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Some students ready for vacation at home BY KELLY CAVANAUGH ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR While some USC students are heading to islands and other tropical destinations, many students are hap py to be returning to their hometowns, despite cur fews and occasionally annoying parents and siblings. “I’m really, really excited about going home. I’m actually bringing two of my girlfriends home with me,” said Sarah Workman, a first-year sports and en tertainment management student. “I’m just really ex cited because I need to go home, and party, and see my friends and family. I miss everyone, and I just can’t wait to go home.” Workman said that the only anxiety she has about returning home is the difference between Columbia and New Orleans, her hometown. “South Carolina is so different from New Orleans, but I’m really excited to go home,” she said. Workman said there were a lot more places to eat and things to do in New Orleans than at USC. “I really, really can’t wait,” she said. Some students are happy to get a break from classes. Jennifer Winn, a first-year nursing student, said she couldn’t wait for “no classes and sleeping as late as I want,” but not “having my mom on my back telling me what time to come home.” Winn said her parents don’t always approve of her sleeping habits, which can create conflict. “My dad and my mom like to wake me up. They come in at 2 o’clock and say, ‘Are you going to sleep all day?’ and I’m like ‘yeah,’” she said. Winn and her friends from Rock Hill, her home town, might take a road trip to Myrtle Beach. If not, Winn plans to “just chill and party.” Many students seem to have reached a consensus regarding friends and partying. “The thing I’m looking most forward to is seeing all my friends — they’re all going to be home — and going out and clubbing and bar hopping,” Workman said. “That’s going to be a lot of fun, and chilling with my friends, and showing my friends from here how we do things in New Orleans.” Having siblings around again after being away at school can be challenging for some students. “My brother will want to go out and party with me,” Winn said. “He can, occasionally, but I don’t want him there all the time.” Workman, who has a younger brother in high school, said that while she and her brother have their differences, they have been getting along better since she moved out. “We don’t like see each other as much, so we can’t fight as much, but sometimes when I go home, he’ll, I don’t know, he’ll do something to get on my nerves, and we’ll just like lash at each other,” she said. “We don’t fight as much as we used to when I was younger, so it has gotten a lot better. But sometimes I’m just like, ‘Get out of my face.’” First-year mathematics student Eric King said he is most looking forward to seeing his mom. “I’m a momma’s boy, and I’m not scared to admit it,” he said. King said he’s excited about returning to Cross Hill, his hometown, because most of his friends attend Lander University or Presbyterian College, both of which are nearby. They will all be home for spring break. “Since we have a small town, we just, like, go to the movies,” he said. King said he might even drive back to Columbia to visit some of the friends he has made here. “I’m going to miss all my friends here,” he said. “I mean it’s just for a week, but still.” Comments on this story? E-tnail gamecocknews@givm.sc. edu ■■■■■■HHavniHHHBMH ' *#-w ."- JmOTW < *m ■« ODETEZaMBKI© Largest Privately owned chain in the country 50 Locations & Growing 'S& Open 7 days a week • no appointments • 1® varieties of beds Five Points • 803*771-9921 2113 Greene Street Harbison • 803*732-5949 275 Harbison BM Suite N-O West Columbia • 803/794-2997 HO Dreher Plaza 8110 Lexington • 003/358-9077 603 Columbia Axe Suite A-3 Gamers Ferry - 803*47-9880 7S48 Gamers Ferry Rd. 800-4 SandHHts • 803*88-0858 130 Forum Drive Building for the Future ♦Brand new business center W* and game room (o' *State of the art fitness center ■ « Newly remodeled pool _.__