Lifestyle

With hundreds of majors to choose from, it can often be challenging for students to pick one area to focus on.

Choosing a major is a major commitment, but the decision doesn’t have to be stressful. The following are five tips to help students successfully declare their major. 

1. Know yourself

Kate Robbins, career counselor, said the first step students should take when they aren’t sure what they want to study is learning more about themselves and their interests.

Robbins said she encourages students to tell their stories when they come to her office for advice on selecting a major.

Texas State Community Relations has partnered with St. Bernard Project and United Way of Hays County to help victims of the Memorial Day weekend flood rebuild their homes.

The organizations are hosting Project Flood Relief Sept. 5 from 8a.m.-5p.m. in an effort to get student volunteers to contribute to the long-term rebuilding process.

Jordan Jimenez, outreach coordinator for Texas State Community Relations, said the project is an ongoing process with volunteers completing a variety of tasks.

“What we’re doing is trying to get the floors redone and the walls painted and stuff like that, just so it can be a home again,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez said the volunteer effort was slow during the summer because most students had gone home.

Students and San Marcos residents gathered at Zelicks Icehouse Aug. 30 for a night of art, shopping and music.

Martian Culture, inspired by ‘San Martian,’ a term used to describe locals, is a social gathering held on the last Sunday of every month in an effort to immerse attendees in local culture.

Daniel Currey, Zelicks manager and co-creator of the event, said he and Jody Cross, Martian Culture manager, came up with the idea last year.

“It started up based on a few other art events we had been seeing around and we just really wanted to create something for the community here in San Marcos,” Currey said.

Currey said he wasn’t sure how the event would be received when it first started.

Students looking to get fit and learn more about exercising resources on campus can head to the Student Recreation Center on Sept. 2 for the largest free fitness camp of the semester.

Jenevieve Struk, Campus Recreation fitness coordinator, said Texas State hosts the Fall Fitness Frenzy event every year to spread awareness about what services they offer. She said the event usually sees about 150-200 students each year. This year, the event will start at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 6:45 p.m. and will be on court two of the rec center.

Struk said the class will feature a variety of workout options.

Unicorns could be seen floating at Cool River Ranch this weekend. 

San Martians came in troves, equipped with inflatable unicorn inner tubes and beach balls Aug. 28-30 for the second annual Float Fest event.

The festival featured a unique vibe and unforgettable performances across two stages and three days. Festivalgoers listened to artists such as Local Natives, Ghostland Observatory and Phantogram.

Each day of the festival showcased very different genres of music.

Friday’s lineup highlighted mostly indie rock artists whose performances seemed to be a carefree representation of what many of the musical artists abilities.