University Daily Kansan, February 13, 1981
More than 600 Kansas high school students will invade the corridors of Flint Hall and the Kansas Union today to compete in a state-wide academic Press Association regional journalism contests.
High school students to vie for state journalism honors
Dana Leibgood, KSPA executive secretary, said yesterday that students from 39 northeast states had enrolled in internships in 14 journalism contests.
There are five regional contests held statewide each year with about
2,150 student participants. Leibengood said.
Judges for the contests are professional journalists and journalism faculty members.
Regional contest winners in the Lawrence, Manhattan, Wichita, Hays and Pittsburgh areas will be eligible to participate in KSA state contests in March. All state contests are held at KU.
The contests will last from 9:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Award ceremonies will be in the Kansas Union at 3:45 p.m.
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Volunteers find rewards other than money
"The hardest part is getting on that first plane leaving horse," she said.
By EDDEE WILLIAMS III Staff Reporter
The pay is minimal and the work is hard, but for those with a sense of adventurism and a touch of humanitarianism, the Peace Corps/VISTA program is ideal. Karen Crowther Peace Corps recruiter, said yesterday.
After receiving her B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1975, Long, a 28 year-old Minneapolis native, spent the next two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire, a country in South-central Africa.
"It's not for everyone," Long said. "The corps was a way to visit other countries."
The Peace Corps operates in over 60 different countries as a support service to developing regions. This is the 29th Peace Corps, and its 19th was started in 1951 by President Kennedy. Today the Corps has 6,000 volunteers around the world.
The Volunteer In Service To America program was designed to provide the services at home. VISTA staff volunteered for one year. VISTA was started in 1966.
"It was pretty intense at first," Long said, "but in time I was accepted and it was a nice feeling. You're never really alone." You could have some things they keep to themselves."
She said the pay as a Peace Corps volunteer was adequate but "you'd never getrich."
The program was set up, she said, to help American learners more about the job. "It's really important," she says.
anyone with a degree. If a person is accepted, they will be sent to a 12 week training program.
"I received the pay equivalent to a Zariaan teacher with two years post high school education. The big difference was that I supported only myself," Long said.
"Volunteers live more or less on the same level as the country they are in."
"I really enjoyed the slow pace of life," she said. "At night the different villages would get together to dance in them and swim wine which is like the local beer."
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Long said she learned that crime was almost non-existent in Zaire.
All Peace Corps volunteers, do sort of teaching. If accepted, Peace Corps volunteers are asked to serve for two years.
"We're looking mainly for people with degrees in those areas," she said. "But the Corps will generally accept
The Corps specializes in assisting countries with basic human needs: agriculture, housing and health services.
To join VISTA the applicant must be a U.S. citizen or resident and be at least 18 years old. For most assignments no college degree is needed.
Long and other Peace corps volunteers will be on the KU campus Feb 17-20 to anyone interested in internships. Please contact the Peace Corps/VISTA programs.
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