University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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UNFORTUNATERY You ARE' STu.l. IN KANSAS Y- Spring Break Offers P erhalps it is because we- . dwe in Kansas fat least nine months out of the yearj, where there are no mountains or beaches, that spring break has become an obsession. It was just before Labor Day this year, long before the weariness of the freezing winter had set in, long before the helplessness of mid-terms had clouded our optimism, that the question arose: What are you going to do over spring break? Spring break at KU is not merely a vacation away from the classroom. It is an event. The mid-March holidaiy symbolizes the hump of a secon semester ridden with apathy. Spring break is the University's signa that, indeed, s ring is fast approaching. To students, spring brfak is a traditional college ce e ration. Oh, there are some serious- minded young adults who head to hometowns to work in local businesses. There, they earn that final bit of spending money to carry them through May's finals. But for many of the students, spring break is the opportunity to shed the local trappings and roles and escape. It is a glorious time. A week of irresponsibility, vices and excess. And it is all justifiable. There are thousands of laces to visit during spring break. How much you want to spend, the activities you are interested in, and your mode of transportation are thin s considered when deciding upon a suitable spot in the sun. Traditionally, three areas are frequented by mobs of K KU students eac spring: A M Colorado, Padre Island, FUN -' IZOOMF s 0 u 1 I I I I M Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The SUA CStudent Union Activitiesj Travel Board sponsors trips to .each of these places aswell as to a few others. The trips are usually well organized and reasonably pr1C8Cl, and are a pleasant way to meet new friends. A short review of each area . . . COLORADO For the die-hard skier, a spring break visit to the Rockies is almost too t9mPfi!1g to pass u Dependin on where one plans to ski, the drive is only 12 tok145 houfs lfrom Lawcrence. The weather is almost always nice, one can usually s 1 in a ig t a J C et or a sweater. . . In years ast skiing was a less expensive way t0 91'1J0Y Spflggbbfeak' H'fWeV:5' due to the Eogrhin 1 ' f the s ort lift tickets, ski an oot renta S, 8 u popu arity o P , , . . lodglng have risenin price dramatically. Also, the C1'0L'd9 En tlhe SLfmIjE:le5i41A arffa it e slopes nearest Denverj are large, and this ma ES QT 0118 Crested Butte jflp to one of the less popular areas such as Steamboat prings or . A . . h it. IS advisable The drive may be a bit longer, but the results are weft ' . . . . 21 I 'C , In any ski town the apres-ski activities are nugperousr Cofgxdyg 130116 552255 S0 youn t d h e a tough time gua ing H ew - . . . offer mfqiiljsgat 622,55-,ggiglinaly skiing and sleigh rides. If the local night life somehow, for just this week, Escape from Trappings not suitable, one can always make one's own party. It is difficult to have a bad time skiing. PADRE ISLAND The drive is 20 hours, 18 of which are through Texas. But it is not unbearable. Plan on a sunburn in Padre. The temperature is usually hot, but it is often cloudy. One doesn't realize the amount of sun that he is gettin . The beaches at Paste are dirty, they are noted for oil spills. A person has to clean the oil off his feet after a day in the sand, but unlike the Lauderdale beaches, one can throw a frisbee, play catch, drink, or smoke anywhere. The water is cold but refreshing, and the waves are suitable for some good body-surfing. T e night life at Padre is good. There are not many outstanding bars, but the island teems with parties. There are parties in every hotel and resort complex. Almost everyone is laid back and friendl g the island is conducive to that type oi? behavior. This is the allure of Padre. FORT LAUDERDALE If one must plan on only one s ring break trip during four years of college, a trip to Pt. Lauderdale is the one to make. Ft. Lauderdale IS s ring break. It is what one sees on oldp TV beach movies, only not so wholesome. A week in Lauderdale is hard to explain, it must be experienced to be truly ap reciated. Those who do not partaqce in alcohol may not like Lauderdale. Drinking is the pastime. There are happy hours around the clock, and for any type of drinking, one need only be 18. One will drink in the morning, in the afternoon, and, most likely, all night. The bars are varied and numerous. The Windjammer and the Button are popular among college students. Try The Prop or Trader Jack's for a more mellow pace. Lauderdale is also interesting due to the wide variety of students there. They come from all over the country. The uys outnumber the gals about 3 to 1, so if one expects a romance with a southern belle or an east coast beauty, one had better move uickly. On the other hand, if a lady needs time to consider more than one Casanova, she has a few days. The Lauderdale weather is usually sunny and warm in mid-March. The water is warm, and the beaches are clean, but the life uards tend to be strict. Lauderdage is what a college spring break should traditionally be. One leaves Florida shell-shocked, amazed at the absurdity of the entire week. But one hates to leave, wondering if he really had enough and probably considering a return trip next March. jim Adams is 29

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-1:1 ' 1981-'82 A Year For The History Books I nflation. Reagan. New Federalism. El Salvador. Hyatt Regency. Air Controllers' strike. Space shuttle. Poland. An assassination in Egypt. The royal wedding. The baseball strike. Murders in Atlanta. A set of labels, headline words. And a set of memories. These are - maybe - some of the things University of Kansas students of 1981-'82, and especially the class of '82, will associate with this historic school year. Many will remember much longer such thin s as the fortunes of the football and basketball teams, tie big romances that did, or didn't, make it, the ghastly winter weather. But the history of our times is embodied, mainly, in that list of labels up above. 1981-82 was the first full school year for Ronald Reagan. A man who had been, for many students, the governor of California, a perennial contender, and a vaguely known supporting actor in the movies, was now president, and he was attempting to alter the entire fabric of American government, and erhaps of society. He was striving to return America to the America that he had known as a boy in Illinois. His phrase was the New Federalism, a return to separation of powers between states and central government, instead of the central government being dominant. As '81-'82 ended, the success of the New Federalism was quite in doubt. He was known, already, as a man who favored restricted government, but his administration had proposed a sweeping deficit, to accompany sweeping cutbacks. He was for limited government, but his proposals for the military seemed more sweeping than any in many years. His proposals had caused consternation on the campuses, where a good many students were fearing that those Reagan cutbacks in education programs would mean that many could not attend a university. And there were other proposals that were stirring up feeling: the Reagan people feared Communist encroachment in the Caribbean, and aid to the government of El Salvador, to curb the guerrilla forces in that tiny country, was more than talk, it was an actuality. Some students, most of whom had no memories of the time, were using that awful word, Vietnam. Headline memories, the stories on the front page, and elsewhere: An anti-war movement, especially in Europe. Some anti-Americanism was part of it. Turmoil in Great Britain, where Margaret Thatcher's government was in trouble. The Begin government's takeover of the Golan Hei hts. And, always, controversy and trouble in the MicFdle East. Japan's industrial dominance, and suffering of the American automobile industry. The murder of Anwar Sadat, E yptian peacemaker, as he sat in a reviewing stand, watciing a military parade. Deaths of the famous: Moshe Dayan, Albert Speer, Omar Bradley, DeWitt Wallace, Will Durant, Hoagy Carmichael, William Holden, Natalie Wood, John Belushi. Murders of black children in Atlanta, and the trial, and conviction, of a man named Wayne Williams. Kidnapping b the Red Brigade of an American brigadier generall James Dozier, and his rescue. A disaster that killed more than 100 when two huge aerial walkways collapsed in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City. The second flight of the Columbia, our space shuttle, piloted by a KU alumnus. A strike by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers that shut down planes and flights and stranded people all over the globe. An interview by the president's budget man, David