UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 11, 1997
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Gale Garber / KANSAN
Dumpster diving is a way of life for some KU students to help on their living expenses. Dumpsters offer many different food choices and recyclable items.
Searchers depend on skill to find goods
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He then walked away, brushing off his shirt.
Milne said that had been an unorthodox move. She has seen other people diving but has never shared a dumpster and never helped another person dive. But even after the stranger's help, Milne said that diving would not become popular.
"The places that throw away the best stuff, they get a good reputation and attract more attention," Milne said. "But I can't see fraternity or sorority people digging in the trash. It makes me giggle. It would be great if it became that popular."
Even though Milne is one of the few divers in Lawrence, she tries to avoid feeling like a big-time diver, she said.
For Hoffman, this is an unorthodox attitude.
"Divers are an opinionated lot," Hoffman said. "Everyone has a chance to be a master.
It's about taking two objects and putting them together for something useful. It's a learning experience."
Hoffman said that he tried to avoid feeling like the lord master of dumpster diving.
He said that others were earning a better living from dumpster diving. Those people are just supplementing their Social Security and just trying to get by, he said.
His success is not even his own because his parents taught him how to dumpster dive, he said. While growing up in a rural community, Hoffman's parents fed their family and others by salvaging food from dumpsters, he said.
Milne and I walked from Ohio Street to Massachusetts Street, diving in the alleys and avoiding eye contact with strangers.
Hoffman wrote about the importance of keeping a low profile.
He said the biggest disadvantage he had was publishing his
book and making a video. It is not subtle to be rooting through a dumpster with a camera crew shining lights on him, he said.
"Try going back there a week later to grab some strawberries," Hoffman said.
For now, Milne has no problems with her low-key profile. She has never been shooed away from a dumpster. She said that she thought she would be chased away if she were taking more risks.
But three hours of dumpster diving did give us a car load of goods. Milne had a bag of clothes, a pair of shoes, the knob from a dishwasher, a bouquet of slightly wilted flowers and the fuses.
I found typing paper and the exact Washington Monument statue I wanted when I was in Washington, D.C., during spring break. I did not buy it though because I could not imagine spending four dollars on a piece of trash.
"I can't see fraternity or sorority people digging in the trash. It makes me giggle. It would be great if it became that popular."
Rachel Milne
Classes not just fun in the sun for some
Students juggle assignments work during summer school
Summer school may be shorter, but it's not easier.
By Lauren Dials Kansan staff writer
Rose L. Greaves, professor of history, is teaching Middle East Since World War II.
Students who take summer classes may think the classes will be easier than ones during regular session, but professors maintain the same amount of reading and course work as during the spring and fall semesters.
"I think that summer school is much harder, because there is so much to ingest in such a short period of time," Greaves said. "Doing a class in a month is a bit of a marathon. I sometimes wonder if the students get as much out of it as they would during the regular semester."
Professors compacting their assignments into a short period of time leave some students drowning in course work. On top of assignments, many students have jobs and other commitments to balance.
"I think taking summer classes is more difficult than taking classes during the regular semester," said Tania Schmierer, Lansing senior. "I'm taking eight hours on top of getting ready to move and trying to work enough at my
"I think that summer school is much harder because there is su much to ingest in such a short period of time."
Rose L. Greaves professor of history
job to pay the bills."
"There wasn't a whole lot of what I needed being offered," Schmierer said. "I pretty much had to take what I could get. I'm taking two relatively hard classes, and compacting them into two months is going to make them even worse."
Students taking summer courses may take classes they would otherwise avoid because there aren't as many course sections offered in the summer. Therefore, students don't have as many course selections as they would during regular session semesters.
"I've been dreading taking Western Civ so I am
taking it now to get it over with quickly," said
Other summer students are taking summer hours to lighten the load in upcoming semesters.
Julie Gleisberg, Leavenworth senior. "There's still the same amount of reading as there is during the regular semester, but at least I'll be through with it in two months."
Those students who are taking light class loads said that although summer school wasn't taking up all of their time, it did cause problems they had not anticipated.
"I'm only taking one class, and it's not too bad yet," said Mary Tighe, Overland Park junior. "I haven't had any tests yet, though.
Although Tighe was not cracking under her summer course load, she said she would rather do without.
"It kind of feels like it's not really summer, though, because everyone else is going out and I have to stay home because I have to wake up early and go to class," she said.
"I'm working two jobs," said Heather Bright, Lake Forest, Ill., senior. "I work one on the weekends and one during the week. In my free time, I'm taking an extra class. It's going to be a lot of work."
Some students thought summer school was an ideal time to add extra hours or to get closer to graduation, but the commitment and time summer classes required was often greater than students initially expected.
However, Greaves said the extra work could be worth the trouble.
"If they are faithful and come to class, they should do well and get a lot out of it," Greaves said.
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