GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Wide range of options available for new graduates
BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school, some students are experiencing a different scenario the end of college
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er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years.
ment lasts for two years.
a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights.
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Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school.
The Peace Corps was an attraction for Wichman because
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011
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Turning trash to treasure is not so simple
The city says to let it collect what's on the curb, but dumpster divers think otherwise.
BY CHRISTY NUTT
cnutt@kansan.com
Like most of the things in Heidi Yoder's apartment, the antique lamp hanging from her ceiling came from the trash. Yoder originally saved the glass lamp from the dumpster. She later sold the lamp to a neighbor at a garage sale. When Yoder saw the lamp at the neighbor's trash bin a couple of years later, she couldn't help but take in as her own one last time.
for Lawrence resident Yoder, her lamp represents dumpster diving at its best — community members trading items instead of buying new things. This is not a new concept for Yoder, who said she has been dumpster diving her entire life.
"Ive found lots of treasures along the way," Yoder said.
Most times Yoder only picks items of interest but it's a different story during move-out season.
that they don't want to take back home" Yoder said. "It's usually still pretty useful."
ing move out of school.
"I'll go out hunting if I know that the KU students are leaving because they will leave a whole bunch of stuff
Yoder's best finds include roller skates, records, clothing and furniture. However, according to the City of Lawrence, Yoder obtained these "treasures" illegally.
A city code prohibits unauthorized individuals from going through or removing other people's trash. Since January 2010, city officials prosecuted six people for unlawfully removing trash.
trash. "Some people feel very strongly against others going through their trash because they consider it an invasion of privacy." Lawrence communications manager Megan Gilliland said. "It is their understanding that the city will dispose of their trash without others going through it."
others going through the. The threat of identify theft also makes people uneasy about others rummaging through their trash, Gilliland said.
hand said.
The judge decides the penalty, which can be a fine ranging from $1
to $1,000 and up to 180 days in jail. According to the office of Lawrence supervising prosecutor Jerry Little, most people receive a fine of $100. For first time offenders the jail time is typically suspended, Little said.
typically suspended, then Yoder said she knows about the ordinance, but it doesn't stop her from dumpster diving. She has never received a ticket.
a ticket. "If there is useful stuff that people can use then by all means they should take it, but they should be respectful of not making a mess or throwing trash around," Yoder said.
AmeriCorps member of the Lawrence Social Service League Kendra Davis said the only people she known the city to ticket for dumpster diving were homeless or poor.
you would never guess as the type to dumpster dive," Davis said. "They find things and donate them instead of giving a monetary donation."
Davis said the Social Service League Thrift Store, 905 Rhode Island St., depends on dumpster diving as a way to receive donations of items that would otherwise be thrown out.
Two years ago, the Social Service League began sending its unwanted items to different organizations instead of discarding them. Previously, it depended on dumpster divers to clear out its dumpster between scheduled trash pickups, Davis said.
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--case for Lawrence to care for the amount "We are aware of the amount of waste during the move in time," Gililand said. "So we do our best to pick it up as quickly as possible so that aesthetically it is not a problem and because we don't want people digging through the trash."
"The city only picked up the trash once a week, which was not enough for the agency," she said.
The city will make changes to the trash pick-up schedule during moveout season to ensure that this isn't the case for Lawrence residents.
the sanitation department restricts vacation time during the season to ensure there is enough staff available, Gilland said.
Trash pickup, which typically runs Monday through Friday, will run an extra day on Saturday, July 30, to areas with several apartment buildings and student residents, such as Oread Drive.
DRIVE. If city officials feel there is still an overabundance of trash on Aug. 1, some crew members who typically pick up yard waste will be reassigned to help pick up trash, Gilliland said.
Gilliland said that the city wants people to recycle and reuse in order to reduce waste, but that going through other people's trash is not the way to do it.
"There are a lot of ways to recycle and reuse if people are willing to take the time to find out who will take their things," Gilliland said.
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