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as musicians or painters, averaged a salary of $48,300. Craft artists, such as carpenters or welders, averaged $32,570. The national average for all careers was $88,640.
Mary Anne Jordan, chairwoman and professor in the visual arts department, said the School prepares students for job markets that are not that dissimilar from any other profession. She said the future
depended on what people are willing to do in their lives and what will satisfy them.
"Some people are willing to just work in their garage and just get by," Jordan said.
REALITY CHECK
Many of Hunts already-graduated friends have at least two odd jobs in addition to working as an artist.
As for her own plans, Hunt said she would take a year off school to contemplate her options. She said she would either pursue a career in textiles or return to graduate school.
"No matter what, work is work, a job is a job." Hunt said of her attitude toward career prospects.
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See a photo gallery of a KU artist's work at kansan.com
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a couple of her high school friends were accepted and finished their first year of teaching.
Watkins, a strategic communications major, said the skills she has learned while teaching are transferable skills that will continue to help her in other fields, although she plans to finish her master's degree and continue in education.
Wiechman said the numbers are up not only nationally but at the University, too. Since August, Wiechman said he has nominated nearly 20 students and he is sure nominations will surpass 30 by July
Ben Wiechman, the University's Peace Corps recruiter, said interest in the Peace Corps has definitely risen in recent years as well.
Wiechman said the Peace Corps is currently attempting to expand to 10,000 volunteers. The growth comes following the budget increase
According to the Peace Corps website, 8,655 Peace Corps volunteers were serving in 77 host countries as of Sept. 30, which is a 13 percent increase from 2009. The website said more Americans are serving as Peace Corps volunteers than there have been since 1970, when more than 9,000 volunteers were working in 59 countries.
in funds allocated to the organization from $340 million in 2009 to $446.15 million in February, at the request of President Barack Obama.
The increase in volunteers and members comes regardless of reported improvements to the job market.
According to a Wall Street journal article, the National Association of Colleges and Employers' index of college hiring increased to 126.4 in October, compared with 86.8 at the same time last year. The article said the index is based on surveys of employers and nearly half of employers surveyed said they planned to increase their college hiring.
Despite the increase, an April article in the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson, said 17 percent of Harvard's class of 2010 applied for Teach For America.
Wiechman said he thinks the unstable state of the economy and market does put the idea of volunteering or joining these types of programs in the forefront of people's minds.
"The economy is just kind of making it more of an option for people." Wiechman said.
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Jackie Koester, a senior from Hoisington, was recently nominated to the Peace Corps but she said the state of the economy and market had nothing to do with her decision to ioin.
Koester said traveling abroad in the past inspired her to do it again.
Many of Koester's friends who are recent graduates continue to work in the service industry or move back in with their parents because of a shortage of jobs, she said.
"I find it daunting to think that I'm 'deciding' my entire future, entering the job market and I would much rather be volunteering abroad than living with my parents, though I love them dearly," Koester said.
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being a social smoker is like playing with fire.
"Most do it socially, and then it turns into three a day, then four a day, and then half a pack a day," Sarber said. "It's kind of crazy how quickly it happens."
Sarber said the major problem with most college students isn't their addiction to nicotine, however. Instead, it's the relationship they have developed with the drug. Many students depend on the hand-to-mouth relationship they have with cigarettes to get through stressful times or to cure boredom. Sar伯 said some students also use cigarettes as a crutch in social situations to meet and connect with new people.
Sarber runs KanUquit, which is a one-on-one, six-week program that takes students through the quitting process for free. Sarber said the majority of college smokers don't want cigarettes to always be a part of their lives.
"Nobody has came to me and said 'I want to be a smoker,'"
Sarber said.
Elise Shea, a junior from Prairie Village, said she takes breaks from studying to smoke to avoid overloading her brain with information. However, Shea said she plans to quit after she graduates.
to cost them more money, and then they have a health issue," Sarber said. "It's going to be tougher for you to get that job."
"Once I get a job and stuff, I don't want to smell like smoke," Shea said.
However, he said quitting right after graduation could be a challenge, especially if college students have been using cigarettes in their mouths.
social scenes.
"If they use cigarettes to go out and meet people, when they get past college life into the real world, what are they going to do? How are they going to learn
Sarber said most students aim to quit smoking when they graduate, because they know that
"If they don't tell their friends they're trying to quit, then it's too easy for them to cave in."
new social habits?" Sarber said.
for someone to quit. He said the withdrawal symptoms of quitting, which include lack of concentration, could change someone's mind about which week during the semester to stop smoking.
Sarber said sometimes students desire to quit smoking before they graduate because they feel like they have lost control of the situation.
"Students often say 'I was just planning on being a social smoker, it turned into addiction, and I don't like it controlling my life," Sarber said.
KEN SARBER Health educator
"Quitting during finals time is not really a good idea because
Money is also a motivator for some students to quit smoking. Sarber said. Today, a pack of cigarettes costs around $5. Sarber said if someone smokes his or her
"Most do it socially, and then it turns into three a day, and then half a pack a day."
smokers could have a harder time getting a job if they go into a job interview smelling like smoke.
"If they smell smoke on you, they know your insurance is going
entire life, he
she could spend
over $100,000
on cigarettes to
feed the habit
KEN SARBER Health educator
sure they are really ready to quit.
He said he asks students why they smoke, why they want to quit, and what plan they want to take. He also makes sure it is the right time
Sarber said the most important part of taking individuals through the quitting process is making
students can have trouble focusing on their homework or studying." Sarber said.
Smokers also need to tell their friends, family members and significant others, after they have made the
decision to quit, because then they become accountable as well.
"If they don't tell their friends that they're trying to quit, then it's too easy for them to cave in," Sarber said.
Students interested in quitting can participate in tomorrow's Great American Smokeout on campus. The smokeout encourages smokers across the United States to go smoke-free for 24 hours. Sarber said those 24 hours could serve as a starting point for people who want to quit or it could at least put that thought process into motion.
Students interested in participating in KanUquit can contact Ken Sarber at (785) 864-9573 or ksarber@ku.edu. Sarber said he would never turn anyone away.
"I just tell people I am here when they're ready," Sarber said. "Usually students enjoy that fact that I'm not going to sit there and preach at them. I'm not going to yell at them. I'm just going to let them carry on, and when they're ready to give it up, they can give me a call."
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ODD NEWS
Drunken men force another to eat hair
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — Two central Kentucky men were sentenced to probation in connection with a bizarre case in which a third man said he was forced to eat his beard after an argument. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported 47-year-old Troy Holt and 51-year-old James Hill were sentenced Tuesday in Anderson Circuit Court.
Harvey Westmoreland of Lawrenceburg had said Holt cut off his beard and forced him to eat it while Hill allegedly held a sickle blade to Westmoreland and his brother during the May incident.
Holt could not say why he made Westmoreland eat his
beard other than that things 'got out of control' after drinking.
He added, "I ain't got no excuses about what I done."
As a condition of their sentences, neither Holt nor Hill is to have contact with Westmoreland.
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women in local bars.
Kristina B. Ross was arrested Tuesday and jailed on accusations of unlicensed practice of medicine.
BOISE, Idaho — Police arrested a woman in Idaho's capital city after they say she impersonated a plastic surgeon and conducted breast exams on at least two
Police say they fear there may be others who had fake exams.
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