/ GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM Wide range of options available for new graduates BY CLAIRE MCINERY 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 manic 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 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. 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 yea degree lat kn co ri THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2011 PAGE 20 The Bottleneck 731 New Hampshire St - Lawrence Kt Wednesday, July 13th Blind Pilot w/Mountain Man Thursday, July 7th The Windup Birds w/ Here to Stay / Radio Free TV Saturday, July 23rd RX Bandits w Maps & Blasses / Zechs Marquise Tuesday, August 23rd Carbon Leaf w/ Chamberlin Saturday, August 27th Mister Heavenly www.thebottlenecklive.com Find us on Facebook for concert announcements, giveaways, and more! 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The two people in the back are not issued a ticket because the driver was pulled over for a seatbelt violation. A full car of adults is not wearing their seat belts. The driver does not stop at the sign and is pulled over. The police officer issues a ticket for everyone in the car for not wearing their seat belts. The two in the back are issued on the SECONDARY law because the driver was pulled over on other traffic violations. The driver and front seat passenger are issued a PRIMARY violation. Scenario three A car full of people ages 14-17 are all not wearing their seat belts. The police pull them over for not yielding. Everyone in the car is issued a ticket under PRIMARY violation. BY MONISHA BRUNER mbruner@kansan.com THE NEW SEATBELT LAW CATEGORIES mbruner@kansan.com Scenario four The driver and the front seat passenger of a full car are adults not wearing their seat belts. The back seat passengers are ages 14 and 17 also not wearing their seat belts. 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