/ GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
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BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
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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.
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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.
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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K-State's point guard signs in Italian league (Manhattan, Kan.) — Former Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen has signed a contract to play for Pallacanestro Biela of the Italian League.
The school announced the move Tuesday, less than two weeks after the NBA lockout began.
Pullen is Kansas State's all-time leading scorer with 2.132 points, fourth-best in Big 12 history. He averaged 20.2 points last season in leading the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament for the third time in his four years at the school.
The Italian League team, also known as Angelico Biella, posted an 11-19 record in Series A. The current roster includes Aubrey Coleman (Houston), Edgar Sosa (Louisville), Marc Salyers (Samford) and A.J. Slaughter (Western Kentucky).
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Two gored and more injured in bull running
(Pamplona, Spain) — Two people have been gored in the sixth running of the bulls at Spain's famed San Fermin festival.
Spanish Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba said Tuesday that one person suffered a horn injury to the back and another was hit in the shoulder. It was not immediately known how serious the injuries were.
At least two other people were treated for injuries sustained in falls in the run.
The daily 8 a.m. runs see hundreds of thrill-seekers dashing ahead and alongside six bulls and their guiding steer through the narrow, cobble-stoned streets of Pamplona to the city's bull ring.
Tuesday's race was the fastest so far at two minutes, 16 seconds. Two runs remain.
The festival draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year.
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South Korean Ryu wins all
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- They brought their games from South Korea to the U.S. Women's Open, knowing that success in their home country is great but America is where the real fame — not to mention money — is earned.
They played a three-hole playoff Monday, and when it was over, Ryu was the champion.
— So Yeon Ryu and Hee Kyung Seo vaulting to the top of the leaderboard, tied after a 72-hole grind that felt much longer.
After this win, her first major and first victory in the United States, Ryu became the newest candidate to be the next Se Ri.
But their country — as it has often been in recent years — turned out to be the biggest winner.
"When I was started golf, Se Ri Pak won the U.S. Women's Open tournament, so this tournament is really special for me," Ryu said, invoking the name of the 33-year-old, five-time major winner who pushed golf to a new level in South Korea starting at the end of the 1990s.
Or maybe she'll be better.
She showed all kinds of possibilities over five grueling days at the Broadmoor, capping it off with a three-shot crushing of her rival in the playoff.
Starting on the 16th hole, Ryu played the final three holes in 2-under par, all but sealing it when she hit three perfect shots to the green on the par-5 17th and made the putt for a birdie while Seo drove into a bunker and had to scramble for bogey.
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For good measure, Ryu hit her approach on 18 to 4 feet for another birdie, which sparked a champagne-spraying celebration on the 18th green. Pak was among the South Korean contingent that ran out to douse Ryu in her glow-in-the-dark orange shirt and cap.
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Great as that moment was, it was the birdie Ryu made on 18 about an hour earlier that was the defining moment of the tournament.
Certainly nobody can ever say Ryu backed into this title, won on a 7,000-yard course at an altitude of 6,400 feet that got hit by storms every day, turning it into a test of endurance and patience for some players and a sporadic series of starts and stops for others.
Trailing by one to an opponent who had closed out her round before darkness stopped play the previous night, Ryu stood behind her ball in the fairway, plumbed her 6-iron to her nose, then closed one eye to take dead aim at the 170-yard shot. She drew the shot uphill, over the lake and landed the ball 6 feet from the hole. Moments later, she slammed the putt home to pull into a tie. She ended up with two birds in the span of an hour on a hole that yielded only 28 over five days.
It's never over 'til it's over, especially in these things," Cristie Kerr said. "People really want it, and that was a gutsy putt."
Kerr also had a chance. She came to the Broadmoor on Monday trailing by two with two holes to play, but couldn't convert a 12-foot putt from the fringe on 17 to make things interesting. She finished third at 1-under par.
Angela Stanford birdied 16 to also give herself an outside shot. But she, too, made par on 17 and wound up even par and in fourth place.
That left it a match between the two South Koreans who have been doing their dance for the last few years, jostling for position on the tour back home, deciding whether a permanent move to America would benefit them most, taking turns in the headlines and on the winner's podium.
Seo appeared to be ahead coming into this tournament, breaking through on the LPGA Tour last year with a victory that sent her
over to America full-time in 2011. She might have cemented her hold with a victory this week and she was poised for it Sunday night.
She played 36 holes over 14 hours Sunday and finished both rounds in 3 under 68 to end regulation at 3 under 281. But there was one hiccup: A short putt that trimmed out on No. 17 when she was rushing to finish — a ball hit while the wind was whipping, leaving her uneasy as she stood over it. It left her at 3 under instead of 4 under and gave Ryu a glimmer of hope.
"I think one mistake yesterday on the 17th green, that's the one," Seo said.
"So, at that time, I was thinking about, 'Oh, the time is now'"
Seo came to the course Monday knowing she might be able to collect the trophy without hitting a shot. She was warming up on the driving range when she heard a roar from the 18th grandstand. It was Ryu's approach shot.
She had to go out for three more holes and is 0-2 against Ryu in head-to-head playoffs. They also went three holes at the Chinese Ladies Open in 2009.
Seo was gracious in discussing the tournament and what it means for her country.
"I think they were cheering for both of us," she said. "So, yeah, I feel very happy that a South Korean player won this great, big tournament."
Ryu, who planned on finishing school back home before going to LPGA qualifying school, will cash a $585,000 winner's check and have a ticket to join the American tour at her leisure.
This is Ryu's first major and her first LPGA victory. She joins Pak (1998), Birdie Kim (2005), Inbee Park (2008) and Eun Hee Ji (2009) on the list of South Korean U.S. Open champions.
Ryu now holds the lead in the much-watched contest to supplant Pak as the country's greatest player, though it figures this race — like the tournament they just finished — will be a marathon. Ryu is 21 and Seo just turned 25.
"That means new history is coming in the future," Pak said. "That's what it is. It's really good to see it."
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