personally I thought they were pretty good, although they would have definitely been great had they been a little crispier.
In addition to the pickles, we also had our usual free cones starting at 10pm. Because the first Snooki show ended a bit before, we had much more people come in than usual. The fried pickles were also really popular with the students waiting in the ice cream line. Whoever ended up closing probably wasn't too happy. Despite the negative aftermath of Snooki coming to Rutgers, everyone had a great time that night and got to enjoy some comedy, ice cream and of course fried pickles. RUPA totally needs to get Vinny to Rutgers ASAP. Rrrroger THAT !

--Joelle


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