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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 panic.
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.
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 attraction for Wichman because
Four yea degree later
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Lawrence freestyle poet talks about how he creates his rhymes and speaks with such speed.
12 The poet performs
14 Calorie amounts a choice away
Depending on what you select on a campus eatery's menu, you could be making nutritiously smart, or stupid, choices
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
18 HIV testing results could be faster
Douglas County AIDS Project is considering the rapid results HIV test, which would have a result in five minutes.
On the cover
An alarming number of Douglas County families struggle to get enough food. But efforts including this week's on-camp drive attempt to help.
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— Sirus Black,
in Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire
Quote of the Week
"If you want to know what a man's like take a look at how he treats his inferiors not his equals."
Fact of the Week
Rowling is the first person to become a billionaire (U.S. dollars) by writing books.
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KU public safety officers responded to:
- A staff member kicked a glass window in Wescoe Hall on Sunday, causing $200 in damage. The offender was arrested.
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- A DUI arrest at Harvard Road and Iowa Street in the early hours of Saturday.
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- A DUI arrest at the 1200 block of Indiana Street in the early hours of Thursday.
- A DUI arrest on Naismith Road and Nineteenth Street in the early hours of Friday.
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