{"id":6649,"date":"2021-04-05T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T04:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2021-04-04T23:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T03:17:30","slug":"spring-break-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/spring-break-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\nBrayan Ruiz-Caballero, Arts and Entertainment Editor<\/a>\n\n\n\n

Long gone are the days of MTV Spring Break<\/em> in Daytona Beach where students from around the country came down to enjoy a week-long party. However, that did not mean that local residents should stop safely enjoying themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To illustrate, bikers stormed the coast and speedway for a week, a brand-new Buc-ee’s store opened, and restaurants are now allowed 100% capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All DSC campus sites were closed during our week off, including the writing center. A peer-tutor there, Davrin van Wyk, described his time away from work as a routine that consisted of \u201cSleep, eating, laying on the couch, and then repeating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, this past spring break was one spent mostly indoors, but hopefully it will be the last as conditions are starting to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Dr. Ben Graydon, who serves as the chair of the Quanta-Honors program, he spent his time with his family and \u201cwent kayaking at Central Park, in Ormond Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, when asked if this year was any different for him, Graydon said, \u201cThis Spring Break wasn\u2019t a whole lot different for me than in years past, as having kids in school keeps me close to home. Still, we likely would have taken a weekend trip to somewhere in Florida and opted not to do that this year for health\/safety reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to recommend a few pieces of advice for students on how students should have spent their free time before the second half of the semester began. \u201cMy recommendation to students: unplug, relax, and try to have some fun,\u201d Graydon said. \u201cThe weather was terrific for most of the week, perfect for low-key, socially distanced activities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a student feels like school is a struggle right now or can not find the right motivation to push through the semester, Graydon said that he would \u201cencourage them to make time for conversations with their peers and professors.\u00a0 That might be harder than usual to do right now, but it\u2019s still important.\u201d He continued, \u201cYou probably won\u2019t remember your GPA or the papers you wrote long after you graduate, but you will remember the people you had meaningful conversations with. Don\u2019t waste your chance to build those relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A final tip that guarantees a healthy attitude comes from Davrin Van Wyk, a tutor at the DSC Writing Center. \u201cRemember that expansive planner you bought at the beginning of the semester,\u201d he said. \u201cGo back and try to plan the rest of the semester with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Spring Break may have been a bit of letdown compared to previous years of partying. However, as Graydon suggested, \u201cA semester is a marathon, and resting up in the middle helps everyone get to the finish line.\u201d Let\u2019s go, Falcons!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brayan Ruiz-Caballero, Arts and Entertainment Editor Long gone are the days of MTV Spring Break in Daytona Beach where students from around the country came down to enjoy a week-long party. However, that did not mean that local residents should stop safely enjoying themselves. To illustrate, bikers stormed the coast Continue reading Spring Break Recap<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6651,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions\/6651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}