From high-class limousines and generous philanthropy to bump-in-the-night thrills, Tiger Dining has students covered every Monday this month with its promotion of the Tiger Zone area in the Village Dining Hall.
One of the reasons the all-you-can-eat Tiger Zone is being emphasized over other dining venues is because students were beginning to think the area was reserved only for athletes.
"It's because of the way the location is situated inside the building, and you only ever see athletes in there, so people might automatically think it's only for athletes," said Gina Groome, marketing director for Tiger Dining. "We're not real sure how that perception started, but we do feel we definitely need to change it."
A limousine will travel back and forth from Terrell Hall in the Hill to the Village from 5-9 p.m. so those who live farther away will be able to travel to the events in style.
"It's your basic limo," Groome said. "There's a TV, champagne glasses and all that stuff. There won't be any alcohol because it's a dry campus, but it's still your normal, flashy, full-size limo."
Hudson Kus, director of dining services, said he hopes the philanthropy aspect will encourage participation from the Greek community.
Anyone can petition to receive a percentage of the proceeds, but they must guarantee 100 people will come, so on previous nights sororities were almost exclusively represented.
"We provide the food, and the sororities actually come in and man the stations and serve the tacos, and we give them a percentage from the sales," Kus said.
The last limousine night of the month falls on Halloween.
"That's going to be our biggest night," Groome said. "We're going to be doing a really fun Halloween monster bash or carnival. We're going to have a costume contest, and you can win free dining dollars, so we'll have lots of fun things going on."
There will be karaoke at Monday's event and on Halloween, and singer Nellie "Vanelli" Davis said she encourages everyone to come and participate.
"Most of the time people don't want to sing up front, but if I see someone singing along with me, I'll try to bring a mic over for them," Davis said. "A lot of times I'll do that to encourage somebody to come up and sing something just to remind people that karaoke is about having fun and not about talent."
Kus said karaoke night is always a lot of fun, and he guarantees there will be at least two good acts worth the trip.
"We've brought her in before, and she's a lot of fun, high energy," Kus said. "So she'll be in on both of those two nights, and also you can expect to see me up there singing, too. I'll try not to run everybody off, but I'm going to give it a shot."
There will also be a trivia night Oct. 17.
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