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University Daily Kansan, March 3, 1981
Local businesses won't be affected by emptying town
By KIRK TINDALJ
By KIRK TINDALL
Staff Reporter
Staying in Lawrence over spring break is a little like going to a different town, the median age jumps 10 years, the traffic becomes almost nonexistent. The Zip machines actually have money in them.
Peace and quiet won't be a problem, but terminal boredom might. For those poor souls who aren't hitting the ski slopes, the beaches or hills tends back home, the diversion will be minimal.
There won't be any SUA movies over spring break, but local theaters will be showing some netflix.
The Kansas Union will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. over the break.
"We gross just as much when the students are out of town," Flink said. "We don't get as many people to our midnight movies, but the regular shows still show a lot of people. I think the townies are afraid to go to movies when the students are "town."
For those who are going to use the time for studying, Watson Library will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Granada Theatre, 1020 Mass., will still hold a performance unless it proves to be very unpopular.
The Hillcrest Theatres, 9th and Iowa, will be showing "Tess" and possibly "Scaners" and
The Varsity, 1015 Mass, will be showing
"Prizes for the month," starting, appropri-
ately, Friday the 14th.
The Luther Allison Band will play March 13 and Joseph will play on the next night. Lynch and McNeil will play on Sunday.
The Lawrence Opera House won't have any entertainment on weekdays during the break, because the production is running.
Clarence "gatemouth" Brown will be at the Opera House the weekend of March 20.
Both Gammon's and Sgt. Preston's will be open over the break.
According to Judy Jones, head bartender at placebo club's business actually improves over brew.
"It seems like a lot of locals start coming in when the students leave," Jones said. "I think the local people go out more when the students leave."
Harvey Goodwin, manager of Gammon's, said that his business was not affected by the students
"Students think they run this town, but they don't," he said. "When the students are gone, the locals pick up the slack."
Peggy Wessels, Springfield, Mo., demonstrates her skills with a Frisbee. With increasing prices of plane fares and gasoline, many KU students may find themselves in Lawrence with little else to do during spring break.
Students prefer sun to snow for spring break relaxation
By AMY S. COLLINS Staff Reporter
The warm weather hasn't been enough. Students are choosing sun over snow when it comes to deciding where to spend spring break.
Gene Wee, SUA travel program adviser said although all three trips were smaller than last year, the sun was a definite favorite.
"Both the Daytona Beach trip and the South Padre Island trip were more popular this year than the trip to Winter Park," Judy Werder, SUA travel board member said.
The number of students going to Padre Island and Daytona Beach total over 150, while the number returning to Padre Island is
WEE SPECULATED the economy and competition had a big effect on the decline in trip prices.
"People that aren't hurt by the tough economy, don't mind paying the money for the trips," he said. "But people are also shopping around for times and needs."
Werder said groups other than SUA were providing skids and suntrips and that SUA has had a problem with this.
"Trip competition really grown this year," she said. "Dorms used to come through SUA and are not."
Both Wee and Werder stressed the feeling of more independence that students seem to be asserting when deciding on trips. They said more people are going by car this year than on the SUA bus.
WERDER SAID THAT of the 84 people going to Padre Island, 44 of them were driving. SUA offers a reduced rate for people who drive themselves rather than take the bus. People who take the bus pay $219 for the trip which includes lodging and all the beer and soda students can drink on the way. For $106 students can drive themselves and lodge with SUA.
“This year people have chosen to drive themselves,” Werder said. “They can go at their own pace and split gas,” she said. “They’re also more free to move around when they get there.”
The Padre Island trip also includes a free shuttle to Matamoris, Mexico and a KU-KState informal volleyball game and beer bash during the week.
"With fueling stops and a breakfast stop in Dallas, it should take about 24 hours," she said. The group will stay at the Sandcastle Condominiums.
Rose Kue, trip director, said traveling time to Padre Island should take a full day.
JOHN EISELEKansan Staff
Doug Shelton, Overland Park senior, hopes that a hat and a sign will help him find a way to Denver over spring break.
STUDENTS ON THE DAYTONA trip can expect a longer ride. Werder said the trip should take over a day and a half and the group will stay in the city for 5 days riding the bus $247 and for people driving, $127.
The most expensive trip turned out to be the least popular. As of December 23, the deadline to sign up for the trip, almost one no one had made reservations.
"There weren't even enough people signed up to take a van to Winter Park." Wee said.
He said to enhance reservations, SUA advised the trip on the Alken Field House session.
"The lack of snow had hurt the Winter Park reservations," he said. "Now there's plenty of
Werder said the trips were planned at least six months ago and reservations were made with hotels and condominiums on the basis of last years turnout. She said although trip participation declined in the past, offer trips next year. She said she believed the lack of participation to be a current mood.
"People are staying home and getting away from big trips," she said. "They are doing more independent things and planning more for themselves."
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