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 manic.
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.
Four year degree late
The Peace Corps was an attract-
ation 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.
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Weekly Sports Trivia
Q: How much is the FIFA's Women's World Cup trophy worth?
— espn.com
A: $30,000.The cup itself has a green serpentine marble base,and the spiral and football are made with pure silver covered with 23-carat gold and white gold.
"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."
Quote of the Week
— Mia Hamm
Fact of the Week
Germany and the U.S. both have two Women's World Cup trophies but have never met in the finals.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
BASKETBALL
Jayhawks flock into NBA
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
Markieff Morris was born roughly seven minutes before Marcus.
seven times before he Some twenty-one years later, he was selected in the 2011 NBA Draft roughly seven minutes before Marcus. Funny how things work out sometimes. Markieff went No.13 to the Phoenix Suns.
Marcus was the better college player, an All-American, the Big 12 Player of the Year. Based on college production, he should've gone first. But he didn't, and he couldn't have cared less.
"Man, it probably meant more to me than it meant to him when he went," Marcus said. "He's just my best friend, so I want him to do well."
The emotion wasn't far from the surface for Marcus as his brother was called. They shared a hug and a secret handshake while both shed tears of joy.
Minutes later, Markieff sat with a headset on, in the middle of a radio interview when NBA commissioner David Stern stepped to the lectern and announced Marcus as the next pick. He stood, raised a fist in the air and broke into a wide smile as his brother walked across the stage.
"Once I was called, I still had a little, you know, a little pressure on me waiting for my brother to be called,"
Markieff said. "Once he was called, it just came off."
if just came on.
Both twins walk into situations where they can contribute immediately. Phoenix is heavy on guards, but light in the frontcourt. Markieff's strengths — defense, rebounding, stretching the floor — should get him in the rotation immediately. Maybe the best news for him, though, is the presence of a pair of established veterans in Steve Nash and Grant Hill.
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"I hope they are ready for me to pick their brains, because I'm going to follow those guys around all day" he said.
Marcus won't have any vets with the reputation of Nash or Hill, but he will have the tutelage of Kevin McHale, one of the all-time great NBA post players and the current coach of the Rockets.
Markieff, right, and Marcus Morris embrace each other after they were picked No. 13 and No. 14, respectively, during the NBA basketball draft, June 23 in Newark, N.J. Markieff was picked by the Phoenix Suns while Marcus was picked by the Houston Rockets.
"From Manning to Kevin McHale, two of the best," Marcus said. "It's definitely amazing for me and amazing for my family, and I'm just ready."
"I'm going to see him a lot." Marcus said. "I hope I don't have to guard him or he doesn't have to guard me, but basketball is basketball, and we
With the twins going to separate teams in the Western Conference, they'll play against each other for the first time in their careers. And they'll play each other often, four times in the first season.
are both competitive guys. We're both going to get after it."
Josh Sellay, who had been projected by a late first or early second round
selection, slipped all the way to the 49th pick, winding up in Memphis with former layhawks Xavier Henry and Darrell Arthur.
COMMENTARY
Yes, football will have limelight
BY MIKE VERNON
mvernon@kansan.com
With fans of the NFL trembling at the sheer thought of losing their season, they will need a replacement, and that professional football "stand-in" comes in the form of the less talented, just as exciting, little brother — college football.
While NFL lovers thoroughly enjoy watching their Chiefs, Vikings, Rams, Bears, or whoever thetheing
they love more than that is simply watching football. They crave to watch their football on TV, and the place they'll go to find it will be Saturday as opposed to Sundays.
And there is little reason they won't be just as entertained when tuning in to watch football a day earlier. The atmosphere, even on television, is more electric and exciting. The thrill the upset also reigns supreme over the parody-filled NFL.
Sure, the B.C.S is a magnet for controversy, but its purpose — to give the best regular season in sports — is often achieved. Teams in title-game contention can drop out of the race to finish number one after just one loss.
The result: every week of college football action is filled with teams.
giving their all and playing must win football.
While most fans of the NFL most likely watch some college football, they may not normally tune in as obsessively as they will this year.
obessively as they will really. A major shift in the football landscape could be held in the fantasy sports world as well. A major business, NFL fantasy football will most likely, be non-existent this year. College football, on the other hand, is likely to see droves of fans turning their heads to the college game.
At Kansas, the result of a world without the Chiefs and a world with only the Jayhawks can only benefit the attendance in Lawrence.
Fans who may only buy tickets to one or two Chiefs games a year may fill the void of losing their annual.
trip to Arrowhead by making a trip to Lawrence. Even if the attendance doesn't see a sizeable increase, the amount of television viewers and games on television may get a boost this year.
Sports talk in larger markets, such as Kansas City, is sure to shift from the Chiefs and the NFL to the Jayhawks, Wildcats, and Tigers and college football.
college football The added attention can only benefit schools across the country. With the shift from pro-football to college football seeming inevitable for this season, teams need to capitalize on the opportunity at hand.
Kansas football, all eyes will now be on you throughout the region. and this time, there will be no Chiefs to take the pressure off.