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FEBRUARY10,2005 - Page 9 FEATURES Big fish, big dreams - JanTerm offers escape On a cold day in January it begins snow- ing just as class is beginning. After three hams of watching the snow fall, the students emerge into the frozen land- scape of McDaniel College. Shivering, they walk through the wind and snow contemplat- :ltr ~~~t~:eats~~~~~i~h:: o~at~:j~~~e::;tl: mester that is Jan-Term. Across oceans and in worlds that seemed far away, many other McDaniel students opted for different Jan Term fates. They explored ex- otic locations like Las Vegas, San Francisco, Budapest, and Belize. These escapes were, in fact, learning experiences, but as the following vignettes reveal, one Jan Term away from this campus often yields a lifetime of memories. -Compiled by Greg Sandruck Spinning the money wheel for Culture is redefined in San Francisco McDaniel College Jan-term trip was an amazing still flourishing with hippies seen. We went hiking and snow The Costal California today, and got to see where experience.l got to see and do the Grateful Dead lived. Mu- shoeing, seeing such wildlife as coyotes, a bobcat, and a ringtail. so many different things I sic was a large element of the At night, we sat around would have otherwise never trip. We listened to Bob the fire reading poems by Gary had the opportunity to do. Dylan, Pete Seeger, The Snyder. The majority of the trip Grateful Dead, Arlo Guthrie, These are just a few was spent in San Francisco highlights' of an awesome studying counterculture at trip that allowed me to learn its heart. This included such