THURSDAY,MARCH 7,2002
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Tips on earning fast cash
Katherine Curtis
Kansan correspondent
Spring break plans can send a student into debt or deplete their precious savings accounts.
Chris Colyer, Phoenix sophomore, plans to spend about $400 on his spring break trip to Panama City, Fla., while Valerie Jimenez, Wichita sophomore, says she will spend about $1,000 on her vacation to Cancun, Mexico. Both are still saving for the break, although it's only a week and a day away.
Work
If you are short of cash and your family and friends aren't in the loan-shark business, here are some last-minute ways to make some extra dough:
For those of you with a regular job, picking up some extra hours is an obvious way to make more money. For those without a job, temporary opportunities to make money can be found through employment services such as Manpower, Kelly Services, Adecco, Century Personnel, Express Personnel Services and Spherion.
"We have a number of different jobs," Jerry, owner of Express Personnel Services, 1800 E. 23rd St., said. "Most are multiple shifts. They are centered around food service, custodial jobs, office or clerical positions. We also work with a number of light industrial companies."
Sell something
Everyone has something to sell. Pawn that extra television or the camcorder you never use. Take your old CDs to Massachusetts Street, Kief's Downtown Music, 823 Massachusetts St., buys used CDs, tapes and records. Just remember to bring the original covers.
Downtown also has places to sell clothes. Flush — attached to Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St. — Arizona
Trading Company, 734 Massachusetts St. and Sugartown Traders, 918 Massachusetts St. give the option to trade in your clothes for those in the store or to take a percentage of the selling value in cash.
You also can sell your plasma. NABI Biomedical,
816 W. 24th St., pays first and second time donors
$25. You must be 18-years-old and weigh 110-
pounds to donate. They also require proof of your
identity and current address.
File pour taxes electronically
With just a little more than a week left until spring break, this is not a sure deal. However, if you don't get your return before the trip, at least you won't be broke when you get back.
Ask around
Go clubbing
Ask your neighbors, family and friends if they have any odd jobs for you to do. Offer to clean their house or car for a lower price than a professional would charge. Just be careful you don't get more than you bargained for; some jobs need a professional.
For those who want a head start on spring break, enter the various contests offered at clubs around town. Coyote's Dance Club, 1003 E. 23d St., has a Thursday night "Best Butt" contest for both men and women. Coyote's also has a "Wet T-shirt" contest and a "Best Chest" contest on Saturday nights. Bada Bing, 913 N. Second, pays $500 to the winner of its "Ladies Amateur" contest on Monday nights. Both places are 18 to enter and 21 to drink.
Most of these ideas take no more than a few hours to complete, and while they may not all be your idea of a good way to make money, at least one idea should get you some fast cash.
Contact Curtis at jayplay@kansan.com. This story was edited by Angela Cox.
Enjoy a creative, cheap break trip
By Kelly Vickery
Kansan correspondent
It's time to break out the sun tan lotion and bathing suits because spring break is right around the corner.
However, some students may not go for the lotion until summer. Luxury cruises and walking on the beaches of Mexico have become a thing of the past to students who are on a budget this break. Instead, these students are gathering friends and having creative vet cheap breaks.
"I'm going to visit some of my friends from high school in Madison," Travis Nordwald, Minnetonka, Minn., junior said. "They go to Mardi Gras every year and say it's even crazier than New Orleans. I want to see what it's all about."
Going on a road trip is definitely one way to get out and see the world and it doesn't have to cost a lot of money.
The book Eccentric America by Jan Friedman suggests many fun and weird places to visit all around the United States.
For instance, one could see the World Cow Chip Throwing Contest in Beaver, Okla., where the contestants compete to see who can throw dung the farthest.
And if that doesn't sound interesting, how about the Elvis is Alive Museum in Wright City, Mo.?
But if one isn't lucky enough to get out of Kansas for the highly anticipated spring break, other alternatives abound.
"I'm going camping with a few of my buddies because it's fun and cheap," Jenny Sullivan, Overland Park, freshman, said.
And if you're not adventurous enough to brave the outdoors, Hendrick's Bed and Breakfast Inn in Nickerson may be a good place to head for break.
Hendrick's is "part of an exotic animal farm that hand-raises giraffe, zebra, llamas, kangaroos, camels, ostriches and emus," according to Eccentric America. It also proclaims that each of Hendrick's seven rooms is decorated after an animal and its country — and you can pet, feed and even kiss (if that's up your alley) the live animals.
If animals still don't do it for you, get $20 and visit the local tanning salon. While tanning, think of a crazy tale to tell about the exotic vacation that never really took place.
With the perfect tan, who wouldn't believe it?
Contact Vickery at jayplay@kansan.com
This story was edited by Jeremy Clarkson.
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