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===Traditions===
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The [[Grease Trucks]] are a group of truck-based food vendors located at various locations on the New Brunswick campus. They serve traditional grill fare, and Middle-Eastern specialties, and are especially well known for serving "Fat Sandwiches," a sub roll containing various ingredients such as cheesesteaks, burgers, pork rolls, chicken fingers, French fries, mozzarella sticks, eggs, bacon, gyro meat, and marinara sauce. The Rutgers Grease Trucks were located in a designated lot for nearly two decades until August 2013. Truck owners were forced to relocate due to the construction of an $84-million student apartment complex. Three trucks remain on the College Avenue Campus, while the remaining two were moved to the Cook/Douglass Campus.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. [https://www.nj.com/news/2013/08/rutgers_university_seals_deal_to_move_beloved_grease_trucks.html "Rutgers University reaches tentative deal to move beloved grease trucks"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], August 14, 2013. Accessed January 1, 2025. "The five iconic food trucks parked in Lot 8 on College Avenue will begin moving out Thursday to make way for construction of an $84 million student apartment complex. Tomorrow morning, the trucks can begin serving their "fat" sandwiches in their new locations, provided they have finalized their paperwork with the university, said Antonio Calcado, Rutgers’ vice president of university facilities and capital planning.... Calcado, the Rutgers vice president overseeing the relocation, said two grease trucks will move a few blocks away to a university-owned site near the corner of Senior Street and College Avenue. One truck will move to George Street, near Rutgers’ dormitories overlooking the Raritan River. The remaining two trucks will be on Rutgers’ Douglass campus, near the student center, and on the Cook campus, near Neilson Dining Hall."</ref>

The [[Dance Marathon]] is a student-run organization that consists of a year-long series of fundraisers and culminates with the annual Marathon on April 5–6 in the College Avenue Gym. At the Marathon over 400 dancers pledge to raise funds and remain standing for 32 hours without sleeping. The 'Dancers', along with over 500 volunteers and countless visitors, are entertained by live bands, comedians, prize giveaways, games, sports, a mechanical bull, computer and internet access, various theme hours, and much more. Rutgers has held this tradition since 1999 and to date has raised more than $1.3 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation. In the seventies, the Dance Marathon raised funds for the American Cancer Society. In the Eighties, it was the Rutgers Cancer Research Association. In the two decades starting in 1998, the event had raised $5.8&nbsp;million for the Embrace Kids Foundation.<ref>Muscavage, Nick. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/college/rutgers/2017/03/31/rutgers-dance-marathon-gives-back-kids/99869686/ "Rutgers dance marathon gives back to kids"], ''[[Courier News]]'', March 31, 2017. Accessed January 1, 2025. "Since 1998, the Rutgers University Dance Marathon has raised over $5.8 million to Embrace Kids Foundation, McGinty said."</ref>

[[Rutgers Day]] is an annual festival established in 1906.<ref>Not to be confused with RutgersFest. Several violent incidents in 2011 led to the indefinite cancellation of that event. President Richard McCormick, in a letter to the Rutgers community, commented: "The problems that occur following 
RutgersFest have grown beyond our capacity to manage them, and the only responsible course of action is to cancel the event."{{cite web|last=McCormick|first=Richard L.|title=In Regard to RutgersFest|url=http://richardlmccormick.rutgers.edu/writings/letters/regard-rutgersfest|access-date=April 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121093701/http://richardlmccormick.rutgers.edu/writings/letters/regard-rutgersfest|archive-date=January 21, 2015}},
{{cite web|title=Rutgers to permanently cancel annual Rutgersfest concert|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/rutgers_to_cancel_annual_rutge.html|date=April 19, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904051303/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/rutgers_to_cancel_annual_rutge.html|archive-date=September 4, 2011}}</ref>