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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2010
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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 63
ECONOMY
Graduates entering volunteer job market
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON amcaughton.kansan.com
As the time to make life and career decisions gets closer, more post graduate students are either seeking to enter the job market through alternative means or not at all.
Locally and nationally, more current and graduate students — than ever in the past — are signing up and joining organizations such as the Peace Corps and Teach for America. The Peace Corps is a government volunteer program established by executive order in 1961 by former President John F. Kennedy to improve the social and economic development of foreign countries. Teach for America, founded by a Princeton alum, places recent college graduates and working professionals to teach in low-income and urban communities.
Jefferson Baum, the recruitment director for Teach for America for the University, said he thinks the increased participation in organizations such as Teach for America is partly due to students and graduates wanting to be a part of, in a sense, a national movement.
"National and regional awareness about the achievement gap is up and just that sense of being part of the group that is spearheading education reform in the country is appealing." Baum said.
Baum said through the past five years the number of people applying for the program has nearly doubled.
In 2007, Business Week named Teach for America No.10 on its list of Best Places to Launch A Career, and Baum said more people are recognizing it as a platform to possibly get them in the job market.
NO STARVING ARTISTS
Kristen Watkins, a 2009 graduate from Lenexa, said her decision to join Teach for America came after
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Business and pleasure
Art students are becoming more flexible, entrepreneurial in job hunt
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
nroeslerkansan.com
When considering what she wanted to study, Jennifer Hunt knew that a degree in the arts would be a little risky.
But, her passion outweighed her skepticism, so Hunt decided to enter the School of the Arts.
Now, as she prepares to graduate in May, Hunt said she is taking steps to set herself apart in the competitive workplace.
"You're only going to be a starving artist if you don't want to do the work," Hunt, a senior from Lawrence, said.
In addition to a full schedule, Hunt is also starting a website to sell her scarves, purses and accessories.
ARMY OF ARTISTS
ferent world." Savage said. "Not all of them have the understanding of how it works out there."
He said he never denies an offer for work. He said artists need to go to restaurants, galleries and studios to find any place that would carry their work. Although the business is competitive, Savage said there are plenty of opportunities out there.
ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTHUSIASM
John Sebelius, a graduate student from Topeka, has a fashion line that carries his drawing on recycled clothing. He said that his business made him realize that to be a successful artist means being a successful entrepreneur.
"There can be a division in the art world between the business side and the art side," Sebelius said. "And for me I was passionate about both, so I was able to find a marriage
between those two worlds."
Sebelius said artists need passion and perseverance to survive the hard times. They also need flexibility. That is why Sebelius is considering going into teaching, which he said would allow him to be creative while guiding others' artistic development.
WORKING HARD FOR THE MONEY
According to the same 2008 statistics, different types of artists receive varying incomes.
That year, fine artists, such
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Jennifer Hunt, a senior from Lawrence, displays some of her gallery work she has weaved on a loom. Hunt will be graduating this May with a Textile Design degree, and entering the world of 'struggling artists'. Hunt says she feels prepared and ready, "I don't really feel that worried. It's a matter of going after what you really want", Hunt said.
FOOTBALL|10A
The sophomore defensive end had more than 50 tumors, but will practice in full pads for the first time this week.
Marshall beats cancer back on the field for KU
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March for Coalition
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HEALTH | 6A
Cheap food unhealthy
The Great American Smokeout is Thursday, Nov. 18. It is an anti-smoking campaign that tries to help smokers quit, often encouraging them to throw away a pack of cigarettes during the campaign. The campaign offers individuals contracts to stay smoke-free, focusing on the first 24 hours after a smoker has decided to quit.
Many popular value items featured in fast food places are loaded with calories, fat
Social smoking in college creates concern for future
HEALTH
BY JUSTINE PATTON jpatton@kansan.com
Victoria Heiman, a freshman from Tonganoxie, smoked her first cigarette when she was 15 at a party with her friends.
"People were smoking, and I was like, 'Alright, I'll try one,' Heiman said. "It tasted good, and
Now, Heiman said she smokes
that was it."
"I got my first pack, then I got my first carton, then I got my first three cartons." Heiman said.
Then, Heiman said, she started getting little cravings for nicotine throughout the day, and her addiction got more severe as time went on.
about seven to 10 cigarettes a day.
Ken Sarber, a health educator at the Wellness Resource Center at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said the majority of college students who smoke start out as what he would call "social smokers," like Heiman. However, Sarber said
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