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an Ohio State U. football game. The more people you have, the more bargaini
power you have.
Finally, when you arrive at your destination, scrounge for anything that mig
save money, such as spring break guides, coupon books, newspaper ads or "fina
cially secure, Christian families seeking to adopt."
QUESTION #2: When are the best deals at the clubs and bars?
"Sunday and Monday the red carpet rolls out," says Brad
Nelson, owner of Inter-Campus Programs (which sells spring
break packages) in West Chicago. Businesses try to atract students
' at the beginning of the week hoping they'll keep coming back.
Paige Deaton, a senior at Appalachian State U. who celebrated her
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at bars all over town and she spent only $60 for the whole week. The
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Giving Others a Break
When spring break is over, a lot of students return to
campus with bragging material: a new tattoo, the perfect
tan or tales of "eating the worm."
Last year, Kim O'Brien came back with something a
little different to brag about. A senior at the U. of
Wisconsin, Eau Claire, O'Brien spent her week in
Washington, D.C., living in the basement of a church
and teaching poor minority and disabled junior high
school students.
"The kids were really receptive," she says. "I think
they were used to older teachers who stressed discipline
more than education. One girl still writes to me."
Although last year O'Brien participated in the pro-
gram to meet a requirement for her education degree,
she plans to return this year as a volunteer. And the
trend toward similar "alternative breaks" has continued
QUESTION #4: What can you eat?
Seek out fast food joints.
In New Orleans, Howard and his friends ate the $1.99 meal deal at Rally's twice a
day, every day. "I will never eat Rally's again," Howard says.
Gwenael Denorme, a Miami U. of Ohio sophomore, hit Pizza Hut during her
Myrtle Beach, S.C., spring break trip. "One of my friends [pretended] that there
was hair in her food," Denorme says, adding that
they all got free meals.
But if for some reason your morals accompany you
on break, remember the old standby - seven Ramen
noodles for a dollar. B
students in a national survey Break Away serves as a
er spending their vacation clearinghouse for volun-
versities are responding. teer break programs.
lifornia, students can partic- Data bases allow the organization to match groups with
ams and one on a Navajo suitable projects. They also have a newsletter, and offer
h. Groups of 12 to 40 stu- training and consulting services.
tnmental issues, homeless "For people our age, it just clicks immediately why
on. students would want to get involved," says Laura Mann,
eciation for what you have," co-director of Break Away. "I think a lot of it is people
of the Career Development feeling like we've been left a mess and we have to clean
ed in alternative breaks for it un." ii
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the past three years. "You visit people who are on the
edge of survival. They live in houses with no running
water, no electricity. We saw this kind of thing not just
on the Indian reservation, but also in the city."
About 90 students at the U. of Wisconsin work at six
volunteer sites, helping the homeless, migrant farm
workers, Native Americans or poverty-stricken residents
of the Appalachian mountains. While the projects are
hands-on, organizers emphasize educating student vol-
unteers about different lifestyles.
For those who want to volunteer, at least two organi-
zations are accessible nationwide:
*Habitat for Humanity International, (912) 924-6935.
This ecumenical Christian ministry recruits volun-
teers to build homes in areas of poverty or disaster.
Already there are 215 campus chapters.
"We are giving [the homeless] a leg up and a second
chance that no one ever gave them," says student
recruiter Carrie Toepper, a 1993 graduate of Ball State
U. "We're empowering them."
*Break Away: The Alternative Break Connection,
(615) 343-0385.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1994
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