TAMUK students celebrate Hispanic heritage
The Department of Student activities created a Loteria event at 7 p.m. on Sept 21 in the Memorial Student Union Building Ballrooms. There were many prizes, snacks and students who attended.
One of the many activities designed for Hispanic Heritage month is a loteria night. It consists of receiving a loteria card with beans as chips and getting a ticket that could win you a prize. The big prizes were a tv, Nintendo and a Keurig, although there were others like shirts and goodie bags. For snacks they served nachos and churros to include a Hispanic taste.
There were many volunteers working to make this Hispanic-inspired event successful.
“This was for Hispanic Heritage month. I expected like 40 people to come but there was way more that came,” volunteer Louiza Giddens said.
It exceeded the expectations of the whole event that was planned, she said.
“I’m feeling very festive. I’m really surprised with how many people turned out to be here tonight, many people are engaging with each other which causes [much] excitement,” student Maricruz Quintanilla said.
She said the snacks and the game really highlighted Hispanic heritage.
“I like seeing the excitement within the people knowing they are celebrating their heritage or even if it’s
not their heritage they are still excited to be participating in celebration of the month,” student Erik Velasquez said. “I decided to come because I am Hispanic and wished to attend something that reminded me of home; it greatly met my expectations of the event even though I did not win a prize.