BBQ Dinner at RLC's Pool

The dining hall staff of the Residential Learning College held a BBQ dinner for its residents last Thursday.

With the dining hall being purposely closed, the BBQ was located at the swimming pool between the east and west wings of the Pacific Hall. The idea consisted of two purposes: to gather the RLC community to be better acquainted with one another and to save money by not serving the usual dining hall meals.

The BBQ dinner was not an event set up with the on-campus residence of Parkside Commons or Residence Commons. This was specially done for the RLC residents to enjoy a new fun style of dining.

"It's a great way to gather the RLC community and have a nice dinner outdoors with some good BBQ food!" said Jenny Lew, associate director of the Residential Dining Services.

Because of the success of the BBQ, the dining hall team may continue to have BBQ dinner nights once in a while when the weather is nice and warm.

"Meet and Greet" Between the Dorms

Last night the Residential Learning College, as well as the Residence Commons and Parkside Commons, had a "Meet and Greet" between every participating dorm room.

RLC students left their dorm room doors open at 9:00p.m. for fellow suitemates to walk by, peak in, and say hello. The goal of the "Meet and Greet" is for residents to be acquainted with one another. This way they are not forced to befriend one another by events set up with their Residence Hall or the encouragement of their Residential Advisors (RA). They are able to familiarize themselves with each other by taking their own initiative to do so, and that is a more comfortable feeling for students.

Kimberly Holden, an 18-year-old Freshman at the RLC, said, "I left my door open for the first time, and there were a lot of different people I've never seen before popping in to say hi. It felt like a warm welcome."