Rebels Hit the Road for Spring Break

The Daily Mississippian Map created by students in a journalism class.
Spring break has arrived, and Rebels are making their way all around the country to celebrate.
Some students, like sophomore accounting major Nathan Bell, are driving hours across the map for a change in scenery.
“My friends and I are going to Colorado this year instead of the whole beach thing like last time,” Bell said. “For sure it’s a long drive, but it’s nice being able to kick it in the snow.”
Senior business major Shanice Powell is also avoiding the beach this week. Powell is an exchange student from Germany and said she is excited to spend her first spring break in the United States.
“We don’t have it in Germany because our spring semester – we call it summer semester – doesn’t start until late March or even the beginning of April,” Powell said.
Powell said she is flying to Washington, D.C., over the break and knows her trip may not be the ideal spring break for a college student.
“There is nothing particular I’ve always wanted to do,” Powell said. “But I didn’t want to go to Florida to drink for five days straight and party like many people would.”
Ole Miss Outdoors is offering its own alternative to the warm beaches, big cities and snow-covered mountains toward which many students gravitate.
This spring break, OMOD will take students on two different wilderness expeditions – through the canyons of Utah and along the Buffalo River in Arkansas.
The group’s land-based trip will take place at Zion National Park in Utah, and students on the water-based trip will paddle canoes down the Buffalo River. 
At Zion National Park, participants will hike through canyons called “The Narrows” and “Angel’s Landing.” On the canoe expedition, participants will spend six days on the river, stopping at ...


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