We don't need no mo' drama

If you've even picked up the Indiana Daily Student today, you probably haven't started your spring break yet. It might be a college tradition to go somewhere sunny in the middle of the semester, but the IU tradition involves basketball. Not remotely relaxing. You need to keep your focus on the game, even at the beach or at home. \nWherever you're headed for vacation, immediately identify the proper TV channels for updates. We are young, blessed with energy and optimism. Enjoy those gifts in the coming week. Remember that no moment or hour of letting loose is worth letting go of your team's future. \nWhatever decisions you make (or are persuaded to make), please take responsibility for them. If you drink, clean up the mess so you won't have to while a game's on TV. When you lay out, take aloe vera gel to soothe that sunburn. Everything's a lot harder with sensitive skin. \nTake care of your friends. If you're at home, call old ones to remind them of IU's greatness. If you're away, send a postcard -- don't forget to pack stamps. If you're with your closest friends, do whatever it takes to get them to keep up with the basketball team. \nIf you make new ones, make sure you "facebook" them when you get home. We know your friend list hasn't increased much lately during midterms, and with more friends come more party invitations for Little 500 weekend.\nBe nice. Our students cannot afford to be divided when we have a basketball team "on the bubble." Pay for gas. Share your sunscreen. Don't pick fights in the car. Try not to hog the lounge chairs because tension is not helpful to roving as a pack in search of booze or sex or adventure.\nTake lots of pictures -- it enhances your stories, and proves to all the people in your psychology class that you, in fact, are cool enough to snag a hottie during break. Make sure the people you meet never forget that IU is, like, the best school ever.\nDo not, under even the most mundane circumstances, resort to doing class work assigned during break. You need a week to think about things other than equations and evaluations. Surely, you can build sandcastles or snowmen or sleep instead. Besides, you need to conserve your mental energy for making up pick-up lines and figuring out how much money you have to spend on tequila. \nThere's no need to parade your indiscretions to the world, but when describing "the best week EVER," you should include some tantalizingly vague comments about having a really good time. \nYour overall spring break goal should be about doing the opposite of anything scholarly. Do your part to keep up college students' reputation and come back to IU ready to finish the year in spirited style.