As part of Welcome Back Week, the university’s Recreation Center promoted its services by hosting an event that gave students the chance to try their luck at various activities.For instance, Water Tag followed the same rules as normal tag, the only difference being this version took place in a blue maze. Students, armed with water pistols zigged and zagged through an inflatable labyrinth while keeping an eye out for targets and simultaneously trying to avoid getting soaked by their opponents. Ilse Garza, a Recreational Sports employee who had braved Water Tag and was drying herself off in the sun, described the event as a “total Rec experience,” which allows students to “find out about the Recreational Center.” The Recreation Center’s services include access to fitness equipment as well as aerobics and yoga classes; the center also coordinates intramural sports like flag football, volleyball, soccer, and basketball.Students also traversed Extreme Adrenaline, an Iron-Man-red obstacle course, the high point of which was a one-story Everest students had to scale. Amanda Salinas, a student, described running through the Extreme Adrenaline course as “pretty tiring but fun.” For those not fond of water or climbing, the Human Gyroscope, a machine shaped like the rings found inside a tree, gave students a chance to experience zero gravity while strapped in a Vitruvian Man pose. Carlos Lerma, the owner of Water Tag, Extreme Adrenaline, andHuman Gyro, said his San Antonio-based company was hired to “come out here for students to have a good time,” a comment affirmed by the laughter streaming out of the Water Tag maze. Tony Mata, a Recreational Sports Employee, described the event’s purpose as a chance to “provide things for students to do” while giving them a chance to learn what the Recreation Center was all about. The Recreation Center’s hours are Monday-Thursday 6:30 a.m.-12 a.m., Friday 6:30-10 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.-7 p.m and closed Sunday. For more information, visit http://www.tamiu.edu/recsports/.