THE
SPRINGHILLIAN
March 20, 2014
Volume 98 Issue 6
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
WHAT’S INSIDE:
HANGOUT FEST MAKES ITS WAY TO MOBILE | PG. 4
ADVENTURES TO QUENCH YOUR WANDERLUST | PG. 8
GOLF SET TO BEGIN | PG. 10
Spring is FINALLY
Here!
Photo by ChelseaWALLACE By ChelseaWALLACE Assistant Editor Living in the deep South comes with learning certain cultural cues: the subtle difference between “y’all” and “all y’all,” for instance, or how to layer your clothes just right to account for both the cool morning temperatures and the blazing midday heat. We even have our own Southern delicacies like jambalaya, gumbo, poboys, King cake and boudin balls - an entire feast of warm, filling meals. However, especially in the spring, perhaps no dish is so sought after as the delicious, spicy-hot crawfish. Even as I shot the photos to accompany this piece, a handful of people walked by, and none without making some comment to express their jealousy at my bright red stash of crawfish. In
Mobile and throughout the South, the lovingly-termed “crawfish season” is finally kicking into high gear as almost every weekend seafood vendors face lines that flow out the door for boiled crawfish. On average, a person can eat anywhere from one to three pounds of crawfish in a sitting. As college students, though, can we always afford that amount of wonderful springtime crustaceans? To buy enough crawfish for a group of people to eat can put a strain on one’s bank account. What’s a financially strapped crawfish lover to do? Thanks to the Facebook page “I love FREE Crawfish!” financial worries can be allayed. With more than 1000 likes so far, the fan page gives nightly locations of
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