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Students hit sand for service as well as sun

Bikinis, flip-flops and wet T-shirts remain the attire of choice for tens of thousands of college spring breakers, whose annual migrations to such hot spots as Panama City, Fla., South Padre Island, Texas, and Acapulco, Mexico, kick off later this month and run through early April. But many of this year’s rites of spring will feature another wardrobe component: hard hats.