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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 sonic
Four year degree later
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.
The Peace Corps was an attracta-tion for Wienchman 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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Risk and danger in snorting bath salts
BY MONISHA BRUNER
mbruner@ku.edu
The first hit, about a gram and a half, is painfully snorted through one nostril. About 10 to 15 minutes later, eyes dilate, the heart races, muscles tense, teeth clench and everything is euphoric.
erything is captivating. In control and feeling enhanced, Tyler, who asked to use only his first name, received his first hit of bath salts from a friend at a rave dance party.
party:
"It's like you slammed 12 pots of coffee," Tyler said. "The high lasted 12 to 13 hours. It definitely gives you that up and that continuous up to where it keeps you up. My senses were very enhanced."
The hazardous drug cleverly disguised by the street name of "bath salts" is a highly hallucinogenic drug, said Jenny Donham, education teacher at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Bath salts are not intended to actually be something you put in your tub. The powder substance is packaged under the name "bath salts" to sidestep drug laws.
As of Friday, it will be illegal in
labeling on the package warns, "Not for human consumption," but according to American Association of Poison Control Center people are snorting and injecting bath salts. The University of Kansas Hospital Poison Control Center reported it received two emergency calls last week after bath salts were abused. The control center had 17 calls since this January, according to the KU Poison Control Center.
To address the bath salt issue, Kansas lawmakers banned the sale and use of the basic elements in the bath salts, as well as a plethora of chemicals used to prevent manufacturers from simple transitioning compounds, said Tom Sloan (R-Lawrence).
complications from bath salts, and if they did, she will send them to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Kansas to sell or buy bath salts. If you are buying them online and you are found, you will be convicted, Sloan said.
St u d e n t Conduct Officer Nicholas Kehrwald said the current alcohol and drug policies established for campus will apply to bath salts.
Donham said
"Not enough is known about it, it's very dangerous to mess around or take in a substance that not enough is known about and is not intended for human consumption."
JENNY DONHAM
Education teacher at Watkins Memorial
Health Center
Donham said that bath salts are stimulants and similar to amphetamines such as meth and crack. She said symptoms included stimulation, rapid heartbeat and hallucinations.
Donham said she has not been made aware of any students coming into Watkins with
how long the substance stays in your body; however, we have seen some information that shows that even with a first time use the effects can be in the body up to several days after using the substance. Not enough is known about it, it's very dangerous to mess around or take in a substance that not enough is known about and is not intended for human consumption."
"It goes into your system immediately," Donham said. "I'm unsure
Tyler said he doesn't plan to use bath salts again. He said that there is not enough known about the drug and the risk for him is too high.
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Chris Bronson/KANSAN Aside from their intended use, bath salts can be snooted to have the same effect as amphetamines such as meth or crack.