UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesdav. April 10. 1996
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Choosing another route
Some KU students take to the road to make money
By R. Adam Ward Kansan staff writer
Some students who are tired of walking up the University's hills have taken the helms of the huge, lime green and chrome buses that roar around campus — and they've discovered that it's a convenient way to make extra money.
Of the 36 drivers employed by the Lawrence Bus Co., eight are undergraduate students and one is pursuing his doctoral degree, said Wayne Pope, manager of operations for the company.
Pope said he liked employing students because they had a better rapport with passengers, who often are their classmates.
He said he thought most of the drivers chose to work for the company because they needed the
money to pay bills and the cost of their educations.
Steve Tucker, Derby senior, said he had many reasons for taking a job driving a bus.
He needed a job, and it seemed easy.
Tucker said that one of the best things about his job was convenience. The company has a downtown office and allows drivers to drive a company car to campus and trade it with another driver coming off a shift, he said.
Matthew Wachter, Cleveland, Ohio, senior, has wanted to drive a bus since he was a freshman living in Ellsworth Hall. "I thought that driving a bus would be kind of a cool job," Wachter said.
But the stop-and-go traffic around town can be extremely tiring, he said.
But when he investigated the job requirements, he discovered that bus drivers had to be 21 years old. After he turned 21 last year, he needed a job, so he applied.
"It's really kind of boring actually," he said.
And he discovered another downside of working for Lawrence Bus Co.
"The pay sucks," he said. He said he was disappointed that he was paid only $5.25 an hour.
But some drivers have more esoteric considerations than money for choosing to drive a bus.
Christine Mazurkewycz, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said she started driving buses because she had tried just about everything else.
"It's a good job for me because it's physical, so it gives me a break from intellectual pursuits," Mazurkewicz said.
She said she liked the job because she got to drive around and listen to music.
"It beats working in an office," she said.
The only thing she dislikes about her job is the couple of days she spent driving on snow and ice this year, Mazurkewycz said.
The feeling of a temporary loss of control of a large vehicle is horribly distressing.
Student workers brighten day
Changing bulbs easy but can be shocking
About 10.
By R. Adam Ward Kansan staff writer
How many University of Kansas employees does it take to change campus light bulbs?
Some student employees of facilities operations have found that changing light bulbs is an easy way to make extra money.
Peter Benson, Mandolin, Ill. senior, said that when he needed a summer job two years ago he had applied for a job in the electric shop of facilities operations.
"When I tell people what I do, they usually get a kick out of it." he said.
His friends liked to joke with him about his job, asking him how hard it could be and sometimes asking him to change their light bulbs, Benson said.
But despite the jokes, Benson said he liked his job for a number of reasons.
But, he said, there are some dangers to the job.
"It's not terribly hard, and it's convenient because you work on campus," he said. "I think it's a good job for a student to have."
Last summer he received a work-related injury that was serious enough to send him to the emergency room. He was changing a transformer when the metal cover sheet fell off its hinge and hit him in the forehead.
He also has been shocked numerous times, he said.
But he said the job also had its perks, like the fact that no boss looked over his shoulder.
Despite the freedom, many of his friends quit soon after taking the job, he said.
Thomas Wiles, another facilities operations electric shop student employee, worked as an electrician and in the Air Force repairing the autopilots of planes.
Wiles, Lawrence senior, said the main thing he found attractive about his job was his employers' concern for safety.
But not all students who work there are just looking for an easy on-campus job.
The work he does is lighter than the work he used to do as an electrician, he said.
He said that his average work day consisted of checking and completing the work orders that had been put in his box.
After those orders are completed, he walks around buildings and offices asking people whether they needed any light bulbs replaced.
Bob Porter, associate director of plant maintenance for facilities operations, said that students typically weren't attracted to the work because they could get easier jobs at the University for the same amount of pay.
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