/ 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.
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Four years s degree later, so know what college. righ al;
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.
Gina Littlejohn, the campus
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.
PEACE CORPS
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 attractive option for Wiechman because
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FOOD COSTS
Eat this, not that. Prepping lunches off-campus saves dough
BY KYLIE NUTT knutt@kansan.com
As the summer semester begins and food prices remain high, one way to save money may be to avoid buying food on campus.
When buying items at a grocery store, it's best to buy in bulk to get the most for your money. Instead of buying one 20-ounce Coca-Cola bottle on campus for $1.26 in the Underground or $1.25 in a vending machine, it's cheaper to buy a six pack of 24 ounce Coca-Cola bottles for $4.69. In the end, you will be spending an average of 78 cents per bottle plus tax, and gaining 4 more ounces.
Soda, bottled water, salads, cookies, chips granola bars and iced coffee were compared in on-campus dining locations and an offcampus grocery store, the Dillons at 4701 West 6th St.
Some students are finding this to be the better route.
Luke Underwood, a senior from Overland Park, has been buying a soda, pizza and breadsticks from Pizza Hut on campus for lunch so far this summer. He realized he is paying about $15 a week for two lunches.
"But really the cheapest is just making your own salads and stuff like that, and just bringing it up to school." Underwood said.
Tunde Bakare, a junior from Woodbridge,
Virginia, agreed with Underwood. Bakare
spends about $9 three times a week for on-campus lunches.
Because this summer is Bakare's first semester on campus, he found out fast he will be spending about $27 a week or $216 for 24 lunches for eight weeks during the summer.
While some students prefer to save money by buying food off campus, others don't mind paying the price for convenience. Quentin Chediak, a sophomore from Topeka, goes to the Underground about once a week to buy a coffee at the Pulse coffee shop and a
sandwich from Brellas Sandwich Crafters.
saltwheat from Britans soils. Chediak watches what he spends at the Underground and tries to eat at Mrs.E's when he has more time in between classes because his meal plan there has been paid for already.
ON-CAMPUS VS. OFF-CAMPUS FOOD PRICES
20 ounce bottle of Coca-Cola purchased on campus
$1.25
Six pack of 24-ounce bottles of Coca-Cola purchased off campus
$4.69
77 cents
per bottle plus tax gaining four more ounces