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Hitting the beach, not the books
What to know about partying at the beach and not getting arrested Pages 6-7
Rex Gabriel
The longtime radio host talks about the nearly three decades he has spent on the beach.
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#SpringBroke
Fit the bill of a broke college kid? Find out some ways to have fun while not breaking the bank.
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Family Fun
See what the kids in your life can do while you’re partying with friends.
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Help out on your break
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Volume 83, Issue 12 Mark Young @MrYoungMark Editor-in-chief Julieta Hernandez @JulietaFoghorn Managing editor Erin Garza-Granados @FoghornGranados Associate/Web editor
Local organizations offer volunteer opportunities
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Nomaan Khan nkhan@foghornnews.com It’s nearly spring break again, and while many Del Mar College students will be looking for the liveliest spots to hang out and celebrate, some will be spending time volunteering and giving back to the community. “Volunteering shows you are willing to go outside your comfort zone and are taking an interest and responsibility in your community,” said Vanessa Adkins, DMC Career Development coordinator. Even a bit of volunteering done over a short time like spring break will be “definitely valuable” on their resume, she said. “It’s all about networking. You never know who you might come across at a volunteering event,” Adkins said. Many organizations across Corpus Christi have volunteering opportunities for students,
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Julia Rios (center) helps Anthony Garcia hold the siding in place for Brianna Cuviel to cut while working on a Habitat for Humanity home last year. Adkins added. One of the opportunities available is called Chicktime Corpus Christi. In this event, a different volunteer hosts a fun activity for the girls housed at the Bokenkamp Children’s Shelter. The Art Museum of South Texas is also offering volunteering opportunities. According to Angela Resendez, museum attendant, they have a teacher’s assistant program during spring break where students assist teachers in schools throughout the area. Another organization looking to fulfill roles is Trio Hos-
pice, and they said they are looking for direct care volunteers and administrative volunteers. Direct care volunteers will be working directly with terminally ill patients providing companionship and other services. Administrative volunteers will work in an office setting to assist with tasks such as data entry, patient information packets, etc. Any student who completes any kind of volunteering can get credit at DMC by filling out a form from the Student Leadership and Campus Life office in the Harvin Center. “Upon completion of a mini-
mum of 15 volunteering hours, students will receive a medal during their graduation,” said Estevan Guerra, of Student Leadership and Campus Life. “Any volunteering done anywhere is good, we just need to see proof of participation from the volunteer organization, and then our director of volunteering will sign it and approve your hours,” Guerra said. He added that his office is the place to go to with any questions about volunteering. “We are here to answer questions. We let you know of any opportunities available. All you have to do is ask.”
Places to volunteer
Chicktime Corpus Christi: corpus@chicktime.com 361-549-6118 Grow Local STX: 855-476-9789 www.growlocalstx.com Trio Hospice: 361-779-5456
Art Museum of South Texas: 361-825-3500 www.artmuseumofsouthtexas.org
CHRISTUS HomeCare: 361-994-3400 Habitat for Humanity 361-289-1740 www.corpuschristihfh.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas: 361-888-8500 www.bigmentor.org
American Cancer Society: 361-857-0136
Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation: 361-814-2001 www.cbwellness.org Surfrider Foundation Coastal Bend Chapter surfridertxcbc@ yahoo.com
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Rex Gabriel is a spring break expert Popular radio DJ has spent the past 3 decades at beach Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com When it comes to spring break, Rex Gabriel has seen and been through it all. The co-host of rock radio station’s C101.3’s “2 Guys in the Morning,” who has been a part of Corpus Christi since the early ’90s, Gabriel has spent his spring breaks in Corpus Christi since before he even lived here. Padre Island is one of the most popular spring break destinations in the world, with thousands heading there for a week of partying on the beach and thinking about anything but school. To understand the appeal of spring break on Padre Island, you have to go all the way back to the 1930s, when a group of students from upstate New York traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The town remained the premiere party destination, seeing thousands for years, until the ’80s, when residents decided to start pushing out partiers through ordinances aimed at keeping the partying from happening. The partiers then spread out across the world, with Padre Island being one of those destinations. Soon, more and more people began hitting the beaches up and down Padre Island for a lone week during March, and before long so did Gabriel. “Corpus was the place to be during spring break,” Gabriel said of the late 1980s. “I remember being in high school and looking forward to heading down from San Antonio. Me and my friends would scrape up some change and head down to have a wild time. We hardly had enough money for a hotel, so we would usually end up crashing on someone’s couch after a party.” Gabriel said that even in those days, spring break was always wild and interesting. He recalled a time when he and his friends got kicked out of a “roach motel”
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Rex Gabriel poses with a group of fans at J.P. Luby Surf Park during spring break in 1992. Every year, local radio station C101.3 sends out Gabriel as a part of the “2 Guys in the Morning” duo to broadcast on the beach. after they were being too loud. “Back when I started, spring night for nightclubs that were “One of our friends ended up break was very different,” Gabriel sponsors before waking up at 4 falling off the roof of the motel said of the atmosphere at the a.m. to start all over again. Nowand just shattering his arm,” beach. “After getting off the air, adays, the spring break schedule Gabriel said. “We all had to put we’d go to beach with the van isn’t too different, but the atmoour money together and take and the radio equipment and sphere is. him to the hospital.” blast music as loud as we could “Spring break in the days beAfter his fore social mehigh school was some“Crazy things will always happen during dia partying days, thing else,” Gabriel be- spring break. My only advice is to not get Gabriel said. gan stand-up “People went pregnant and not go home with any comedy for a to the beach couple years, just to socialdiseases.” before getting ize and meet a job at a rapeople. — Rex Gabriel other dio station in They were San Antonio hungry to as a host. After the station shut all over the beach. Sometimes meet new people, but now you down, he ended up at C101 in we’d be there for four or five already know what everyone is 1992. hours and be all roasty-toasty.” going to wear to the beach beGabriel would soon end up on Gabriel said that after spend- fore you get to the beach.” the beaches of Padre Island for a ing the day on the beach, he “Crazy things will always haphectic week of work. would usually go out later that pen during spring break,” Gabriel
said, “My only advice is to not get pregnant and not go home with any diseases.” But while Gabriel says things have changed, he still looks forward to spring break. After Hurricane Harvey, Gabriel had to spend $16,000 to fix his roof. “All I’m going to do this spring break is work and work. Me and my girlfriend had to postpone a trip to Vegas because of the roof, but at the end of March we are going,” Gabriel said. “No matter what I’ll have fun,” Gabriel said. ”One of the best things about this job and one of the reasons I think I’ve done it so long is that I’m having fun, being creative and that I never had to grow up.” @mryoungmark
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Way Back When
Padre Island and its great barrier stretch Mia Estrada mestrada@ foghornnews.com
For most students, spring break is a look forward, whether you’re partying on the beach or at home watching movies, but certainly the island is a place to visit at least once, especially with its backstory. Padre Island sits at the core of our community’s history; it’s been here through thick and thin. The longest sand beach in the United States, Padre Island extends about 130 miles along the coast of South Texas, with the north end just east of Corpus Christi and the south end in Port Isabel. Through the island’s past, it is believed that tribes of the Archaic period were to have lived on the island from 2700 to 1000 B.C. Although the National Park Service is unsure who the first natives were to step foot on Padre Island, the agency estimates that following the first natives were Karankawa and Coahuiltecan peoples who visited the island until the mid1800s.
Men and women fish on Bob Hall Pier on Padre Island, just north of the park’s boundaries, in 1993. The Padre Island, having the longest barrier stretch in the United States, was home to Karankawa and Coahuiltecan peoples in the B.C. ages.
ROAMING THE COAST Both of the tribes were interrelated nomadic hunters, roaming the coast and inland for some distance. Approximations for the location of Karankawa people (who existed as a people in Texas until about 1850) are between Corpus Christi Bay and Galveston and the Coahuiltecans generally ranged within the area from Corpus Christi Bay south into Mexico, according to the National Park Service. The tribes generally wore little, if any, clothing and usually decorated themselves with tattoos and body piercings, which
isn’t far off from people on the beach during spring break. The tribes often moved to find food. The Coahuiltecans and Karankawa would sometimes come out to Padre Island and live off the game, fish and abundant shellfish. Not much is known about the Coahuiltecan people; the group’s name, “Coahuiltecan,” is used by archaeologists to refer to the various bands of people who wandered in an area between present-day San Antonio and northern Mexico. However, one of the bands of Coahuiltecan people were called Malaquites, and today
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the National Seashore has a section of the beach named Malaquite. In 1766, Colonel Diego Ortiz Parrilla drew a map while searching the island for Spain. It was discovered on the map that there were several Malaquite settlements on the southern end of the island, while a Karankawa settlement and two other bands are noted on the northern end of the island. PADRE BALLÍ However, Nicolás Ballí from King Carlos III of Spain was granted the island in 1759, and it later passed to his grandson,
Padre José Nicolás Ballí. When Padre Ballí owned the island later on, he brought the first settlers, trying to teach the Karankawa people Christianity. The people Padre Ballí ministered referred to the island as La Isla Padre (Padre Island) for his position of Padre Ballí being a kind man. The island even played a part during the Civil War. The Union forces blockaded passes between the local barrier islands. This was done to disturb the export of cotton from the Confederacy and to prevent salt from the Laguna Madre reaching the Southern forces. Union
and Confederate forces unexpectedly fought on the land, with the Confederates taking a position with their weapons in the sand dunes, while the Union forces were on ships. Today, the island remains home to more than 600 species of plants and wildflowers. The National Seashore is also the nesting site of sea turtles, holding more Kemp’s ridley sea turtles than anywhere in the United States. Padre Island is a special place with rich history. @miamiaestrada
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Harvey limits fun for spring break
Lexington, aquarium to be open for the week
Josselyn Obregon jobregon@foghornnews.com
While Port Aransas and Rockport are usually hot spots for spring breakers, those who head out to the coastal communities this year won’t have quite as many options when they get there. In the six months since Hurricane Harvey made landfall and devastated the area, just 40 percent of businesses have reopened, according to the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce. The retail shops and hotels that stretch from Port Aransas to Rockport have been hardest hit, with many still cleaning and rebuilding. Those that are open, however, are expected to
be packed with visitors. While that’s good for an area trying to recover from a Category 4 hurricane, it means visitors may have a hard time finding a hotel or a quick bite, so pack accordingly. Despite the challenges, the towns are gearing up for spring breakers, who are known to flock mostly to the area’s beaches to sunbathe, fish or go boating. If you prefer something quieter, most of the popular attractions in Corpus Christi have reopened and are ready for the crowds, including the Texas State Aquarium, Lexington Museum on the Bay and museums. For the more adventurous, skydiving over Corpus Christi and Port Aransas is bound to make it a memorable spring break. Check out www.skydivesouthtexas.com for more information.
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A family takes a selfie with the Selena statue in downtown Corpus Christi. The statue is one of the many attractions located downtown, along with the Lexington and the aquarium.
Un descanso de primavera limitado para el area sur Negocios locales no listos para primavera Josselyn Obregon jobregon@foghornnews.com
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Menos de la mitad de comercios en Port Aransas y sus alrededores estaran abiertos para el descanso de primavera.
El descanso de primavera es uno de los puentes mas anhelados por la comunidad educativa. Spring break es sinónimo de diversión, playa, sol y un descanso de actividades académicas. Pero este año no será igual, el panorama de las playas y áreas recreacionales de Corpus Christi, Port Aransas y Rockport no estarán recuperadas del todo y menos listas para recibir a la gran cantidad de turismo que suelen arribar para dicha época. A seis meses del huracán Harvie, solamente un 40% de los negocios han abiertos sus puertas e iniciado labores regulares. El panorama para los comercios
“La mayoría de los hoteles, restaurantes y negocios locales siguen en proceso de limpieza y reconstrucción, los que están operando regularmente no serán suficientes para abastecer las necesidades de los visitantes.” ubicados entre Port Aransas y Rockport no ha sido muy favorable. La mayoría de los hoteles, restaurantes y negocios locales siguen en proceso de limpieza y reconstrucción, los que están operando regularmente no serán suficientes para abastecer las necesidades de los visitantes. Pese a ello las municipalidades y la comunidad de Rockport y Port Aransas siguen
trabajando arduamente en la reconstrucción y limpieza para abrir las puertas de sus playas a todos los que gusten tomar el sol, practicar pesca o un paseo en bote por alta mar. Si piensas darte un buen bronceado en alguna de las playas cercanas debes tomar en cuenta que los servicios hoteleros actualmente son escasos, al igual que los restaurantes, pero esto no quiere decir que no sea posible pasar un buen tiempo y disfrutar del mar con tus amigos. Pero si prefieres algo más tranquilo, Corpus Christi también ofrece una variedad de actividades para el descanso de primavera. Los museos de Historia, Ciencia y Arte reabrieron sus puertas, al igual que el tour por USS Lexington y el Acurio de CC. Para los más aventureros el paracaidismo Skydiving Over Corpus Christi y Port Aransas es una de las aventuras que ofrece este descanso de primavera 2018.
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#A DAY DOWNTOWN!
Corpus Christi offers plenty of unique attractions that eager travelers often fly in to see. For a fun time on spring break, locals can enjoy their vacation within the city limits. Rent a bike downtown: $3, or FREE if you ride it for under an hour. Visit to the Art Museum of South Texas: $4 with your student ID, or FREE for if you can pass for under 12 years old. Catch a local band performance in your area: Cost of tickets varies, or FREE if you can get in with the band. Some of the best places in Corpus Christi include the Zagster bike stops, the Art Museum of South Texas and music venues such as House of Rock, The NASA, Concrete Street and the Surf Club. Steven Mikael Espinosa checks out an exhibit at the Art Museum of South Texas in January. Josselyn Obregon/Foghorn News
#CLUB HOPPING! Spending spring break
with your buddies? A great way to live fast is to party until the wee hours of the morning. Thankfully, you’ll find plenty of places to party your little heart out in Corpus Christi, where the city sleeps, but a bit later. A popping outfit: $15$20 at your local secondhand shop, or FREE if you’re fashionable enough. Fireball Shots: $2, or FREE if you’re friendly enough A safe ride: Cost of an Uber home depends on location, or FREE if your family is still awake. Some of the most notorious spots in Corpus Christi include Ropers on Everhart Road, Club Pure and Rio on Staples, Club Iconic on Alameda and Vino Mio on Staples.
#SpringBroke party — BUT, you’re strapped for cash. Thankfully, Corpus Christi and the surrounding areas offer just the right Enjoying spring break as a college ingredients to a delicious spring break student can be bittersweet, depending for the broke college student. on your idea of fun. You’re young, @JulietaFoghorn tired of school work and ready to Julieta Hernandez jhernandez@foghornnews.com
#THE BEACH!
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A beachgoer catches a Frisbee on a carefree beach afternoon.
The best part of spring break is, undeniably, the beach. Living in the Coastal Bend benefits all of us, especially those who love basking in the sun by the ocean. 12 pack of beer (Bud Light): $10.49, or FREE if you’re flirty enough. Firewood: $17.99, or FREE if you’re handy enough. The Beach: FREE, for everyone. In the Coastal Bend, we can enjoy waterfronts on Padre and Mustang islands, Port Aransas, North Beach and Malaquite Beach and Pavilion.
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SPOT A DEAL? Want to share a deal with your fellow Vikings over the break? Use #SpringBroke on your favorite social media platform.
#STAYCATION!
Nothing is more relaxing than sitting in your room alone or with friends with absolutely NO responsibilities. Achieving that isn’t a far task for the committed do-nothing college student. A day off from work: One day’s salary, or FREE if you just don’t think about it. Dominos Pizza: $10.99, or FREE if you have Piece of the Pie Rewards. Netflix: $10 monthly, or FREE if you’re mooching off of your roommate. Doing nothing on spring break is the second best thing to partying on spring break. Places you can do this are your house, your friend’s house, your parents’ house, and maybe even your lover’s house (if you have one).
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A family heads down a jetty to fish in Rockport in mid-February. Julieta Hernandez jhernandez@foghornnews.com Class is out for an entire week! Catching up on school work or lounging away on the beach sounds nice, but you may have forgotten that class is also out for the rest of your household. There’s no time to spare when options for family fun are bursting through the city limits. No one is exempt to the hardcore flavors of fun that are just waiting to be sampled. LET’S GO SWIMMING! Bring out that swimsuit without getting sand in your pants (and avoiding all the wild college students) by visiting a community pool, or the city’s Hurricane Alley Water Park. By going to an establishment where the
water is a bit more controlled, your kids are also a little bit more contained. No jellyfish stings here! Hurricane Alley Waterpark opens its doors on March 10 just in time for spring break. Find out more on their website, www.hurricanealleycc.com. LET’S GO FISHING! Bob Hall fishing pier will more than likely be packed, so for more scenic, quiet moments, the city also offers the Red Dot Fishing Pier (11801 S. Padre Island Drive) for those who like their old-fashioned afternoons. If you don’t usually go fishing, the pier rents out necessary fishing equipment on site. Whether you’re trying to get some peace and quiet for yourself or teach your kids the value
of patience, there’s no better cliche than a fishing pole and a sunset. Put that on Facebook, and learn more about the pier on its Facebook page. LET’S GO OUTSIDE! Instead of going out and trying to catch butterflies, the South Texas Botanical Garden (8545 S. Staples St.) offers its Anatomy of a Butterfly event at 2:30 p.m. on March 17, included with general admission. Maybe your kids don’t like the outdoors, but hey, you can always try. Also at the Botanical Gardens, you can sit in on the Parrot Talk visitor interaction event at 1:30 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It’s also included with admission, and NO kid can deny that parrots are cool, and neither can you. For more information
about these events, visit the South Texas Botanical Garden’s website at www.stxbot.org. LET’S GO BOWLING! If you’re not as keen on outdoor activities, you can also have a friendly competition at Bowlero, which not only offers outdoor patio games, but also laser tag. Let them have a party. Bowlero (6116 Ayers St.) is offering a spring break discount that lets you go bowling twice a day for three weeks for the price of one pass. Take advantage of this offer and show your kids how it’s done. The kids will also love the variety of video games at the Bowlero. You can learn more about the Corpus Christi Bowlero location at www.bowlero.com/location/ bowlero-corpus-christi.
LET’S GO LEARN STUFF! If you’re looking to have a more productive spring break, give yourself and your kids the gift of education in downtown Corpus Christi, which offers numerous museums as opportunities to learn a little bit more about science and history, art, and Asian or Mexican cultures. Check out the variety of museums suitable for most ages at www.visitcorpuschristitx.org/trip-ideas/museums/. With the allotted time between the beginning and end of spring break, family fun is achievable without losing a child in the beach party crowd.
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Spring flicks to go and see
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Action, romance and horror line up a strong movie season Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com With spring break plans taking shape, many will be eager to hit the beach. However, if you’re looking for a less partylike atmosphere, there are several new movies opening over the break. From action to romance, these films are ones you don’t want to miss ... and they go great with popcorn and a refreshing drink. ‘THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT’ (March 9) The Strangers return once again on the big screen 10 years after the first hit film. Starring Christina Hendricks and Martin Henderson, the sequel follows a family who take a road trip to visit family and makes a stop at a secluded
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‘A WRINKLE IN TIME’
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Oprah Winfrey stars in Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” based on the novel by Madeleine L’Engle, debuting March 9 in theaters.
Visionary director Ava DuVernay brings Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel to life on the big screen. When Dr. Alex Murry (Chris Pine) disappears, his daughter Meg (Storm Reid) sets off with her classmate Calvin (Levi Miller) to try to find her father, who has been missing for five years. Guided by three astral mobile home park. From there, they get stalked by three masked individuals and they must fight to survive.
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Bailee Madison (left) gets a surprise from an unexpected visitor in “The Strangers: Prey at Night.” The sequel finally hits theaters March 9, 10 years after the 2008 original.
After the success of the first film and the impact it left in the horror genre, this sequel looks to be a welcome return for these masked psychopaths. ‘GRINGO’ (March 9) Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, David Oyelowo and Sharlto Copley all headline this latest action-comedy from Amazon Studios. Directed by Edgerton’s brother Nash, Oyelowo plays American businessman Harold Soyinka, who is sent to deliver a cannabis pill formula to a lab in Mexico. He soon discovers that the company has made a deal with the cartels and finds himself dead smack in the middle of it all. The film looks to be a fun ride from the trailers.
travelers, Calvin and Meg set out on a dangerous planet that possesses every evil in the universe. The film aims to be visually stunning, and with a strong cast led by Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon it is on the track to be a movie that everyone can enjoy.
‘TOMB RAIDER’ (March 16) Oscar winning actress Alicia Vikander steps into the role as Lara Croft in the reboot of the franchise based on the hit video game series. Croft sets off to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance. She discovers that his last-known destination was to a tomb on a mysterious island off the coast of Japan. The stakes get higher as an organization named Trinity, led by Mathias Vogel (Walton Goggins), sets to find the tomb and use whatever is in there for their own purposes. Vikander sets to fill in the shoes of Angelina Jolie, who previously portrayed Croft back in the early 2000s, all while making the character her own.
‘LOVE, SIMON’ (March 16) For those wanting a good love story, this new romance flick sets to add a unique twist to the genre. “Jurassic World” star Nick Robinson portrays Simon, a teen who is gay but hasn’t told anyone about it, including his friends and family. He soon falls for a classmate online but doesn’t know who his secret admirer is. Director Greg Berlanti, known for producing “The Flash” and “Dawson’s Creek,” makes this a film that is relatable to many people with its premise, making seeing Simon’s story all worthwhile. @jonathan10894
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Don’t be the worst during the break
Spring break is one of the many times of the year that truly bring the worst out in people. Along with Black Friday, New Year’s and the Fourth of the July,
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people seemingly forget how to be normal and decent and truly make the rest of the population look horrible. Unfortunately, you can’t prevent people from doing all the things that occur during spring break, such as drinking and driving, partying too much, littering and more. However, there are ways to make the world a better place during a week where partying on Padre Island often makes the news for being one of the trashiest places on earth. One of the clearest ways to help out is to volunteer. Litter on the beach is SO bad after a week
of partying and it doesn’t just magically disappear once teens head back to class. Grab some gloves, get some sun and help make sure sea turtles don’t choke on some plastic bags that held your nasty Four Loko’s. Turtle herpes (Google it) is already enough of a problem in the turtle community, they shouldn’t have to deal with trash. So many organizations do beach cleanups after spring break. Just Google “spring break cleanups” for whatever area you are in and get to work for mother Earth! Habitat for Humanity and the Surfrider Foundation always
host beach cleanups during or after spring break. You could also volunteer for local charities. Communities are still feeling the impact of Hurricane Harvey and could always use help. You also also donate some time to places that involve children. Many parents can’t take a week off or don’t have the resources for a babysitter, so they send kids to camps or programs to have fun. OK, maybe you are still trying to go out and party or at least have a fun time. That doesn’t mean go out and get trashed and litter everywhere, but you could
be a designated driver for people. Now, it is a pain to deal with drunk people, so you can try to make it a business opportunity. You can charge a small fee of like $5 and offer your services to your friends. You still get to go have sober fun, make some money and then your friends get their own driver. If you want to get trashed, just make sure you have Uber or Lyft on your phone or the number of a taxi service. At the end of the day, just don’t litter, don’t drink and drive, don’t be an asshole and stop making South Texas look so bad during spring break.
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Viking Runway
Rain drop, crop top chilling near the wall art Warren J. Maxwell wmaxwell@ foghornnews.com
Even on cloudy days there’s still a way to enjoy the simple luxuries Corpus Christi has to offer without venturing toward the sand on spring break. Whether hanging out downtown to walk along the marina, or heading to grab a refreshing cup of joe at Green Light coffee shop, social work major Vanessa Sherry manages to use her abstract and inventive style to create a look all her own. Q: What influences your style? A: I just use stuff I like and go for it. I like to use really bold colors and anything that stands out. Q: What are some of your favorite stores to shop at? A: I like to shop at Goodwill, Renaissance, Threads, and when it comes to the mall I say H&M or Forever 21. Q: What are some of your favorite brands to wear? A: I tend to wear a lot of Levis and I also like Doc Martens as well. Q: What’s an accessory you
absolutely can’t live without? A: My ear jewelry. I always wear earrings, or corduroy and velvet fabrics I find on jackets.
Q: What’s your favorite color to wear and why? A: I love purple because it was my favorite permanent hair color at the time. Q: Who or what in particular influences your style? A: Well I was a Tumblr kid growing up so I’m really into the bold colors of the ’90s they make me feel happy in a way.
Q: What do you do to make your style 100 percent you? A: Going to Goodwill and straying away from the mall, because I feel like when you go to the mall you see all the clothes on the mannequins and then it becomes easy to dress like one. Q: What fictional character do you feel resembles your style the most? A: I’m like Ramona Flowers meets Velma from Scooby-Doo. Q: What would be your ideal spring break outfit? A: My overall shorts I bought from Goodwill with a loose colorful shirt underneath It, with a pair of my low-rise Doc Martens and my fedora.
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ABOVE: Vanessa Sherry sits along the Corpus Christi bayfront. Sherry said she views her style as a cross between Ramona Flowers and Velma Dinkley. LEFT: Sherry poses in front of the Art Center of Corpus Christi by the bayfront area downtown.