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Angela Fields, a senior biomedical
inu of SI wees major, said she and her friends
leadership feltMTVs presence during their Pana-
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to have a presnie seemed like everyone went wherever
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we have a stria usually had drink specials.”
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italso brought a degree of snobbery.
“It was almost like an elite thing,
even get near the hotel that
hosted it unless you had a wrist band."
she said. “1 diink (MTV takes] college
stereotyping to an extreme. I veryone
hasawild streak, but you can't be wild
all the time. I don't mind spring breaks
where I have to be productive, either.
You can't party all the time and contin
ue to be a college student.”
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they’ll hook up with people. The
whole thing disgusts me.
"1 think that MTV just plays to our
sexual desires. I think that’s partly ac
curate of what college students are like,
but not entirely. It describes us as un
intelligent party goers. I think we need
to set a good example for our younger
brothers and sisters, our peers and
someday our own children. We want
to create a good society for our chil
dren, not just have a good time.”
While MTV's spring break pro
gramming gives the world a glimpse
into one facet of the college experi
ence, the ways that college students
spend their spring break vacations are
more diverse. Whether chilling in the
snow-capped mountains or lying on
the beach, what college students say
they really want is relaxation and a
break from the books.
While some Aggies say they look
for complete relaxation in their vaca
tions, others use their time away from
classes to gain extra experience in their
career fields. The ambitious Aggie can
find volunteer opportunities every
where from South by Southwest in
Austin to hospitals in their hometown.
Fields said that although she
wished she could could go to Panama
City Beach again for spring break, she
is going home for the break to volun
teer in a hospital.
“I’m going back to Dallas to stay
with my family and I’m going to vol
unteer to shadow an anesthesiologist at
Lakepoint and Garland Memorial
Hospitals to get recommendations for
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Bryan - College Station
not worst place to vacation
MTV SPRING BREAK 2000
EMILY HARRELL/Thk Battalion
BY JUAN LOYA
The Battalion
S top! Don’t let the promise of
sunny beaches or drunken de
bauchery this spring break
obscure the obvious and local
amenities the Bryan-College Sta
tion community has to ofTer. That’s
right. B-CS might not be where the
inebriated masses flock each year,
but it offers something South Padre
and Cancun sorely lack — home
town charm and charisma.
OK, so maybe the good times
are a little harder to locate in this
quiet college community. But for
the adventuresome, the willing and
the brave, spring break thrills are
just around the corner.
In fact, one need look no further
than our own Post Oak Mall where,
in addition to the fine shops and ser
vices, one can find the most enter
taining invention modern man has
ever devised — the photo booth.
Imagine the fun, crowding into
the booth with one or two close
friends (if they’re not in Palm
Beach, of course) and making silly
faces as the camera records the
glee-filled moment. In addition to
the picture, creative borders are
also provided, such as “Most Want
ed” or “Double Trouble” to add
character and levity to the light
hearted keepsake.
If one should find himself in
need of refreshment after that cheer-
fllled adventure, the food court is a
bountiful arena of nourishment and
cuisine. And, lest we forget, it is all
at an affordable price.
The Chick-Fil-A children’s meal
is one of the best values in town,
supplying a junior order of chicken
nuggets, junior fries, a junior drink
and a box of crayons for less than $3.
But wait, there's more! Color the ac
tivity sheet that comes w ith the kid’s
meal and become the lucky recipient
of a vanilla-flavored ice cream cone
at no extra cost. Look for service like
that at any other spring break loca
tion and expect to find a big heapin’
dose of nothing coming your way,
brave traveler.
Unknown to many B-CS resi
dents are the many unique and
bizarre oddities that inhabit this
community: the Snowflake Muse
um, the Kaleidoscope Theater and
the Quad. In fact, even roaming
through the halls of the A&M vet
school one can find a garish parade
of freakish and grotesque mutant
beasts — nature’s mishaps collected
in one glass display. This is no joke.
A two-headed sheep, a two-headed
calf and a rabbit with Bunnicula-like
fangs all occupy the bizarre specta
cle. They await the intrepid traveler,
the curious and the daring, to behold
their strange glory.
But for those with less daring
desires, the comforts of one’s own
See College on Page 5.
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