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| What is tabling? Standing at a table. Standing on a table. Being approachable. Approaching students. Talking to students. Meeting students. Making connections. Bringing Judaism to the students. There are many ways to table on campus, and sometimes you'll find that tabling is not necessarily the best way to meet students. Click here for tables I did. |
| Where do I table? Anywhere, but the two main places where I tabled this year are Shriver and Bell Tower. If you want to table during the day, its probably better to table at Bell Tower, since they accept meal cards during lunch hours. Shriver’s food court does not accept meal plans until after 1 pm, |
| How do I reserve a table? First, figure out when and where you are tabling. It’s best if you know ahead of time when you are tabling so that you can make numerous reservations all at once. You have to get a form to fill out from the Office of Student Activities, which is on the 3rd floor of Shriver. Fill it out, but be sure to use the name Association of Jewish Students, because that is the name that we go by according to the university. If you are reserving a table in the Shriver food court, you have to go down to the Shriver information booth and have them sign off on the form for you. Then take the form back up to Student Activities, where they will process it and leave a copy in the AJS mailbox. If you are reserving a table at Bell Tower, they will notify Bell Tower for you. |
| Getting a table at the Shriver (Haines) Food Court: Go to the second floor by the information booth to the closet immediately next to the display case. Get your table and chairs and take them downstairs. I always liked to tell the info booth so that they didn’t think I was a stranger taking their supplies. |
| Getting a table outside of Shriver: Whenever I have tabled outside of Shriver, I always used the tables supplied by the Office of Student Activities. |
| Getting a table at Bell Tower: Pray excessively the evening prior. This is the most ridiculous place to get a table. Basically, you don’t have any special or |
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| so its more of a night place to table if you are in the food court. However, if the weather is nice, its great to table outside of Shriver on the patio type area on the corner of Spring and Maple. |
| Getting a table: You would think that reserving a table means that you’ll be getting a table, but not at Miami! In addition to reserving the spot, you are also responsible for actually getting a table (and chairs, if need be). I learned this the hard way when a student and I showed up to table one day and there was no table-argh!!! Plan carefully so you don’t go through what I did! |
| Getting a table at other places: If you would like to get a table on campus, be sure to ask the Office of Student Activities first where you can get one. If you’re in a residence hall, maybe the hall has one to borrow. However, if you are not tabling at Shriver or Bell Tower, chances are you might have to sign up for the delivery of a table at Trucking Services. Their office is located in the same building as the motor pool. It’s probably best just to go over and schedule a delivery of tables. It is free, since you are part of a university organization (AJS). |
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| They have tables in their closet; you’ll just need to ask them to unlock it for you (the one by the club mailboxes). I have never asked to use Shriver’s tables (the |
| ones in the closet by the info booth, but I'm sure it would not be a problem. |
| reserved tables; you just use the ones that are in the dining area. This means that you should probably go and reserve a table by throwing some decorations on it or something the morning that you are tabling. A good time to table at Bell Tower is between 12-2 (lunchtime), so typically, I would try and show up at around 10 am to decorate the table and then leave to come back at 12 noon. There have been a couple of times, however, when I showed up and found people eating at my tables. Maybe they would like to help engage students? |