Lakeland Mirror

Issue date: 3/11/10 Section: News

Media Credit: Kevin Strowder Cotton candy was a favorite treat at the carnival dinner.

Media Credit: Kevin Strowder Students take aim at the balloon-pop game on Tuesday night.

Spring Fling took place at Lakeland from March 1 to March 5. LC-CAB was in charge of the week's events. Monday night's feature was the movie "Brothers," shown in Bossard Hall. According to senior history major Joe Janisch, "The movie was an entertaining event with a solid turn out, the southern half of Bossard was mostly full."

The main event for Tuesday night was a carnival-type dinner in Bossard. There were many carnival games set up on the southern end of the cafeteria. The games included miniature golf, Frisbee throw, bean bag toss, and others. Dinner in Bossard that night featured carnival foods. Some menu items included corn dogs, funnel cake fries, chili cheese fries, ice cream, and cotton candy.

Despite the many games and variety of foods, senior international business major Heather DiDonato was not impressed. "The carnival was ok this year. Previous years were better. This year there did not seem to be as much going on. The activities were not as interesting and less promoted. The food was pretty good, but again, I feel that previous years were also better. All in all, I would say that this event was just ok, but not overly impressive."

Wednesday night's main event was karaoke in the Pub. Karaoke is generally a big event on campus, held on Thursday nights. Many students like to start their weekend by celebrating "Thirsty Thursdays."

Graduate student Scott Pretat, earning his masters degree in business administration, felt that the event was not as successful on a Wednesday as it is on Thursdays. His response to Wednesday night's event was, "Karaoke was always best as a Thursday event, the past couple times they've tried a Friday or a Wednesday, it just didn't seem the same."

Thursday night's featured activity was "Comedy Club" in the Pub. This event caught the attention and interest of quite a few students. Janisch attended this Spring Fling week activity as well. Here too, it seems, students were less than impressed. Janisch stated, "I thought it was entertaining, but it didn't have the same energy that previous improv groups have had in the past, so I would have to give it a C. Not terrible, but not great, just ok."

On Friday, the final day of Spring Fling week, students were encouraged to come to lunch in Bossard Hall to receive a free T-shirt. Students had to fill out a survey that had three questions on it regarding the previous events held during the week. After filling out the survey, no matter how many answers were correct or incorrect, students would then receive their free T-shirt. In the past when events were held on campus, T-shirts were available, but student's were charged anywhere from $3 to $15. This was a much appreciated change. "I think it was very nice to get a free T-shirt," said freshman psychology major Juleya Tucker.

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