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ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
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.
four years of classes and one degree later, some students do not know what they want to do post-college, and instead of turning right to the work force find another al
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 campaign coordinator for Teach For America, said the program accepts people of all majors, and apa 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
Like Teach For America, the Peace Corps is another way for
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 he did not have a clear direction for his future at the end of col-
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BY KELSEY CIPOLLA
editor@kansan.com
Kevin Simpson looks happy and well-rested as he sits against a wall in Wescoe, despite having stayed awake the night before to study. But his appearance is deceiving.
his appearance is deceiving.
"I feel like crap, jittery," said Simpson, a senior from Olathe. "But I'd say after 10 or 11 o'clock you just refresh and are ready to go again until that night."
His all-nighters are governed by a few simple rules. "I try to never work for more than an hour straight, then I take a break and do something different for a while. Drink sitebut eat food, too, or you'll crash. Don't site on comfy couches, don't watch TV. And you can't think that you're going to wake up at five and finish something, because it's not going to happen," he said.
As finals week approaches, more students will be trying to stay up late, taking advantage of precious study and homework time. While some may go the traditional coffee and energy drink route, others have developed more creative methods of staying awake.
human biology.
Alex Zoubine, senior from Overland Park,
chose a different beverage to help him power
through a stressful finals week last spring. He
had three essays to write between Friday night
and Monday morning, one of which was 20
pages.
active methods of staying awake. "I drink lots of water. You're not going to go to sleep when you know you'll have to get up to go pee in 10 minutes," said Samatha Gamble, junior from Odessa, Mo. "It crude, but its basic human biology."
pages. "I broke the coffee machine towards the end," said Zoubine, who estimates that he drank at least eight pots during the weekend. With a little tape and ingenuity, he managed to resurrect the coffee pot and get an A on his big paper.
But his success didn't come easily, "I think I only slept an hour, and I had three alarms set to make sure I would wake up from that one nap" Zoubine said.
MOND
Choosing to drink coffee rather than an energy drink was probably a good decision. "There is some research that has found that coffee contains antioxidants that are heart protective, whereas energy drinks only contain caffeine, sugar and herbs, none of which are health protective," said Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutritional services at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
week, she recommends avoiding procrastination and eating snacks that contain both protein and carbohydrates, like string cheese and triscuits.
enter.
To stay healthy and focused during finals
The idea of a study snack doesn't appeal to Alex, a sophomore who occasionally uses Adderall, a prescription drug used to treat ADHD, to help improve study sessions.
"It doesn't necessarily keep me focused, but it keeps me awake," she said. But it also has a downside. "For a not-that-serious-drug, it has
a hard comedown. I get in these really weird meticulous moods. I don't want to eat and I get edgy."
Regardless of your all-nighter method of choice, Kevin Simpson has a recommendation
"The key is just to put your head down and power through. Even if the quality of your work goes downhill, its better than handing nothing in."
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