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Lt. Craig Perry from the Governor's Raid Team discusses
aspects of his job with the Criminal Justice Association Thursday
evening.
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2-r i c" i_ a turbation. Each
Live Crew Crusader fights and the subjects
obscenity for second time are
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By The College Press Service and social serv
The man responsible for 2 Live Crew's troubles has systems, college
started another anti-obscenity crusade, this time ^ arc
against the University of Wisconsin and a Miami teen an(J staff ^ ar?
k0?0?* rpi , . f, r staff for revisioi
Jack Thompson, head of the Coral Gables, Fla. sajd
group Parents Opposed to the Propaganda in Schools,
claims audio information tapes distributed by the uni- Thompson, ui
. vprsifv nrnmote homosexuality, drue use and mastur- Associated I
.bation and do not comply with a Florida obscenity minors behir
; statute. The University
"We've had our own opinions rendered by a legal son's threat of a
staff and they tell us we are not out of compliance with the Florida
with the law," said George McKinney, associate ex- not commer
ecutive director of The Switchboard of Miami, the Stathas, general i
non-profit crisis prevention service that uses the tapes sjn System,
for its teen hotline.
'This man is after one tape ? the recording on ho- McKinney sai(
mosexuality ? because he's highly homophobic," topes v*a the hot
McKinney said. "What can you do about that? It's a nuary 1990.
matter of personal opinion." "(Thompson) i
The tapes, distributed by the University of Wiscon- we are promotin
sin at Madison, are part of a service the school's Uni- said. "What v
versity Outreach program offers. behavior."
The 875 tapes provide information about topics that Last year, The
.range from health care and diagnosis to social issues rap group 2 Liv
;such as homosexuality, abortion, drug abuse and mas- Wanna Be" was
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personal excellence are a way of life. You can earn
Marines" /? PLC program. Call 256-9015 to receive n
Credit can
By the College Press Service sents^
people
The student loan check arrives, NevJ,s
but the money always seems to run
out before books are bought and ^ ^ |
fees are paid. visa
No problem. Charge them. Expres
An outfit that's perfect for a
weekend date is on sale, but it's was
still just out of spending range. mailir
Charge it. 0ne>
In the college world of the dents'
1990's, students are equipped with Womai
more than mom's "chocolate chip Qne of
cookies and clean sheets when ivlastej
they arrive on campus. Most have ??It
discovered that they shouldn't chase
leave home without a major credit market
card.
"We've found that students go qJ
on to be some of our best custom- can
ers," said Gail Wasserman, Ameri- ^Qr a j
can Express public affairs mana- bonus
ger. 'They perform no differently airolan
than our other chargeholders." JJJi
College Track Inc., a New York airfare
research firm that specializes in the .?We
college financial market, estimates deaj
that about 68 percent of undergra- a
duates possess a general credit tyie^
card, according to March 1991 m0s
figures- corpoi
An estimated four million stu- sam^ c
dents are cardholders, according to ^ers re
estimates by banks, card compa- tectior
nies and Credit Card News, a trade insurar
magazine. Figures from June 1990
show that about 40 percent of all In a
students own a specialized credit Expres
card such as department store and dent c
gas cards. zines ?
The 68 percent figure shows a 7 give tl
percent increase since 1988, and agemei
College Track Vice President Jim "In
Knepper said that increase "is al- budget
most exclusively because of the penses
(marketing) push" by creditors. time,"
Although 7 percent might not (Ameri
sound like a lot, that figure repre- card b
hotline
tape plays for three to five minutes,
are determined by the people who redistributed
nationally under the name
lore than 25 states to about 70 health
j. 1 t
ice organizations, secondary scnooi
'S and universities.
developed and written by our faculty
; periodically reviewed by faculty and
ns," program director Ann Whitaker
lavailable for comment, earlier told
Jress that the tapes "mentally molest
id parents' backs."
y of Wisconsin's response to Thompsuit
was short: "We are cooperating
Bar (Association's) investigation and
iting any further on it," said Chuck
counsel for the University of Wisconi
over 60,000 teenagers have used the
line since the hotline emerged in Jas
distorting this to make it sound like
g smut on the telephone," McKinney
/e are promoting is responsible
impson convinced a federal judge that
e Crew's album "As Nasty As They
legally obscene.
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ourage, honor, and
the title "Officer of
lore information.
is comm
an increase of 1.3 million systei
s, according to Credit Card An
holde
le of the most common cards have
i>y students are Discover, intere
Mastercard and American lance
is. Visa,
rnt we did about a year ago somei
tart a nationwide direct- fee. t
ig campaign and a 'Take ders i
display campaign for stu- balan
' said Amy Sudol, spokes- ied rr
i for Chase Manhattan Bank, is cui
the largest student Visa and to 20
rcard creditors nationwide. Sti
as an excellent move for spons
to expand into the student said.
:. We made credit available No
aeople need it the most." to be
se isn't the onlv one. Ameri- while
Kpress has enticed students to pa:
:ouple of years now with a "St
for card membership ? schoc
le ticket vouchers that give ney,"
ts significantly discounted nies)
rates. will i
s figure student travel a great for lit
0 this is a way of giving Co
1 benefit based on their lifes- dent':
Wasserman said. Knep
;t of the credit and charge same
ations offer students the credit
:ard benefits that other mem- Sti
ceive, such as purchase pro- tempi
i, extended warranties and face,
ice on rental cars. mony
iddition, Chase, American Th
s and others also send stu- quote
ardholders quarterly maga- sayin
and other publications that my t
lem credit and money man- dowi
at tips. card,
school you're learning to clothe
a lot of things ? time, ex- the 1
and credit ? for the first $1,50
Wasserman said. "We think Un
ican Express) is a good first Tony
ecause it's a pay-as-you-go $2,40
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student organizal
1991 at 5pm in 1
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lerican Express charges carders
an annual fee ($55) to
the card and members avoid
st by paying their entire baat
the end of each month.
Discover and MasterCard
times charge a smaller annual
>ut they always offer cardholthe
option of paying off their
ce at their own pace at a varlonthly
interest rate. The rate
rrently estimated at about 18
percent.
idents "have been very re;ible
users of credit," Sudol
t only have students proved
a stable short-term credit risk
in school, students also tend
ir off in the long run.
udents, as they come out of
il, will be making more moKnepper
said. "If (compacan
influence them now, they
most likelv have a customer
re."
liege track estimates a stus
monthly average bill at $94.
per said students have the
approximate default rate on
: cards as other adults.
11, some worry about the
tation first-time cardholders
Many students offer testito
back-up those concerns.
ie Ohio State Daily Lantern
id senior Mary Ann Wargo as
tg,"I used (a credit card) for
uition, and then my car broke
i and I had to use another
. Next, I started buying
is, and now my credit is up to
imit." Wargo owes about
0.
iversity of Maine student
r Sierra wound up owing
0 on his Visa and Discover
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cards.
"I told myself I'd be rational
with the cards, but then you start
to think of it as a layaway. You
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later," Sierra told The New York
Times.
Sierra and Wargo are not alone.
Paul Ebert, president of the consumer
credit Counseling Service of
Central Ohio, said although the
number of students in credit trouble
isn't unusually high, some do
encounter difficulties.
CCCS of Central Ohio is part of
the National Foundation for Consumer
Credit which helps people
solve debt problems, provides
counseling and can establish debt
repayment plans between people
and their creditors. The service is
available nationwide except in
Wisconsin, which is currently
working on establishing offices.
"Having credit takes a lot of
self-control,"'Ebert said. "Students
don't have the substanial funds to
pay (cards) off when they load
them up."
"For students, the emergency aspect
is what you need a credit card
for ? not for daily expenses. It's
tempting to use it for tuition,
books, groceries, clothes ... but
you will pay for yesterday's sins
tommorow."
Many institutions allow students
to charge tuition, fees and books.
"Wp'11 toVp thp rrprlit r cirri nau.
ments over the phone," said Stephanie
Swaford of the Indiana
University Bursar's Office. "About
a third of our students charge their
tuition." At Indiana that cost runs
about $1,500 a semester for instate
students and $4,000 for outof-state
students, she said.
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, September 20,
tivities Center.