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By Tracey Streater
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nly 23 days.
lat’s all that’s left until many
s A&M students will head for
caches of South Padre Island or
lopes of Colorado. Or maybe
istlthe back yard in Dallas.
By now, everyone probably has
is made and reservations con
ed for Spring Break 1988. If
the search is on!
here are many great trip oppor-
ties, but when deciding on a
^ig break package, scrutiny is a
it, said Karen Howry of -ITS
rs. Howry suggests looking clo-
at the small print,
lot of the quoted prices are
misleading,” Howry said,
en you see them, remember you
getting the bottom-line prices,
like comparing Motel 6 to the
■on.”
[he prices that companies print
eir advertisements are the low-
lossible prices, usually including
amenities, rooms filled to or
ve capacity and a distance from
beach or slopes, she explained.
J. Muzik, a junior exercise tech-
ogy major from Pittsburgh,
n., was drawn to a tour by the
good-to-be-true prices last year
regretted not investigating it.
We went because of the price,”
said. “We thought it was good
pared to the others. As it turned
there was only one bed for four
pie — and with three guys and
elf — it didn’t work out well.”
owry said some companies offer
r accommodations closer to the
of interest, but at a price,
ennis Haskin, a junior account-
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Battalion File Photo
Randy Corliss, Joe Ascolese, John Day and Chad Davis celebrate the
approach of Spring Break.
ing major at the University of Hous
ton, had hoped to get more for his
money on his last spring break.
“The accommodations that we
had on our trip to Acapulco were
very nice, but I had to spend much
more than I planned on,” Haskin
said. “The price that was advertised
was a lot lower than what we actually
had to pay to get the location and the
condo we wanted.”
Howry also warns that if students
make their own hotel reservations,
they should make sure the hotel al
lows college students.
“Some properties in places, like in
Padre, either don’t allow students or
they require a security deposit,”
Howry said.
Exclusion of the students is a re
sult of the high amount of damages
caused by college students in past
years, she said.
But not all tours try to swindle stu
dents and not all hotels prohibit
them, Howry said; some of those
low, low prices really could be legiti
mate.
Sally Watson, of The Travel Com
pany, gives an explanation for the
lower rates.
“When companies go in and buy
out huge lots, they get cheap rates,”
Watson said. She said these lower
rates keep the prices down for stu
dents and still allow the tour compa
nies to make a sizable profit, which
keeps everyone happy.
John Slaughter, a senior meteo
rology major from Temple, has been
to Steamboat Springs, Colo., for the
past three spring breaks and had no
problems at all.
In fact, he was so pleased with the
trips, he became a student represen
tative for the company.
When investigating the tour com-
E any offers, students don’t have to
e negative, they should just be care
ful, Watson said.
There are many good offers for
trips, but students should make sure
what comes with the price before
signing on the dotted line, she said. '
The final option for some stu
dents is a vacation with their fami
lies. Tonya Bolton, a junior speech
communications major from Jack
sonville, went to Miami Beach last
year with her family for spring
break.
“It’s a great place for college stu
dents, but my parents were — they
said — ‘appalled at the debauche
ry,’ ” Bolton said.
Only 23 more days.
arker may
elp protest
ageant prize
EL PASO (AP) — Bob Barker,
o resigned as emcee of the
ss USA pageant because the
uner receives a mink coat and
ket, said he might join animal
hts protesters who plan to
ket the March 1 contest.
The Las Cruces, N.M., chapter
i Sangre de Cristo Animal Pro-
hion invited Barker to join the
btest after the El Paso City
oundl granted a picketing per-
lit last week. Barker said Mon
ty he will decide within 10 days.
J‘Tm totally supportive of
jingre de Cristo in this protest,”
arker told the El Paso Times in
(phone interview Monday from
p Angeles.
Barker, best-known as the host
[ir the game show “The Price is
bght,” had been the Miss USA
Bgeant’s master of ceremonies
j)i 21 years before resigning over
le fur coat issue last month,
jg He said he worries that people
Bight view his participation in
t|e picketing as a vendetta
gainst Miss USA officials instead
as a protest against the treat
ment of animals whose furs are
fed to make garments.
“The producers (of the Miss
ISA pageant) are friends of
mine, and I admire their talents,”
Barker told the El Paso Herald-
pst. “I simply disagree on the
[hies and morality of awarding
furs.”
Hospital program exposes
volunteers to medical field
By James Johnson
Reporter
A College Station hospital is offer
ing college students the opportunity
to volunteer their services while
gaining essential experience often
needed in making a career choice in
medical and other related fields.
Humana Hospital, which is lo
cated off of Highway 6 on Rock Prai
rie Road, has promoted an “Aggie
Volunteer Program” for the past two
years.
The program allows students to
be exposed to a variety of hospital-
related experiences, which include
assistance in the emergency room
and in the intensive care units. Stu
dents also are exposed to the activ
ities on the nursing floor.
An organizational meeting set for
Thursday in the hospital’s classroom
section will cover volunteer policies
and procedures and determine work
schedules. Students will request the
number of hours that will be most
convenient each week to avoid any
problems with class schedules or
other various priorities.
“Our main purpose for the pro
gram is to provide opportunities for
those who are considering health
care careers to witness and practice
what exactly goes on in various de
partments of a medical facility,”
Marsha Herring, director of the vol
unteer program and public rela
tions, said.
Herring said there are no major
requirements to become a volunteer,
just a willingness to assist others.
The more serious services are prac-
“Our main purpose for
the program is to provide
opportunities for those
who are considering
health-care careers to wit
ness and practice what ex
actly goes on in various
departments of a medical
facility. ”
— Marsha Herring,
program director
deed through non-direct patient
care, so during these situations, the
volunteers don’t actively participate
in the relations between the patient
and physician.
She said that the patients never
object to the volunteers’ help. In
fact, they immediately become close
and relate to each of them well, she
said.
“It really impresses them (pa
tients) to see how dedicated the stu
dents are,” she said. “They’d much
rather see them assisting those with
needs than hearing about them be
ing on the streets involved in some
thing less rewarding.”
The hospital’s program has main
tained good results in the past. Some
student volunteers have worked be
tween 400 and 500 total hours,
which proved impressing to both
Herring and the 325-member hospi
tal staff.
Many former volunteers have
been accepted by highly-regarded
medical schools based on the rele
vant experience they obtained
through volunteer work. The stu
dents also find it a positive addition
to their resumes.
Jody Bartee, a senior community
health major at A&M, became em
ployed at Humana after three
months of volunteer work for the
hospital.
“I really needed some type of job
experience to go along with my de
gree and my starting here as a volun
teer really improved my resume,”
she said. “And the experience is re
warding because the staff really
knows how to utilize its services.”
Duties of the volunteers range
from assisting nurses to helping
clerks or observing surgical proce
dures. Furthermore, those who dis
cover that they may not be fit for a
certain job may transfer their efforts
into another field that may be better
suited for them.
Herring recalled many volunteers
deciding to change their college ma
jors because of specific duties they
never knew were part of the job.
“Even though the work is strictly
volunteer, the adequate environ
mental experience allows students to
determine what type of career they
are realistically suited for.
“It’s a great way to make friends,
meet new people, and enjoy the feel
ing of self-accomplishment in help
ing those who need extensive assis
tance and care.”
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