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" Spring Break doesn&amp;#039;t always have to involve a trip to Mexico, or a week in the Keys. It might be hard to believe (especially when everyone you know is planning &amp;#039;SPRING BREAK 2011!!!&amp;quot; as we speak), but sometimes the best Spring Breaks are right at home with your BFFs catching up on Gossip Girl and Jersey Shore. (Just look at all the awesome things you can do at home!) Yeah, Spring Break is loads of fun, but it&amp;#039;s also got loads of issues. So, if you feel like the only person on planet earth who won&amp;#039;t be hitting the beaches of Cancun come SB2011, here are a few things to keep in the back of your mind as you pack up to head back to Mom and Dads. The Hotels are Disgusting Well, at least the ones the average college student can afford for a week. Not only do you have no idea where the sheets have been, but the activities that have happened in the shower would make a Ke$ha song seem innocent. Money, Money, Money Yeah, guys will buy you drinks, but you have to pay for the flight/hotel (both of which get totally jacked up this time of year), food, clothes (let&amp;#039;s be real, you&amp;#039;re going to buy a new bathing suit, five new dresses and, of course, new heels), cab fare, extracurricular activities... I think you&amp;#039;re getting the hint. It all adds up, and saving your money so you don&amp;#039;t have to slave away at another summer camp might be a more productive Spring Break.  Everyone Always Gets Sick Between the total lack of sleep (yeah, it&amp;#039;s hard to get some shut-eye when you&amp;#039;re sharing a room with six girls) and all the spit being swapped, it&amp;#039;s no wonder germs spread like crazy. Your mama isn&amp;#039;t gonna fly to Myrtle Beach to bring you soup, you know. Your Secrets Aren&amp;#039;t Safe You know that whole &amp;quot;What happens on Spring Break stays on Spring Break&amp;quot; thing? Yeah, not true. The fact is everything that goes down on SB follows you back to campus via Facebook photos and whispers through the dorm. Do you really want that girl you hate in Psych lecture all up in your business? See? Spring Break might not be all it&amp;#039;s cracked up to be. And after an exhausting round of midterms, perhaps heading home and catching up on old TV shows (we&amp;#039;ve got six that to get you started!) is better than fist pumping and sun burning in Cabo. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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