Spring break is the ideal time for relaxation and rejuvenation. It allows college students to step back from their normal routines and embark on new adventures. It’s a time to close your schoolbooks, clear your mind and take a well-deserved hiatus. Spring break is rapidly approaching, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still time to plan your ideal adventure. Whether you hope to catch some rays, take a ski trip, enhance your resume or lounge around campus, your ideas can easily become a reality. The break, which lasts from Monday, Feb. 27 through Friday, March 2, gives students an adequate amount of time to do something worthwhile.
Visiting a tropical destination with friends is a popular idea for spring break, and the Caribbean attracts
thousands of college students every year. If you wish to jump on the bandwagon, there are plenty of options. StudentCity is a company that offers affordable, safe packages to numerous cities. The packages include airfare, hotel rooms and VIP passes to various activities. The company even promises to pick you and your friends up from the airport to transport you to your hotel –– now that’s service! FunJet Vacations, an online travel agency, also offers vacations at a steal price. Since our break is right around the corner, try finding the “Last Minute Deals” tab to score on a cheap trip.
Although a tropical beach may be appealing to students at other schools, students here experience it daily. Therefore, some Pepperdine students would rather venture to a far different climate. Ski and snowboard vacations are intensely growing in popularity, especially since companies are now offering student 
packages. A company known as CollegeXBreaks has recently set up a Canadian ski and snowboard trip exclusively for college students. The trip, which lasts from Feb. 26 through March 1, is offered at $399 a person. Students stay at the award-winning Tremblant Ski Resort in Quebec, and the package includes daily lift tickets and wristbands for nighttime activities. But act fast; the trip is quickly filling up to capacity.
Planning an extravagant getaway may sound too expensive or exhausting, and plenty of Pepperdine students will choose to stay right here in Malibu. However, this doesn’t mean they can’t still have an action-packed week of their own. “So You Think You Can Dance,” a hit television show about talented amateur dancers, is having auditions in Los Angeles for its upcoming ninth season. The auditions, which will be Friday, March 2, are taking place at the Orpheum Theater. Last year’s winner took home $250,000 and countless prizes. Who knows, auditioning may transform you into America’s next superstar.
Staying in Malibu for the break is also the perfect chance to gain some work experience. Contacting a nearby business that sparks your interest to shadow an employee can be incredibly beneficial. Since campus is only minutes from Los Angeles, the opportunities to shadow someone prestigious are immense. By shadowing someone at a company, a student can learn if the job is what you expected. Better to try something new now than guess later, right?
Whether you go far or stay close, you can certainly make this a memorable spring break. We all deserve a well-earned break from classes, and it’s in our best interest to make the most of this free time given to us.
