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Show 8 The Daily Utah -- Chronicle Friday, SPRING BREAK your break." When it comes to flying, students can avoid being scammed by flying with a guaranteed ticket from a reputable airline. "Get the ticket in your hand," said Betz. "Don't accept a promise of a ticket." Once at the destination, there arc still many precautions to take. "Leave your valuables at home, travel light, take traveler's checks and avoid getting off the beaten path," Hettinger said. If one is traveling out of the country, Hettinger also suggested making copies of identification. Aside from identifica continued from page 8 age deposit or additional transporta- tion costs. "Some places say they are near the beach, but 'near' is a subjective term that might mean one hundred feet or three miles," Bctz said. Lisa Hettinger of L & L Travel in Champaign said most travel agencies won't book with a spring break company unless they know it to be reputable. "If the company students are dealing with does not go through a travel agency, they are likely to get scammcd," Hettinger said. "Travel agencies arc registered and have an ID number. If these companies don't go through an agency, who's to say they arc going to be around tomorrow if you want a refund?" Three modes of cars, transportation buses and planes arc the ones students use the most to get to their vacation spots. Bctz said these can also car and a Ken doll head stares out from a large tree trunk. A "Frozen Custard" sign, stop signs and street signs are placed on the sides of houses. Posters of Martin Luther King Jr.'s face are prevalent throughout. "It was a statement about the times and Detroit is kind of a monumental marker,' Taylor said. "There's tons of vacant property (the city) could be tearing down. They're picking on him because his art is saying ticket in your hand, something about them." A few blocks from the site, Detroit resident Diane Jefferson ate cheese fries at Coney Island with her daughter, Shane Jefferson. Diane Jefferson said the artist holds carnivals on the street in the summer for the children in the neighborhood. "We had chips and we he gave us painted hot dogs... and that was all," Shane said in a quiet voice. "It keeps the kids out of troubleat least for that day," Diane Jefferson said. Guyton was named Michigan Artist of the Year in 1992 by Gov. John Engler and his work has been exhibited at don't accept a promise of a ticket. " legal services cause trouble. "If you're driving with a carload of people, that's an immediate target for police," he said. "They often get students for speeding and drugs. It's ideal to prove them wrong." Buses make money by making sure the bus is full, Bctz said. Some bus companies go to different college campuses to pick up travelers before going south. "Make sure you know what the route is ahead of time," said Bctz. "It takes about 15 hours to drive to Panama City, maybe 20 by bus. You don't want it to take 30. That could mean taking up a day and a half of Web -- Based Series Streams Onto Web continued from page 7 also be aware of laws in other states and countries. "Mexico has some harsh drug and marijuana laws," said Betz. "There, you may end up doing five years for smoking a joint. If your aim over spring break is to smoke pot, get a round trip ticket to Amsterdam. You're totally safe there, but Betz you're not in Florida or Mexico." Both Bctz and Hettinger said one gets what they pay for. Most packages arc safe but scams do exist. It's important for students to know all the details of their trip, not just how many swimming pools are at the hotel. "Many students at the University have done a lot of traveling and arc very knowledgeable when it comes to traveling," said Bctz. "But it seems like when spring break rolls around all that knowledge flies out the window. Use the same precautions for spring break as you would any other trip." Tom On --Air Preview of Original ART tion, students should "Get the New York, NY Showtime Online (http:www.showtimeonline.com) will present the premiere episode of its first original Web series, WhirlGirl, today. The animated science fiction series chronicles the new, futuristic. Web-base- d e super-heroinfighting to save adventures of WhirlGirl, a sassy media-tech the world from an evil empire. "WhirlGirl presents the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the convergence of both television and new media technology platforms," said Jeff Morris, Showtime Networks Senior Vice President, New Media and Technology Development. future to a world not WhirlGirl takes viewers to a time in the it's not easy being a 21st a.k.a. Kia WhirlGirl, For own. unlike our Cross, entirely tyrants, protect the century superhero. She has to battle omnipotent in a lives of underground freedom fighters and do it all pair of spike heel o hi-te- go-g- boots. job and a Once upon a time, Kia was an average girl with a company-sponher that was before But d standard-issu- e corporate-appointeboyfriend. her Kia uses off. Now wore brain drain sored extraordinary strength, brilliant mind, gritty determination and the ability to look fantastic in tight mind-numbi- leather to battle against oppression with her friends Stekatta (rebel and weapons expert), Sid (runaway son of evil dictator Ty Harden) and an underground rebel group called the Helicons. Their goal is to free the world from the that coninfluence of ZoneWerks, the oppressive media-tec- h trols the world's media, commerce and communications. In the premiere episode, Kia takes offense to ZoneWerks' evil magnate's sense of chivalry and decides to exert some sensitivity training of her own. Future episodes will tackle such provocative issues as "talk show justice" system, the perils of sacrificing personal freedom for replacing the the sake of public comfort, addiction to media and love in the workplace. WhirlGirl first began on the Web in the summer of 1997 as a picture strip a series of a dozen or so Web pages in the form of cartoon panels like a comic strip. mega-corporati- trial-by-ju- ft mm Vo SS333SBS and in museums in New York and Germany. Giannini, State News music writer, can be reached at IT'S 11:59 ON IIEI'J YEARS EUE. DO YOU KI10W WHERE YOUR DATE IS? gianninipilot.msu.edu. State News intern Ellen Sciba contributed to this report. -- jSfBlUIUP jZyggp1 lVf 'A ry College Presswire the Detroit Institute of Arts ' February 26, 1999 lgTilKra Good, cheap eats. Every Tuesday in the Chronicle feature pages. 1 1 (g21MJ ftft (3fil find (RflKI (Jr iDSTOl nn nCTURES Courtney Love Is? 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