/ 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 time.
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.
Four vea
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.
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.
The Peace Corps was an attract-
tion option for Wiechem because
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Two students testify in robbery charge
BY IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
Two University of Kansas students testified in Douglas County District Court Tuesday, describing how two masked men robbed them at gunpoint on campus in the early morning hours of June 23.
Douglas County prosecutors called the students as witnesses in a preliminary hearing in a case against Brandon Huggins, a 23-year-old soldier posted at Fort Leavenworth, and Michael Gerald, 21, each charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and aggravated intimidation of a witness.
Matthew Johnson, 22, and John Allred, 22, both of Salina, each testified that two men wearing bandanas over part of their faces approached them from a parked vehicle as they walked along Memorial Drive, behind Strong Hall, shortly before 1:30 a.m.
Johnson said the men, whom he believed were both armed with handguns, ordered him and Allred to get on the ground and remove their pants. The students complied. Johnson said he was careful to move slowly, so as not to startle the assailants.
"I didn't want to get shot," he said.
Johnson said that one of the men demanded his wallet, removed his driver's license, held it up for him to see and said "just try to go to the cops and see what happens."
cops and see what Alfred said the other assailant left him his keys and driver's license. The men carried away Johnson's pants and Allred's shorts and returned to their vehicle, which Johnson described as an early model Honda. They then drove away, having robbed the students of about $30 in cash, Johnson's wallet anddriver's license and Allred's cell phone.
After the alleged robbers disappeared, Johnson used his cell phone
to call the police.
to call the police.
During the cross-examination, defense attorneys questioned Johnson and Anna used their state of mind at the time of the incident.
The two students testified that, before walking through campus, they had consumed several drinks each while at the Lushawk Cafe.
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each said that they had been somewhat intoxicated.
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"I didn't want to get shot."
rest. In addition, the police seized two bandanas, a BB gun pistol and a bag of marijuana.
According to the North Carolina Department of Corrections, Gerald has been previously convicted of felony breaking and entering and firearm possession.
MATTHEW JOHNSON testifying in an alleged armed robbery case
Huggins posted a $60,000 bond after the arrest and was released. Gerald remains in custody with bond set at $75,000.
The suspects are next due in court Aug. 2.
what information.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey, a KU PUblic Safety spokesman, said Huggins
and Gerald were detained by officers of the Lawrence Police Department about twenty minutes later and arrested by officers of KU Public Safety. According to police records,
property belonging to Johnson and Allred was recovered during the ar
Brandon Huggins, 23, returns to Douglas County District Court, Tuesday morning after being charged with aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and aggravated intimidation of a witness following the mugging of two KU students on campus on June 23. Proceedings will continue Aug. 2.
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