Thrv'ir Itl.im
in); K ou
Soiim hotio
in I’alm
S|n in^s, ( .ilil . wlicic
i ollrgr students on
s|ii Im .ik out <■ look
ou i run Man h, 111111
nil* the genrralK 11 '<iti
ijtiil i m into a |ila\
ground.
liotui. tofinri Palm Springs
mayor, In! a scrir* <>1 tiatk
downs on students who* .imc t«»
wreak l).iv<h on tits Now l.tnu
lies. .till.ult »l In festivals. line
the iIhtI' ami till I hr swim
nnng pools, otu e i lammccl
with t ollcgr students
“ 1 brrr was no < ontiol ai that
time.* vn> Italic* Haunter. dim
to! ol marketing ami tottmm
Ioi Palm Spnngs ~U was out ol
hand *
Sl> lillt of ll.tlld lll.lt motel
managers like Rolieit Sh tills who operates the Motel t> m Palm
Springs, sass the lUMtrlih wrteti t vmtth the tumble
“Wi n* not trying to dtv outage Spring break Imt wt hast .in
t'Xti uoiiim.ifs set of nilrs while they st.is s% it H us," Shu Its sass
Students must wr.it wmtlumls.it Motel h .it all times Hie hotel
culottes uirlcws, ami students air lotted to sign a blank rrrtiu
i aid vs Hu hr t as a safrtv deposit
\nd Palm Sjmngs is not alone
|rllrr> lut/. a jumoi at IHikr l . spent spnng bleak last vrat
in Mvrllr Brat h. SC Sri unis at the Red I ter Inn then was
light, he viss
“One night out mixer got nailed In one of the jioliiemrn."
I any viss “When we slrpped over the line, dies wrrr right their
to put us lut k it) out plat e
Xml it is these rules that titles and business owners in prune
It m at i< uis like Palm St Minus. Oavtona ami hwi landrtd.de know
in.iv \|m U ihr drmivr «>( spring
break in thrir < in< \ and on
llirn twat he*
< vtudrnt*, who (cum
tor** ape ihc vtiiulurr ol thru
univc ivitics, an* noi t oininm to
j»!a\ bv the rub•* "Y»m * an t
t<m»| anxiiui in l>a\t«>na Ilea* h.
sav* Melvin ( it*io, a sriimi at
I he l ol ( JMUKt In ul
Ami iimi imii iiliu inis kntm imi r Wind ^ris mil Out uikIiiiIi
.urn't in i- In |Min in |>aiuliimmnim mi spiing br»k. lhc\ will
go rlsrwhrtr i’.ilmi. knndiatm, a valrs duo tm Im Student
li.ivri Seisms, whuli maikris «|>iin>; birak v,naimm, uu Hit
drills .m migrating in Florid* limn Foil l aiidirdalr .mil
Ik.iMmi.i ih .it Ii in Panama ( its. v»hrn this In I levsrrtttu trd
"Panama * in allows iln' knts in <itink nil 1 ii«" brat h and tlmi s
.1 lug mm rill Ini mnsl \|innglilt,iks Is|>r Minimis" hr sin
" I hr .imimir is inmr ai t mium dating to the Sluiirnts"
In thr l.iii Hits, il.isltnu Ih-.n Ii attrai Irti i iiIV in 'dtl.OOO sin
dents mi spiing Ini ik In IW2, ih.11 numhri was down in
Arttl.OM
■| WUIl I H'l du ll tg.llll. S.ISS Nikki Ml*'. .1 llitlllll .It dll' I lit
\\ is* niisin Nor sj toil spring tur.ik two mmis ago 111 I knit 111.1 “II
soil air going In sjm iuI dial HUHh nionev vou'ir going In waul
In hasr Inn ami ih it worn uIhhii getting liustrd lor ihis and
that.*
Bill | tail m i.i Pnlur Oilkrr \l lnllrs \ass lirlote dirtils slait
Palm Spring* Sgt. BIN Harriett give* spring breaker Fa had Sollman a tlckel lor Jaywalking.
Cold Spots
Prime break locations losing their appeal
Bvlereim Kohler. I'he Daily Campus. I . of ( onneelieul
rd * rat king cl*wen on students. \|nmg hirak was }um out of * «m
Uoi "Hirer was sets little t oofdtnaturn of the rvriils ttul t<*»k
}>).«• e." 1«»lk"V sass
Now split ig hi * aks in Ihnlotia .irr *»n hesitated t at el nils bv
the*« UN hatnliri of (ommt it r \nd poll* r * ontmi is tight
‘Ivrit in the hotrh. thr\ had sr* tints walking around ' N<r
sa>s "You * ouldu t have* ah ohol hv thr jhm»I and there weir
lot ks «>n thr v tern doois vou « onIdn t go out on thr hah nines
at all '
\tui that uutkt*s plat es like Daytona and Kofi lauderdaie levs
attia* live to tullegr students who head t** new sj*>ts Panama
( it\ ami South Padie Island
"I think we re seeing a big shdt lowaid Panama < its.* savs
Kngei llama* k. a student at hmbrs kiddie \rrnnaumal I in
Davtnna “It took \r\eial veals for it to shilt heir tioin Foil
I audeidale. txtt inoie anti mute air going l*» Panama ( atv
\ml th.it \ Itnr with (
Dean Hofmcistrr, prni
dent of the < »t eatrt I ni t
I .tudnd.ilc Convention
and V union IVotrau * I hr
word is out on rampuir*
acrovs the rmifitn -
bleak m (.irate! Foil
1 aueieidale is a thing oi the
iuM, something toi the lusti>r> hooks. Ih viss
I’.iul haklis, .1 sojihonime at I jHilsl.ma Slali l hr got the
message " Ibex weir!rally, trails < i .It king down .1 lot .is l.u .0
i>|K-n 1 otilaniris anil imposing tines.* s.tsx K iklis who spent
\pimg bleak Iasi seal 111 hoi! latuleidale 'll hits t hanged ill a
main alls '
Doting the six works ol sjMtng tweak in I OK > Cal non students
i if si ended on lull I Juili-nlalr lm ihr past three veals less
than 15,000 hase mine 1 lining tin- same (k iukI
* jhii! Iauderdalt ! didn't want the 1 ra/nlevs .isms lain! with
spiing bleak s.iss hiiinluins. who's worked wtih 1 he travel set
sue loi si-sen seals
But then utiex like Fort laiiiittilalr don’t get the louiisin 01
tliemoin-s students sfsend while on tweak iliere
\nd tor most spiing bleak destinations, that's the bottom
line
'We dull! I base 1 lot ol tomhli sass i ami lottiei. diln toi
ol viles and inaiki ;mg lm I lolnlas Inn in Dasi.ma IW h h 'Hut 1
we ii alls didn I lust a lot ol husiness ' Q I
“We have an extraordinary
set of rules while they stay
with us.”
Spring break "bargains'
give students more
than they bargained for
Hurry' Its jour Ui\t (Karut In rrgislrr fin a sfmng birnk trip
U> thr sun itrmihrd hrtuhn of Hw dr Jannm for the low, lou
frru r of $ W.
\im1 vt Kill lx living down in a t aigo plane* full of what
you .nr toltl in baking powder. living in a shed Ixuause
you thought nthrrhzit was an rlrgant wold foi hotehon
1 he* lvea< fi with jvoolside hat and wondeting wltc*n thr
travel representative will tome In to give v*»u details on
tfiat fabulous (mi tv he promised
Don't hold your breath.
h veal i ollrgr students s» ramble to t irate the per
let t self indulgent break lot the fewest pennies |K>v»ible
\n«l even vrai some students pay a sin k salesperson for
a deal, onb !<> find themselves living in squalor, with no
• me to complain to for a week
Kim Ri« hards, a set not at Virginia I re h, knows that
situation well \invtng in (lam tin Mexico, hri group
found it was not staving at a hotel amthing like what the
students had been piomived
~ll w in .» v an S4 ene the hotel was tails . just f feepv.
she suvs It was located awav ft mil the trvHl aiea, a i.r>
minute taxi i ide to the Ik\u h not the short walk the trav
ri I < UIJ | MU'. I lilt l ^11.11 annul, si m s.o > rv«« ii.mn anil in i
friend* evrntualfv jMul extra mono to mmr in a Ik*Mo
hotel. Inil she saw it wax a hassle
\nd havsles ate the last tiling on (hr minds ol college
students who Ik* k lo \pimg bleak hoi sj>ois Km it thev
do no molt than irai down one of those fluotevent
thris dial sows lo shuttle them lo spimg hirak hravrn
ant! fun k .igam. dies ma\ fx- sleeping in the* gullet
hnk Kilo, vice president «>t inaikrting foi Student
k xpievs \ at ations m Denvri saw his t ompam provides
piannrd packagrstor t ollrgr break (tips Mihotigh
ihere air companies dial tr\ t«> pull one over tin sin
tk nis. Kilo saw fir dies to do the fxsl loi the studrnrs
Student* who simply go with the* ( hra|x*si deal, hr saw.
often end up paving mote overall on thing* like tab
fares and othri im onvriiiriu rs
Kit hauls div osrird the wtx-s of going with (hr t heap
rsl deal during ho spring hirak fiasco *| Ihr atfj was
one of those dungs dial makes it sound like it is (f)00 t<M
evei vtiling.* she saw "It ended up bring $800 to
$1,000.”
K.vrrv vrai students like Ku hauls get an eduiaUon in
travel st ams sometime* m tf»r form of a fake irprrvcn
tative tunning of! with student deposits, but mote fir
(juentlv m a company that ntoneousiv has oilorti one
pa» kage that luvstotouslv falls through ol gels altried at
the last minute
I wo sophomoirs at trhigh l woe vit tun* ol a vain
that left thru gtoup waiting at S a m outside a hotel in
Me xit o foi mole than an bout |an S( hilLtv and
Mm belle S< hulnuii blame then travel lomtumv tor the
iim omriiiciM r
" I hr> lied to us,' S< hillav savs “Hit* vc mid Hr got
there nr ail had a frrlirtg nr wcie tiring * jened '
\nv pat kage dt*al lhal sounds too good to in- true
piohahlv ts, and to avoid st .inis students should invrsti
gatr
Obtaining a topv ot the* travel u»ntrai t and reading
the line punt is an casv nav to avoid anv s* am, Riles saw
And in tin- game o| getting students to folk over l»ig
but Is Itir spring break jounuvs — unvthmg goes
< )rgam/alions Hill do anvthing to allrat t students, savs
Harold Van, president ol ( ampus Marketing. lm
" I heir s always someone living to gel ail edge.' be sav>
Rilrv suggests avoid dealing in lash anti never make a
i bet k out to an individual- I le saw! be out e had a rrpie
villa live from the l ot Illinois make oii with deposits
lioni mine dun Mn\ undergraduates
“We diought be vsas going to Ik- a good rep. Rile'
vivs We (level saw luin again U
Bv Bred Mt Peak. The Brown and II hih , 1 ehij;h l