HEC/News: All quiet on the Baja front

All quiet on the Baja front
Spring break during wartime is a muted affair as fewer students venture
across the border.
Los Angeles Times April 11, 2003
By Geoff Boucher

"...Spring break, of course, is the recess for colleges and universities
spread out over the five weeks leading up to Easter Sunday, and it's often
a raunchy, boozy rite in resort towns like this one, where the economy,
the night life and civic patience have been tailored to college-age
hedonism. The 2003 edition of the party south of the border, though, has
been chilled somewhat, and not just by the blustery Baja weather..."

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-war-boucher11apr11,1,4984531.story

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