By Kyle Peveto, Arts Editor

Insurance problems that have plagued Spring Break Campaigns this year mayhave been solved if the committee in charge of the campaigns can recruit enough drivers.

The campaigns ran into trouble last semester when insurance companies refused to provide collision insurance to rental vans.

Twenty-one-year-old members were going to drive without collision insurance, but the university found the risk to be too great. The school sent the Spring Break Campaign committee searching for other ways to solve the problem.

Choosing from other possible solutions-including looking for insurance outside of ACU’s policy and forcing driving campaigns to drive personal vehicles- the committee decided on recruiting drivers who are 25 years old or older, said Rachel McGuire, committee co-chair and junior children’s ministry major from Amarillo.

Each campaigner is paying a $20 insurance fee to cover the costs for collision insurance, which will double the insurance cost of each van, McGuire said.

Most of the of-age drivers who are volunteering are graduate students from the College of Biblical Studies, said Jason Reed, the committee’s other co-chair and senior accounting and finance major from Sugar Land.

Those who volunteer to drive this spring break will have their entire trip paid by Sprig Break Campaigns.

“We’re still looking for 25-year-olds willing to give their spring breaks,” McGuire said.

Though the current insurance problems appear to be solved, SBC committee leaders are still searching for other ways to solve insurance dilemmas.

“The insurance situation is not going to get any better,” McGuire said.

With insurance issues behind them for now, campaign leaders and chairs are only worrying about getting enough money raised for plane tickets, which must be bought this week.

“Not getting money in on time is something we have to deal with every year,” Reed said.

Spring Break Campaigns will have to borrow more than $10,000 from the Students’ Association to cover the costs of the tickets.