{"id":149607,"date":"2024-04-22T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=149607"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:08:07","slug":"thousands-celebrate-the-end-of-spring-semester-with-food-fun-and-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/04\/22\/thousands-celebrate-the-end-of-spring-semester-with-food-fun-and-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands celebrate the end of Spring Semester with food, fun and friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For some, Wright State University\u2019s annual April Craze is a time to play carnival games, socialize with classmates and learn about student organizations and clubs. For others, it\u2019s a way to dance their cares away and enjoy delicious food. But for all, it marks the end of Spring Semester and a time to unwind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This year\u2019s outdoor festival was organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/wright.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/university-activities-board\">University Activities Board<\/a>, which expected over 2,000 students and 110 campus organizations and area food vendors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFor some seniors, this could be their last event at Wright State,\u201d said Lexi Ricker, a senior psychology major and University Activities Board president. \u201cWe are here to just have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This year marks the 11th anniversary of April Craze, which replaced the former end-of-the-quarter event May Daze in 2012. It has continued to be one of the most widely celebrated events at Wright State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For more information on April Craze, contact the University Activities Board at 937-775-5500.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University\u2019s annual April Craze is a time to play carnival games, socialize with classmates and learn about student organizations and clubs. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/04\/22\/thousands-celebrate-the-end-of-spring-semester-with-food-fun-and-friendship\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":149608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,727,715,720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-homepage-photos-and-video","category-news","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149644,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149607\/revisions\/149644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}