Do you wish you were an Oscar Mayer wiener?

Penn State students have the chance to do the next best thing -- driving a wiener around the country for a year and getting paid.

One of six Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles is visiting the Penn State campus until Friday looking for graduating seniors interested in driving the vehicle. Current drivers Brea Hall and Jacqueline Dickerson drove the Wienermobile around campus today letting students know there will be an informational session tomorrow at 7 p.m. in 367 Willard.

"It is the ultimate road trip," Hall said. "We are in a different city every week."

She added that all expenses are paid for, on top of a competitive salary.

Hall said the vehicle is a historic figure, a statement justified by every student's face as the Wienermobile passed through the streets.

Students responded to the honking and tunes that play out of the bottom of the mobile with smiles, giggles, waves and pictures. Some offered ketchup and others yelled out for rides.

"Maybe later," Dickerson shouted back. But in fact, few are able to ride in the mobile. Visitors can peek inside for a view of the interior, but Hall said rides are restricted.

The few privileged to sit inside know that it really does feel like the inside of a hot dog. Looking out the window makes one expect to see teeth, lips and a tongue. The round-shaped cabin is complete with a sky-painted ceiling, ketchup-colored seats, floors with mustard splatter, a "bunroof" instead of a sunroof and two bun-boxes, where glove compartments would otherwise be located.

The 27-foot-long, 11-foot-high and 8-foot-wide wiener and bun is hard to miss, no matter where it is driving.

But driving down Bigler Road, it nearly experienced its first bun-crash with a car pulling out of a parking garage.

"How do you miss a giant hot dog?" Dickerson asked.

Hall added that the near collision was the closest they had ever come to being hit.

"One of the great things about the job is that it is unexpected," Dickerson said, just in time to honk at Penn State President Graham Spanier, who waved while driving down Pollock Road toward Old Main.

"Our job is basically to make people happy," Hall said. "The coolest thing is that you can be 8 or 88 and still get the same reaction."

The Wienermobile made its final appearance of the day under the bridge between the Life Science Building and the Chemistry Building. Hall and Dickerson passed out Wienerwhistles to students and explained the job to seniors who were interested.

Brad Czaszynski (senior-biology) said the opportunity was very appealing to him, even though it is not related to his major.

"It is something completely random," Czaszynski said. "How many opportunities do you have to do something like that?"

Hall and Dickerson said certain communications-related majors are encouraged to apply, but the job is not limited to graduates in those fields. They said the current hot dog drivers have diverse backgrounds in education.

Aubri Carmichael (senior-food science) said she is not looking to go into the industry of food science as soon as she graduates, and this is an alternative she is interested in. "I could explain how the hot dog is made," Carmichael said. "We have to make them to graduate."

Dickerson said Carmichael and her friend, Angela Stoltzfus (senior-food science), were the first people they had met who had made a hot dog before.

Penn State is one of only six universities across the nation that the Wienermobile will stop at to recruit for drivers. Applications are available online to anyone wishing to apply, but Hall said those attending the information session should bring a résumé, because there is a possibility first-round interviews will be held Friday on campus.