What are you doing for break?

Chances are you've heard the question sometime today.\nYou've probably repeated your answer ad nauseam.\nAnd while you were reading this, someone tapped your shoulder and asked, "What are you doing for spring break?"\nIt's the only question anyone will be answering in classes today.\nWhile my answer to that question is a closely-guarded secret I'll share only if you read this entire column, I've compiled answers to a couple of other questions you might have about spring break.\nIs it too late to plan spring break travel?\nNo, especially if you don't mind over paying and stopping in every city in the continental United States on the way to your destination.\nBut seriously, travel is still doable if you know what you're doing, said Erika Funston, IMU branch manager of STA Travel.\n"The good idea is to leave on Monday if you really want to go somewhere," Funston said. Even then, the cost could be outrageous.\nBut if you book today, you can get a pretty good deal on a trip to Las Vegas for the last weekend of spring break, Funston said.\nIf that's not good enough?\n"My agents and I are open and willing to help get you where you want to go," she said.\nHow can you keep your stuff from being stolen while you're gone?\nEveryone knows next week is spring break -- including potential thieves.\nThere are always a few cases of stolen property discovered when students return from spring break, but a few simple precautions can prevent them, IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger said.\nMake sure you lock your residence and car, leave a light on inside and make a record of valuables and copies of important documents.\nIUPD has compiled a list of safety tips online at www.indiana.edu/~iupd/prev.htm.\nWhile many IUPD cadets will also be on spring break, full time officers will be on campus looking for suspicious activity.\n"We do everything humanly possible to keep all the property secured on campus," Minger said, "but the ultimate responsibility must lie with the residents."\nIs it too late to get a fake tan for spring break?\nOf course not. Especially if you head to Air Tan, 105 N. Dunn St. For $20 you can step into a shower room without the showers, strip down to your skivvies and have a stranger spray you head-to-toe with tan tonic. Their compressor was broken Wednesday, but technician Jonna Nelson promised it will be in working order today.\nSo what are Cory's plans for spring break?\nWell, after the spray-on tan? Take a guess. Yeah, journalism camp. If this column isn't proof enough that I need it, know this: Mentally, I left for spring break three days ago.