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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 panic.
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.
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 attract-ment in Gillem, Jean because
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.
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GayU is a party school. Anybody that wants a quality education goes to Mizzou.
Is that where you went? Looks like they should focus a little more closely on spelling.
Mizzou is for trash, STDs and inbred Ozark hicks
The Gayhawks are a one-sport school. Mizzou is the entire package, bro. MIZ FKU! KU ranked last in big 12 athletics. Haha!
Yeah, Mizzou is TOTALLY the entire package. Out of all their sports combined, they have a grand total of ONE national championship since the school was started, and it was over 50 years ago...pathetic much?
Haha at the Missouri idiot. Come on now, Kansas has 12 national titles and Missouri has two.
I would say come back when you have won a National Championship in something relevant, but we would never see you again.
If you aren't residing in California, Texas or New York, you probably shouldn't wear a fedora to the pool.
If you're not going to pull my hair and spank my rear, don't bother trying to sleep with me.
How come no girls think I am hot? This sucks. I should have gone to K-State, those women are too ugly to have standards.
ri never name my daughter Kiki because I don't want her to be a whore.
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Romney positive presence as candidate
I'm not going to make it any secret that I'm not particularly impressed with the pool of Republican presidential candidates for 2012, but I commend Mitt Romney for his courageous stance on the war in Afghanistan.
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At a time when such forward thinking is unpopular within his party, Romney has made the choice to act responsibly in advocating for the removal of troops from the ground in Afghanistan in as quick of a process as possible.
At last week's Republican debate, Romney expressed that he felt that Afghanistan had taught the U.S. a lesson: that we cannot fight other nation's wars in order to spread democracy. As this sentiment has echoed throughout the years, particularly since the Vietnam War, I hope that this time, Romney is right.
Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, among many other Republicans, has criticized Romney's position on the war. On Sunday's NBCs Meet the Press, while claiming the war is primarily about fighting terrorism instead of spreading democracy, Graham questioned Romney's attempt to win the GOP nomination with such a leftist attitude toward the war.
BY KELLY COSBY kcosby@kansan.com
Indeed, Romney's position is slightly more liberal than expected, sliding further to the left than President Obama on the issue. But Romney gets it right when he states that the war is not truly about fighting terrorism anymore. Obama's failure to remove troops from Afghanistan more quickly could be considered somewhat of a compromise as he deals with an
uncooperative Congress at times, but nevertheless, it is a bit disappointing.
Unfortunately, as Romney is taking the appropriate position on the war that is nonetheless unpopular with Republicans and conservative voters, Graham may be right in commenting that this could hurt his chances of winning the GOP nomination. However, this issue may weigh less with those voters than the economy and their perception of what needs to be done. In that case, Romney's war perspective might not hurt him too much.
wnat simultaneously frightens and pleases me about public opinion after the first couple of debates is the fact that Michele Bachmann is being considered a possible serious contender. Her poise and eloquence in some instances during the debate have caused many to look at her more favorably.
My plea is that voters remember Bachmann's agenda before they start to think she might appear to be reasonable. Her comments
about education and social policy are intensely outlandish and demonstrate no understanding of what freedoms and protection of human rights are about.
However, if Bachmann were to capture the hearts of Republicans enough to win the GOP nomination, I wouldn't be all that disappointed. Yes, that would mean a larger number of Americans could be duped by her well-spoken exterior than I thought, or even that many Republicans have begun to entertain thoughts of agreement with some of the more absurd aspects of her agenda. But I still have the faith in my country that if she were the GOP nominee, there would be no way she could win the presidency. This would mean an easier route for Obama's reelection, which is the best option I can see on the horizon.
Cosby is a senior in English and political science from Overland Park.
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Student athletes deserve dollars
With the mushroom cloud now dissipating over the remains of Ohio State football (my alma mater), it is time to start thinking of ways to allow student athletes to benefit financially from their collegiate status.
The NCAA does not allow student athletes to use their name or position on campus to gain benefits ordinary students may not receive. That is why when you buy a KU basketball jersey there is no name on the back, or if you play an NCAA video game the players are identified by numbers. But entities such as the NCAA, ESPN athletic departments, merchandise distributors and EA Sports are able to generate substantial profit from these same athletes. Are there ways to allow athletes to be openly rewarded?
how much interest is to tuition?
Student-paid tuition is one proposal. But tuition going to athletes is not an option because that money should be going to expanding dining
centers, improving campus WiFi and general University upkeep. It would be a hard sell to raise tuition to pay athletes when universities, including our own, are steeply raising tuition to cover the lack of state aid.
Couldn't the athletic department directly pay them? Sure. But how do you navigate the logistics? Do you pay just football and men's basketball because they bring in the most money? Would starters make more than reserves? Would a KU football player be paid the same amount as an Oklahoma football player? Would it be like major league baseball, where the most resourceful athletic departments lure athletes with dollar signs?
The simplest way is to let athletes get rewarded however they want. If someone offered to pay you $1,000 for a signed basketball, would you turn it down? Of course not. Why should a student athlete?
Graham is a a doctoral candidate in exercise science from Lawrence.
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