Do something different for spring break
By Stacy Krnjaic
Ahhh! Spring break! It's that
time of year again. It's time to
relax, lay back and get your
mind off Capitol for a week.
At the close of classes Friday
March 1, spring break begins
and runs until Monday, March
11, a ten day vacation.
What's there to do?
Students in the Lion's Den
had a lot of good ideas.
Rich Namon said he is going
skiing in the Poconos. Doug
Knull is going to New York to
visit a friend. Some are even go
ing to that spring break fantasy
land, Florida. Jeanette Kar le
and George Nelson are both
spending their breaks in the
Sunshine State.
Some can just wish they were
going to Florida. "My heart is
going to Florida, but my body's
staying here," said Louise
Wilson.
Some. are even going to
places far beyond this earth.
"I'm going to be in semi
consciousness for seven days!"
said Steve Olson.
Most people are going home,
some will be working and some
die-hards are planning to spend
the whole break studying.
For those of you who don't
know what you are going to do
and need some suggestions,
here are a few. Sandy Zanylo of
East Mall Travel suggests a trip
to Bermuda, specially created
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Zalno said that for $269 the
trip includes roundtrip airfare
from Philadelphia to Bermuda,
accomodations at the Bermuda
Guest House, roundtrip
transfers, baggage handling,
taxes and gratuities, and Ber
muda College Week -activities,
which include barbeque lun
ches, a boat cruise, beach par
ties, entertainment and beach
games.
This trip is offered by Apple
Tours and is availabe for three
nights between March 3 and
April 3, Zanylo said.
Cheryl Stiffler from Liberty
Travel, at the Harrisburg East
Mall, suggested the college stu
dent package to Orlando,
Florida. This package includes
airfare from Harrisburg Inter
national Airport to Orlando,
accomodations at the Comfort
Inn Downtown and Alamo
rent-a-car service for the extent
of your stay. A three night stay
is $339 per person. Five nights
would cost $378 and seven
nights for $403. All air travel is
provided by US Air and sbject
to availability.
If the cost of traveling to Ber
muda and Florida doesn't agree
with your bank account but you
want to travel, Trailways and
Greyhound have some good
news. If you're planning to
travel far to visit friends or
relatives, there are college dis
counts on all round trip
purchases.
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According to an announce
ment from Trailways, "no
round trip fares will exceed $9B
for persons presenting a college
identification card at the time
of purchase." The Greyhound
maximum limit is $99 with col
lege I.D.
Of course, New York City
always has a lot to offer, so
how about a show? Upcoming
shows for the week of spring
break include the long-running
hit, "A Chorus Line," "Cats,"
and "Sunday in the Park with
George. Tickets and showtimes
are available at area Ticketrons.
If all of these travel ideas are
too remote, what does central
PA have to offer? With the
temperature mild, you might
just find a quiet park or
baseball field and enjoy the
outdoors.
But what about the night life
here? After all, you can't play
baseball at night.
Area clubs will be offering
nightly specials for a those seek
ing a wild and crazy night (and
for those seeking
semi-consciousness).
The V.1.P., located in
Strawberry Square, has specials
next week: Wednesday night is
"Drink but Don't Drown Nite"
from 8 - 11 p.m. Thursday is
"Two for One Nite" from 9 -
midnight. And starting Friday
night there is a "Hot Buns Con
test" for those of you who
think you've got what it takes.
The Marriot, just off 1-283,
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is offering different nightly
themes all week: Monday is
"Oldies but Goodies Nite,"
Tuesday brings "Pina Colada
Nite," Wednesday is
"Marguarita Madness,"
Thursday is "Imported Beer
Nite" and Friday is T.G.I.F.
from 4:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
If nightclubs and bars aren't
your style, try a movie at any
of the local theaters. Some of
the better movies being offered
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Study says college
courses are 'drifting'
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS) -
College coursework is often full
of "fads and fashions," and
the growing number of non
essential courses students must
take is wrecking the value of
their college degree, say the
authors of a three-year study
released this week.
The report, produced by an
18-member task force establish
ed by the Association of
American Colleges (AAC),
warns colleges' tinkering with
traditional liberal arts curricula
is diluting the worth of a liberal
arts college education.
"Curricula are confused,
fuzzy and drifting," says panel
member Arthur Levine, presi
dent of Bradford College of
Massachusetts.
Buffeted by dwindling finan
cial resources and a shrinking
pool of potential students, col
leges have "put their cur
riculums up for auction and
sold out to the highest bidder,"
Levine says.
The report blames "non
essential" courses for mucking
up traditional liberal education.
It says remedial programs for
students who are unprepared
for college and technical classes
include "The Killing Fields"
and "The Breakfast Club"(see
the review in this issue).
For some people, ten days
just won't be enough of a
break. If you decide to extend
your vactation to March 11 and
12, you might want to catch
Hall and Oates--at the Spec
trum in Philadelphia.
Just don't let your profs
catch you with a pop quiz when
you return.
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science courses -- typically
obstruct, not advance, a college
education.
But administrators offer the
courses with an attitude of
"almost anything goes," the
report charges.
"Fads and fashions, the
demands of popularity and suc
cess, enter where wisdom and
experience should prevail."
Panel members also blame
the fogging of college curricula
on professors who place a
higher premium on research or
their own advancement than on
teaching.
The report urges colleges to
restructure their curricula to
create practical liberal arts pro
grams that combine core
humanities subjects with career
skills.
Levine cites programs at
Bradford, Alverno College in
Milwaukee, Scripps College in
Claremont, California and Bir
mingham Southern College in
Alabama as role models.
He predicts colleges will
begin following their lead in
droves.
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