Spring Break Tips/The REAL tips

"A week long recess from the cofines of rigid college life. Many students participate in such acts as: heavy drinking, pot smoking, having sex, tanning on various beaches, and generally passing out. These is often done with a large groups of friends who all want to party hard and have a good time, while simultaneously erasing all memories of academia (and all-night study attempts) from their lives. Many blackmail pictures ensue from this week-long trip, relationships dissolve, and grades slip another notch.," (urbandictionary.com).

If you can't guess already, that was the definition of "Spring break" according to the useless but humorous Urban Dictionary. And I don't know about you guys but I cannot wait for this week to be over. My head is about to explode from the exams, papers, and projects due before traveling away from Happy Valley.

This is why the article "Spring Break Tips" caught my attention this week. The article is extremely simple, the author just gives obvious tips about your upcoming vacation. For instance, "If you are going anywhere out of the U.S...I would make sure you stock up early on bottled water," (Elser). She continues to talk about wearing sunscreen and chapstick, bringing Advil, a little black bikini, and some shades. We have all heard these tips about going on vacation before. So, I'm going to give you some of my advice.


Last year my brother went to Cancun with a few of his notorious frat bros. They were buffing up at the gym for months before the big vacation expecting to have some fun in the sun with zero. What they did not expect was their friend to come back to the hotel without his wallet, a bloody face, and tears in his clothes. Of course, they were all under the influence and didn't understand what happened until the next day. His friend went to the convenient store in the middle of the night (no idea what he needed) he ended up getting mugged. He was outnumbered and lost all of his cash including his ID's and credit cards. Not so much fun. Moral of the story? If youre going on Spring Break, to the ladies especially, don't go anywhere alone especially while under the influence of alcohol. It will end badly, were not in Happy Valley anymore. So, thank you, Daily Collegian, for giving the real tips for a Spring Break. They were extremely helpful.