Bar may be back- but run by students
Group hopes to run Tigers' Den as a non-profit, redecorate and serve one light beer, one dark beer
Emily Butler
Issue date: 10/9/09 Section: News
A student group headed by Senior Michael Tully has formed a concrete plan to bring back the Tigers' Den, reformatted and refurnished. Tully hopes to create a student-run non-profit in the space and to return it to its original name, the Rathskeller.
"We want a student-run organization that is going to operate in what is currently the Tigers' Den space," Tully said.
Tully believes that Aramark is incapable of managing a campus bar scene, and a student-run effort can transform the place into this type of environment. Two crucial factors for creating a campus bar include service and ambience, things which Aramark neglected.
While the price of beers was competitive with other bars, Aramark was still running a business designed to make a profit, something that Tully said is not conducive to the bar's location in the middle of a college campus.
Tully's plan includes just two basic beers, a light keg and a dark keg, with specialty beers available with advanced request."That would be really cheap and we would still be able to generate revenue," Tully said. He added, "We want to reinvest any money made aside from paying costs back into the business."
Ultimately, the entire space needs to be revamped, said Tully. Everything from furniture to dart boards, TVs to decorations need to be either replaced or removed. The pennants on the walls, for example, are of colleges from which professors graduated. According to Tully this simply does not suit the environment.
"We have a lot of clubs and organizations on campus. Can you think of a space on campus which displays all of them?" Tully remarked.
He hopes to have donations from Greek organizations, such as paddles, plaques and pictures of pledge classes. He also encourages donations from other organizations and events, such as pictures of Trinity students at the Martin Luther King, Jr. March, championship plaques and pictures of sports teams.
Tully hopes to display the things that link the amount of involvement the Trinity University students have in the area and on campus with the campus.
"We want a student-run organization that is going to operate in what is currently the Tigers' Den space," Tully said.
Tully believes that Aramark is incapable of managing a campus bar scene, and a student-run effort can transform the place into this type of environment. Two crucial factors for creating a campus bar include service and ambience, things which Aramark neglected.
While the price of beers was competitive with other bars, Aramark was still running a business designed to make a profit, something that Tully said is not conducive to the bar's location in the middle of a college campus.
Tully's plan includes just two basic beers, a light keg and a dark keg, with specialty beers available with advanced request."That would be really cheap and we would still be able to generate revenue," Tully said. He added, "We want to reinvest any money made aside from paying costs back into the business."
Ultimately, the entire space needs to be revamped, said Tully. Everything from furniture to dart boards, TVs to decorations need to be either replaced or removed. The pennants on the walls, for example, are of colleges from which professors graduated. According to Tully this simply does not suit the environment.
"We have a lot of clubs and organizations on campus. Can you think of a space on campus which displays all of them?" Tully remarked.
He hopes to have donations from Greek organizations, such as paddles, plaques and pictures of pledge classes. He also encourages donations from other organizations and events, such as pictures of Trinity students at the Martin Luther King, Jr. March, championship plaques and pictures of sports teams.
Tully hopes to display the things that link the amount of involvement the Trinity University students have in the area and on campus with the campus.
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