Spring break plans run the gamut
Sarah Unger
Issue date: 2/25/10 Section: News
With midterm break next week, students have many options on how to spend their free time.
Not all Capital students, however, are jetting off to warmer locations.
"I'll be spending my break working," Kevin Doran, senior, said. "Last year, I went on a cruise, but this year I didn't make plans to go anywhere. It's too expensive."
Like Doran, many students will be spending their break here in Ohio. However, not all of them will be working.
"I'm just going home over break," Mackenzie Shuler, sophomore, said.
"Normally, my parents take me on a spring break trip, but because of the way this break fell, my family wasn't able to make the timing work."
Although many students will be spending their break in the cold weather, some students are lucky enough to be getting away.
"I'm going to Houston, Texas," Ashleigh Hasselbach, senior, said. "I've done the Florida thing for the past few years, and it has become too expensive, so I decided to try Texas. My aunt lives there, so it's cheaper, and we won't have to pay for a hotel."
Originally, Hasselbach and a friend were going to go to Key West, but they discovered that it was cheaper to take a plane to Texas than it was to fly first to Florida, then out to Key West.
"It took me months just to save for my plane trip," Hasselbach said. "I'm not good at saving money but I was able to do it. It took about a month just to save up for the plane ticket."
To buy a plane ticket and split a hotel room for five nights with three other friends in Daytona Beach costs one person about $450.
This price doesn't even count food and attractions.
Yet, despite the large cost, many Cap students are still going to Florida or other vacation destinations for break.
Even though going away can be expensive, some students have been able to find cheaper alternatives.
"I'll be taking a mega-bus to visit a friend who has an apartment in Chicago," Melanie DeArdo, sophomore, said.
"For a roundtrip, it's only $50. To save money, we're also eating at the Italian restaurant that she works at."
A group of about 15 Capital students will also be going on the alternative spring break trip hosted by the CSLD office.
"We're going to Atlanta, GA," Emily Porter, junior, said.
"The trip cost only $175 per person. We're going to be doing a week of volunteering in different community agencies. However, we'll have our evenings free to explore the area."
Although Samantha Wagner, junior, will most likely be spending her break working, the cost and the economy really had no effect on whether or not she went anywhere over break.
"I've been trying to save my money," said Wagner.
"I didn't really want to spend money to go away for break. Maybe with the money I save, I'll go on a bigger vacation this summer."
By Sarah Unger
Editorial staff
sunger@capital.edu
Not all Capital students, however, are jetting off to warmer locations.
"I'll be spending my break working," Kevin Doran, senior, said. "Last year, I went on a cruise, but this year I didn't make plans to go anywhere. It's too expensive."
Like Doran, many students will be spending their break here in Ohio. However, not all of them will be working.
"I'm just going home over break," Mackenzie Shuler, sophomore, said.
"Normally, my parents take me on a spring break trip, but because of the way this break fell, my family wasn't able to make the timing work."
Although many students will be spending their break in the cold weather, some students are lucky enough to be getting away.
"I'm going to Houston, Texas," Ashleigh Hasselbach, senior, said. "I've done the Florida thing for the past few years, and it has become too expensive, so I decided to try Texas. My aunt lives there, so it's cheaper, and we won't have to pay for a hotel."
Originally, Hasselbach and a friend were going to go to Key West, but they discovered that it was cheaper to take a plane to Texas than it was to fly first to Florida, then out to Key West.
"It took me months just to save for my plane trip," Hasselbach said. "I'm not good at saving money but I was able to do it. It took about a month just to save up for the plane ticket."
To buy a plane ticket and split a hotel room for five nights with three other friends in Daytona Beach costs one person about $450.
This price doesn't even count food and attractions.
Yet, despite the large cost, many Cap students are still going to Florida or other vacation destinations for break.
Even though going away can be expensive, some students have been able to find cheaper alternatives.
"I'll be taking a mega-bus to visit a friend who has an apartment in Chicago," Melanie DeArdo, sophomore, said.
"For a roundtrip, it's only $50. To save money, we're also eating at the Italian restaurant that she works at."
A group of about 15 Capital students will also be going on the alternative spring break trip hosted by the CSLD office.
"We're going to Atlanta, GA," Emily Porter, junior, said.
"The trip cost only $175 per person. We're going to be doing a week of volunteering in different community agencies. However, we'll have our evenings free to explore the area."
Although Samantha Wagner, junior, will most likely be spending her break working, the cost and the economy really had no effect on whether or not she went anywhere over break.
"I've been trying to save my money," said Wagner.
"I didn't really want to spend money to go away for break. Maybe with the money I save, I'll go on a bigger vacation this summer."
By Sarah Unger
Editorial staff
sunger@capital.edu
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