Spring break nightmares
Students share spring break horror stories
Issue date: 3/13/08 Section: Sports
"Last year five of my friends and I went to Panama City Beach, Fla. It was a 23- hour drive, so when we got to our hotel we started our festivities. Six hours later, one of my friends scaled the side of the hotel. He got arrested and kicked out of the hotel. We had to pay a fine of $300 and we had to sneak my friend around for the next six days."
Tyler Mercado
Senior in communication
"Two years ago, my family placed our airline, our hotel and everything online. The airline and everything went through and we called the hotel to double check. When we got to the hotel, they said that they were full and that they had upgraded us to one of their other hotels, so we went to the other hotel and they said they were all full. So basically they ended up feeling bad for us and giving us a house for the same price. We probably ended up waiting for about an hour."
Kelsey Green
Junior in elementary education
"When my friends and I were in Cancun in '04, we had just left the bars and were getting ready to get on a bus to go back to our hotel. One friend just could not wait to pee. I told him to wait until we were back at the hotel. Nonetheless, he goes right on the sidewalk. The feds started to come after us. The bus driver opened his door and I handed him a twenty and he luckily got us back to our hotel safely."
Theron Nuss
Senior in public relations
"So I was going to go use the bathroom, and on my way back to my room I stubbed my toe and broke my foot. I was going to go visit one of my friends in Fayetteville, Ark. Now it depends on my budget. I was supposed to work a lot this week, and the plethora of money isn't exactly coming in because my functioning as an employee isn't all that functional since I can't properly wobble along."
Frank King
Senior in construction engineering technology
2008 Woodie Awards
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