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Graphic By: Baudi Ratcliffe-Hollins

Everyone is taking a trip for spring break, but why? They just want to party. What's the point though? How is that a break from their regular college routine? Oh wait, that's right, they won't have the burden of going to class. That's it. So, spring break is a break away from the burden of going to class. This means it's time to party nonstop.

They go to exotic places so they can get extremely plastered. The ladies wear very little at all, which really isn't a change from their daily college attire. But this time, the ladies will have the chance to show off their breasts on camera. How else do you think we get great videos like Girls Gone Wild?

The ladies go to get plastered and show off their bodies, but what do the guys do? They go to get plastered and find plastered chicks to have drunken sex with. It's a giant orgy. Again, the only difference from their college lives is that this time they won't have to go to class in the morning.

What is it with all this partying? Have today's college kids still not grown up and matured? It seems that very few people these days actually go to college to get an education. It is these people who are among the sober and sane at today's colleges. It is also these few who are greatly disturbed by the rest of the drunks that populate colleges.

You know, it's sad. I grew up thinking college was a great place to go to meet new people, learn new things, be free, be independent, and get a good education. Sadly, I'm seeing that that is far from the truth. In reality, college is a place to go to meet new people to sleep with, get drunk every night, and (if you're female) to show off that hot body of yours.

When did all of this change? Maybe my idea of college was just one of the many lies I've grown up with. Now, not only am I not a normal college student because I'm not going on vacation, but also because, unlike the rest of students around the country, I don't party and get drunk at every available waking moment. If these kids are America's future, we are all doomed.

On the plus side, it's a damn good thing that so many students are leaving campus to join bigger and wilder parties. This means peace and rest for those of us who are staying around. For us, spring break means we get a break from classes and the local drunks. For just a little while, we will be able to sleep soundly in our beds without being woken up by the kids in town screaming and carrying on about how drunk they are. We are the ones that will truly enjoy spring break more than anyone else, and we won't need to make X-rated videos to prove it.

Name: Jeff
Year: Alumnus
Major: tired of immature twits
Comments:
"And if you were popular, and had friends, you'd probably get drunk and naked like the rest of us for Sprink Break."

Ah, the wonderful entity "Alum" has returned, known for graduating from college, but still locked in the glory days of high school, where if you weren't like "Alum," and didn't think like "Alum," you were nothing.

Greg, I commend your bravery. Alum doesn't have the guts to post his real name.

Name: Alum
Comments:
Poor, sad, little guy. You probably spent Spring Break playing D&D with the few people in the world that will actually hang out with you. You know, it's always the people on the outside of the party that try and piss on it. And if you were popular, and had friends, you'd probably get drunk and naked like the rest of us for Sprink Break. Ew, you naked....thats a scary thought.

Name: patrick
Year: freshman
Major: media studies
Comments:
BIG YAY! I totally agree. Hungover and beat does not sound like how i would like to spend my spring break. So here i sit, relaxing at home. Good article.

Name: Berkley Pritchett
Year: sophmore
Major: journalism
Comments:
Great article Greg; you just exposed the excesses of college. Just the other day some girl on the steps let me pass her by because she said she was wearing a short skirt. And I have realized that the Muse and Dalton dinning halls are big gathering places for people to talk about their relationship problems, which can be annoying if you want to eat in peace. But you have to remember that most people at college either still in their teens or barely out of it, so the immaturity isn't that surprising. But of course people have to grow up sometime.

Name: Greg
Comments:
Yeah, but the sad thing is that most of these kids are the snotty brats.

Name: Nick
Comments:
Great article Greg! I guess my views on the whole spring break partying issue is a bit two-fold. First, I do feel badly for those whose parents buy them expensive trips, but at the same time, there are two types of people in every situation. For this one, there are the snobby little brats who take their parents money and blow it on partying and then wait for more. But there is also another side to look at. Some parents buy a trip for their kids and the kid appreciates it and realizes what a privelage itis, and therefore does not take advantage of the situation. I have respect for these people.

And on the other hand, there are people who save their money and pay for their own trips to the beach as well. To these people, I salute you. If I could afford to budget that, I would. But I can't, and that is okay too.

For anyone reading this who is going to the beach, have a great time and don't party too hard. Try to be safe, so we can all enjoy your company when you get back.