LIFE & ARTS Students share spring break plans

to spend time with friends. Gang remembers going to the beach with his family for spring break when he was younger, but he said it has been a while since he had set vacation plans for his break.

"I haven't really done much for spring break ever before," Gang said. "I just went back home and saw like my friends from high school...and I used to go to the beach a lot, but I haven't like been to any beach areas in a while."

Gang said he and his friends have rented an Airbnb to spend their days of break near the water.

By Marisa Nunez and Haley Velasco Life and Arts Editors

Texas State's spring break from March 13-17 is approaching and students look forward to wrapping up the first half of the spring semester by relieving stress and spending time doing something fun. Students plan to stay in San Marcos, head back to their hometowns or enjoy a planned vacation with family or friends.

"[The spring semester has] been in the middle, like pretty rough, but not so bad," Alicia Maxwell, a health science and dance freshman said. "I'm so glad it's coming to an end. Classes are getting harder [and it's] too many hours."

Blaire Bussey, an English junior, is planning to stay in San Marcos to show her loved ones the joys of San Marcos.

Growing up, Bussey an her family spent their spring breaks traveling around Central Texas. Together they would drive through New Braunfels, Gruene and make their final stop in San Marcos to visit the Texas State campus.

"A couple years ago, my family would always come on a trip here, and we would go to like New Braunfels, Gruene, we'd come here, see the campus," Bussey said. "It was always so fun, and that's how I knew I wanted to go here."

Bussey is excited to be spending her spring break in San Marcos again. Now that she knows the town well, she plans on taking her family to all her favorite spots like Sewell Park, Jo's Cafe and the North Street Curry Shop.

Bobby Gang, a philosophy prelaw sophomore, is planning on going to Whitecap Beach in Corpus Christi

While some students are showing off their current adventure hotspots, some are ready to explore new ones. Sara Julian, a wildlife biology junior, is planning on going to East Texas to help out the Bighorn Sheep Society and take a first-time visit to Big Bend National Park. Julian said she looks forward to building water guzzlers, which will be used to store rainwater and give easier water access to sheep.

Julian's spring break adventure will be one of the first that she has ever planned. Other than building water guzzlers, she is most excited to see the Milky Way belt when the sun goes down.

"This is probably going to be one of my first times actually doing a spring break event," Julian said. "I really can't think of anything, this is really my first one planned out."

The University Star wishes everyone a happy and safe spring break!