{"id":6340,"date":"2021-11-15T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2021-11-23T17:33:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:33:54","slug":"fall-carnival-makes-its-return-to-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/15\/fall-carnival-makes-its-return-to-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall carnival makes its return to campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Homecoming event drew large crowd <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversations were heard as individuals walked around University Boulevard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The smell of different foods filled their noses, making their stomachs growl as they waited in lines. Music was playing, people were dancing, dogs were barking. Everyone gathered for the fall carnival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fall carnival is an annual event held at Texas A&M University \u2013 Kingsville (TAMUK) and is organized by the Office of Student Activities (OSA) for the community of Kingsville to enjoy. It was held Wednesday, Oct. 27, as part of homecoming activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student organizations had booths selling a variety of food and drinks, some even sold toys and treats for pets. There were also games available for anyone to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is my first fall carnival because we didn\u2019t do it last year,\u201d sophomore Elena Paxton said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sophomore class did not get to experience their first fall carnival because of COVID-19. Now, both freshmen and sophomores got to know what events such as fall carnival are like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an opportunity for organizations to come out and fundraise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have too many funds for creating production and it takes a bit to have production,\u201d Alpha Psi Omega member Erica Garcia-Ginnett said. \u201cThis money that we\u2019re gathering is to build up that fund so that we can continue having our productions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each organization had a different purpose for fundraising at the fall carnival as well as different planning methods to help them for this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a lot of planning going on. Everybody is playing a huge role and everybody is helping out,\u201d freshman Andrew Salinas said. Salinas is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American String Teachers Association organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to be around all these people that show that they care about their school, their organizations and they\u2019re happy to be here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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