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A different kind of vacation Alternative Spring Break program allows students various ways to-spend their break BY TRINA RAHMAN THE GAMECOCK Here are some options for spring break: blowing $2,000 on a trip to Cancun, Mexico; working for minimum wage part time; or spending the week at an exotic location working hard to restore a local church. Sure, spring break promises a week away from early classes and dull lectures, but certain students roll up their sleeves and work in community service with oth dard of living,” said Ali Crabb, a member of the Newman Club and a third-year fi nance student. She will be going to Costa Rica with the Alternative Break Corps and is also try ing to organize a trip to Peru next year, in conjunction with a priest from the Diocese of Charleston. The Web site for Campus Crusade for Christ’s Big Break 2003 at Panama City Beach, Fla. appears to be a party waiting to ers trom campuses around the country. On Alternative Spring Break, some end up hav ing the time of their life. It only takes a small sac rifice to make a great difference. “Basically, what we did was simple, but it made a drastic difference in their standard of living. AU CRABB NEWMAN CLUB MEMBER AND THIRD-YEAR FINANCE STUDENT happen, promising “sun, fun and so much more,” including the op portunity to start “your own spiritual journey, along with hundreds of other college students.” The prices for these This year, student groups have organized trips to Panama City Beach, Fla.; Monterrey, Mexico; and Costa Rica, each trip costing less than what one would ordinarily pay for a week long excursion on your average spring break. Some don’t even have to go far from home — USC’s Alternative Break Corps will explore the Cumberland Trail in Tennessee, while clearing the way for a 303-mile trail. The Alternative Spring Break Corps with cooperation from Father Tim Lijewski are sponsoring the trips to Costa Rica and the Cumberland Trail. The trip to Costa Rica will work on a ba nana plantation in an effort to jump-start the economy of a small Costa Rican town to blaze a trail through the magnificent rain forest in Costa Rica so that the local residents can give tours. The trip to Monterrey is being spon sored by the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. During the trip, the group will renovate a student center on a college campus. Last year students from the Newman Club traveled to a small village in Honduras where they replaced worn, dirt floors with new cement ones in the local residents’ homes — all in one week. “Basically, what we did was simple, but it made a drastic difference in their stan trips are reasonable — $650 for the Monterrey trip (which in cludes food and lodging), $270 for Panama City Beach trip and a $30 deposit for the Cumberland Trail trip. You have an alter native this spring break. Why not go on an experience that can change the world for the better? PHOTO BY JOSE M. OSORIO/KRT CAMPUS Last year, the Newman Club went to a small village in Honduras. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Men’s basketball he3<lst° New Orleans BY MATT ROTHENBERG THE GAMECOCK Students who are planning to travel to New Orleans for spring break can also catch the Gamecock men’s basketball team in action at the 2003 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be held from March 13 tol6 at the Louisiana Superdome in downtown New Orleans. The cost of tickets for students will be $10 per person, and students must go to the player-guest gate and present their student ED and driver’s license in order to pur chase tickets. The first 30 students who buy tickets will receive seats behind the band, and everyone who purchases tickets afterward will receive general-admission seating in the 600 level of the Superdome. Students will be admitted only to the session in which their team is participating, and the entire ticketing process will be repeated as the teams advance in the tour nament. For answers to any questions or for additional information, please contact the USC ticket office at 777-4274: Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Special Rate sjM 20% °ff [fjlfji || | yd Room Rate HBMfllHMHHMHiSfl Ocean Blvd. & 111^ Ave. South • Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 1-800-331-4656 3 Days $169 Pool side 4 Days $199 Double Only t-800-9€8-f6?f 504 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC