Spring Fling coming soon

Organizations get ready for annual carnival

Spring Fling, TAMUK’S annual carnival flled with games, food and fun and hosted by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), is just around the corner. As in past years, students and the community are encouraged to come out and participate.

Many organizations and students are expected, with a variety of different games and booths open to the public on University Boulevard on March 29.

Lizzetty Lara, the Campus Activities Coordinator, is expecting much participation.

“As of now we have 44 booths registered to participate, and I am expect- ing the fnal number to be around 70,” Lara said. Some of the organizations participating include one of the sororities, Delta Phi Epsilon, which is selling diferent sodas at the event.

“Spring Fling is a great way for students to connect,” Melissa Mendez, vice president of programming, said. “I look forward to meeting and supporting other organizations on campus, and it also allows community members and maybe even future Javelinas to get a glimpse of everything TAMUK ofers.”

Another organization participating is TAMUK Dance Marathon. Joshua Macareno is the Director of Finance and Sponsorship and discussed the group’s plans for Spring Fling.

“This year we are host- ing a dunking booth, to which all the proceeds will go to Driscoll Children’s Hospital,” he said.

CAB is also hosting its own booth at the carnival, a photobooth which will give students the opportunity to receive free pictures.

Kathryn Rodriguez, a student, is looking forward to the event.

“My favorite part of Spring Fling is the food obviously, and it’s always exciting to see how everyone advertises for their booths,” Rodriguez said.

Spring Fling begins at 5 p.m. on March 29 on University Boulevard. For more information students and the community are encouraged to look out for updates on Instagram from @tamukcab or to contact Lara at lizzetty. lara@tamuk.edu

Review: Some bugs are worth experiencing

Bring peace to a dilapidated kingdom as you learn its secrets

An enormous quest in a small world created by an even smaller studio, Team Cherry, “Hollow Knight” will have you exploring the ruins of Hallownest as a small yet shockingly strong bug knight. Your character doesn’t do any speaking but the world is bustling with interesting critters, characters and enemies.

“Hollow Knight” is a game in the metroidvania genre. Metroidvanias are adventure platformers that let the player explore a large 2D world space that has interconnected points and areas meant for backtracking (returning to areas previously visited but with newly acquired abilities to overcome new obstacles).

The Knight’s moveset is rudimentary at frst with only directional swings, the ability to heal and a single jump but within a few hours of playing, you should have a far more robust set of tools and powers to choose from.

The world of Hallownest carries a beautifully somber tone throughout every area you visit and it’s a feeling that you can immediately pick up from the music, the art style and the color palettes chosen.

The music when exploring is mellow and that even goes for the combat situations.

Boss fghts are where you’ll hear the soundtrack pick up yet the music doesn’t make an efort to distract you from the often-difcult battles you’ll be forced to face.

The color choice for the kingdom bathes it in melancholic hues and heavy shadows. Somehow even the lights feel dark in these environments despite their gentle glow.

The games hand drawn art style has dense lines to separate the colors and break up designs, which in turn makes the world easier to read for the player while also providing a unique visual style to make it stand out from other games in the same genre.

For as compelling as the world is, much of the game’s shortcomings come from the traveling and navigation, since doing either feels more like a chore than a convenience.

It’s not engaging to run a third of the way across a maze-like map to reach a fast travel station and having your character be visible on the map shouldn’t require an equipment slot.

The plot is more read than told for “Hollow Knight” but I don’t think that’s a bad thing since it’s not necessary to know every story beat.

However, if the player decides to pursue the written history sprinkled throughout the map, they’ll fnd interesting mysteries and hidden locations.

“Hollow Knight” is an incredibly solid experience and I recommend it to anyone looking for a metroidvania with a decent challenge.

Review: Murdaugh Murders: Money, Power, Greed

A history of corruption and control

How to Adult: Ensuring that your car has insurance

A surefre way to make the road feel smoother ter what, you’re going to want some insurance for if (and hopefully not when) that happens. you.

Driving can be a daunting part of our daily lives and it’s easier than it seems to get into trouble even if you’ve got a decent amount of experience on the road.

Sometimes the trouble might not even be something you yourself caused but no mat-

You may have gotten a warranty when buying your car which will help with the occasional small repair but you’ll need some insurance to cover you whenever something unmanageable on your own happens.

To start the process of getting your car insured, you’ll need to get in contact with diferent agencies.

Either drop by for a visit or give them a call to see what they can do for

It’s bad to go into any situation blind so feel free to ask them any questions for something in the process that you don’t understand.

Once you’ve gotten in touch with the agency, you should start asking them about what coverage plans they can ofer you.

It’s also worthwhile to check if there’s any special deals that they might have but had forgotten to mention.

After you fnd a plan or bundle that suits your needs (you can also fnd this information online if you don’t want to inquire about it over the phone/ in person) give them the necessary information regarding yourself, your car and your most recent accident history.

Accidents will have an impact on the rates that they give you.

After you provide the company with this infor- mation, they should provide you with a standard monthly rate that’ll cover the plan you picked out.

If you’re not completely sold on the price, you don’t need to commit to it.

At that point, you can reach out to diferent agencies and repeat the process to see if any of them have better ofers than the initial company you reached out to.

Eventually you fnd that perfect price (or end up back at your original ofer).

Then you’ll just need to set up your payments and provide any additional information that they require in the fnal parts of the process.

Once you’ve got your insurance in hand (or the glove box) then you’ll be ready for whatever the road throws at you, which will hopefully be nothing.

Would be a shame to raise those rates.

“Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” is a Netfix series that takes you down the dark history of a boating crash that killed Mallory Beach and the even darker history of the people responsible, Paul Murdaugh and his family.

Mallory Beach, 19, was killed in a 2019 boating accident.

Paul Murdaugh was driving under the infuence and wrecked into a bridge that ultimately threw Beach of the boat.

Although there were others on the boat that were also thrown, Beach never resurfaced after being thrown and was missing for eight days before they found her deceased body.

The mini-series focuses in on the Murdaugh family and how corrupt the family was.

I think that the fact that the people involved with the series were the survivors from the boating crash and the people who were closest to Paul speak volumes about how corrupt the Murdaugh family was.

They explained how the family tried to tell lies and how they would control the local police system so their son, Paul Murdaugh, wouldn’t get in trouble. Something they often did for years. I think the series did an excellent job on describing the history of the family, showing a timeline of events that took place which prove how twisted and selfsh they were and showed the audience how a single family controlled a whole town for generations.

I watched the series at a perfect time because just three days after I watched it Paul’s father, Alex Murdaugh, was found guilty of murdering his son, Paul, and wife, Maggie.

The trial was widely viewed around the United States and all over the media for a few days.

Alex killed Paul and Maggie just two years after the boating accident.

He denies killing them; however, all the evidence points to him.

I believe that the series being released, the whole trial and end result of the trial reveal that the family no longer has as much power as they once had for the generations that passed.

It is mind blowing how much they got away with but I’m glad someone is fnally paying for the bizarre actions that they got away with for so long.

If you haven’t watched this series, I recommend that you do. You’re in for a shocking ride if you do decide to tune in.