On Friday, October 1, SCOPE put down a roller rink in the Alumni Lounge in Bartels.  The event had a real 80’s feel to it, especially with the roller skates, the colorful lights dancing around the ceiling, and, of course, you can’t have a roller rink without top songs from the 80’s.

As “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” played on in the background, students laced up their roller skates provided by SCOPE and began getting ready to have some fun.  It was a rough start at first, especially because not everybody there was a roller skating professionals like perhaps our parents probably are. So, of course, students fell.  Just trying to stand was a chore, but falling was what made it fun. Students laughed at each other and got a chance to laugh at themselves.  After a few falls though, people eventually got the hang of rolling around on the skates, probably well enough to make their parents proud.

Even the SCOPE gang joined in on all of the fun.  Jen Cross and I laced some roller skates ourselves and got into the fun.  We had a blast on the floor that we had worked hard to put down.  SCOPE and friends worked hard with the roller skating company to put down a roller rink floor so that we wouldn’t scratch the Alumni Lounge floor.  How cool is that? That took out all of the hassle of going to an actual roller skating rink: no bus, no sign-ups, no waiting in line. That just shows you what SCOPE is really capable of, if they managed to bring the roller rink to you!  This is also a great example of the hard work that makes up SCOPE. The hard work paid off, and students had a great time falling, picking themselves up, and just hanging out with friends.