LCC nursing major Laurie Miller holds still as Henna temporary tattoo artist Laura Dietrich applies a fancy tattoo on her neck. Free tattoos were available all day during the ninth annual LCC Spring Fling, held Wednesday, April 30 on LCC's main campus.

Student Life and Leadership hosts

LCC’s ninth annual ‘Spring Fling’

By Larry Hook
The Lookout Adviser

 The Student Life and Leadership Department hosted the ninth annual Spring Fling under sunny skies April 30 in the Washington Square Mall on LCC's downtown campus.

The event featured many free events and activities, including music, dancing, prize giveaways, a U.S. Army rock-climbing wall, caricatures drawn by Dennis Preston, and Henna temporary body tattoos applied by Laura Dietrich.

Food was available for purchase through the Student Hospitality Club.

A new Spring Fling feature this year was an inflatable, wind-powered “coupon cube,” in which contest winners were allowed to grab as many coupons as possible in 30 seconds. Winners earned Star Card credits, gift certificates to the Gannon Building’s Hole in the Hall store and other valuable prizes.

This year’s Spring Fling featured the theme, “Rock the Vote,” with many red, white and blue prizes, such as hats, pens, necklaces and balls, being given away by Student Life and Leadership workers.

The State of Michigan mobile branch of the Secretary of State office was open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to perform all functions of a regular office.

 “One of our main goals was to get people registered to vote for the upcoming presidential election,” Student Life and Leadership Director Denise Harris said.

The Spring Fling also featured the wrap-up of LCC's efforts to assist the Greater Lansing Food Bank with Oprah's "Big Give Project." The project was a big success, Harris said, with about 800 food items being collected at various drop-off-sites at the downtown campus and LCC satellite locations.

The LCC Leadership Academy coordinated the distribution of the food collection, Harris said.

Harris said the Spring Fling allowed students preparing for their spring semester finals to blow off some steam and have some fun.

“The weather was perfect,” Harris said. “We couldn’t have asked for better. It was sunny. It was a beautiful day.”

LCC Elementary Education student Scott Roberts shows his skills during the Spring Fling hacky sack contest. Roberts won the competition and earned the right to enter into the "Coupon Cube" to win valuable LCC prizes.

For the second straight year, the LCC Spring Fling hosted the mobile
Michigan Secretary of State office, of which many students took advantage.

Caricature artist Dennis Preston sits under a shady tree while he creates a likeness of some LCC students. The drawings were provided to Spring Fling visitors
free of charge.

Student Life and Leadership Director Denise Harris display many of the 800 food items that were gathered for the Greater Lansing Food Bank during the 2008 Spring Fling. The food was donated by LCC students, teachers and staff.

This pair of LCC students successfully tried her hands (and feet) at the U.S. Army's popular rock climbing wall during the Spring Fling.