{"id":9443,"date":"2015-07-14T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=9443"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:28:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T18:28:27","slug":"up-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=9443","title":{"rendered":"Up Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How did you earn money in college?<\/h2>\n<p>We received quite a few responses to last issue\u2019s question. Here are some of our favorites:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P-INF-1-VIDEO-GAMEHiResCYMK-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stampa\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P-INF-1-VIDEO-GAMEHiResCYMK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P-INF-1-VIDEO-GAMEHiResCYMK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P-INF-1-VIDEO-GAMEHiResCYMK-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P-INF-1-VIDEO-GAMEHiResCYMK.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Playing video games<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve played casually and competitively since age 2; it finally paid off in 2013 when I won almost $300,000 in the Turbo Racing League World Championship. My parents had pushed me to get a job that summer, and I did try for a bit. Then I learned about this game competition. The outcome was much better than it would have been had I pumped gas or worked as a cashier for $8 an hour. These days, I make money investing in stocks and mutual funds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Brian Dragotto, <\/strong><strong>sophomore finance major<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/rat-pin-from-rob-mikula-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rat pin from rob mikula\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>3<\/h2>\n<p>Number of respondents who still have a piece of the work uniform they wore on campus\u2014and sent pictures to prove it.<br \/>\n<strong>Ray McCarthy \u201988, Rob Mikula \u201985, Beth Deene \u201985<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/iStock_000005994644_Large-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_000005994644_Large\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>39<\/h2>\n<p>Percentage of respondents who worked in food service,\u00a0the most commonly reported college job in our poll.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yield-Art-300-dpi-CMYK-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Layout 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>1<\/h2>\n<p>Number of respondents who reported being pulled over by campus police for driving a golf cart on<br \/>\nMetzger Drive, the campus loop, while delivering food.<br \/>\n<strong>Thomas A. Parmalee \u201901 <\/strong>says he got off with a warning\u2014and the pizza was still hot upon arrival.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150504_cain-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"line portrait\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work-study.<\/strong> I had campus jobs for seven of my eight semesters, and my favorite, by far, was working in the dining hall. I loved everything about it: the tray-washing machines, the glass machines, the slop chute, and especially the camaraderie!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Judy Braund Cain \u201962<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150504_brand-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"line portrait\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Playing poker. I played in tournaments in college and finished in the top 10 in a few.\u00a0My biggest win came at the Borgata Fall Poker Open, in 2011, when I took home\u00a0first place and $14,665.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Christopher Brand \u201912<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/150504_shortway-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"line portrait\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Wrapping Down Under. <\/strong>I worked at Wrapt,\u00a0a restaurant in a mall food court, while studying in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Customers and coworkers enjoyed my use of words like \u201cgarbage\u201d (rubbish), \u201ccandy\u201d (lollies), and \u201cfries\u201d (chips).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014Kendahl Shortway \u201908<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Want to play along?<\/h2>\n<p>For our next issue we want to hear about road trips you took in college.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the days when you could hop in your roommate\u2019s car and just\u2026go? Maybe you had a destination in mind\u2014New York, Daytona, the Grand Canyon. Probably you didn\u2019t. In any case, we want to hear about the ride. Send us stories about trips you took in college, along with any photos or artifacts, to magazine@tcnj.edu \u00a0or \u00a0TCNJ Magazine, The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did you earn money in college? We received quite a few responses to last issue\u2019s question. Here are some of our favorites: &nbsp; Playing video games I\u2019ve played casually and competitively since age 2; it finally paid off in 2013 when I won almost $300,000 in the Turbo Racing League World Championship. 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