Students avoiding Mexico for spring break
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press
March 15, 2010, 5:37PM

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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Marquette University senior Kelly Magennis wasn't even up prepping for the start of the biggest spring break week on Texas' South Padre Island when the first text message arrived from her mom forbidding her from crossing into Mexico.

“I said, ‘don't worry, I didn't even bring my passport,'â€