Credit Card Sales On Campus Face Controls At Iowa Colleges
Officials at Coe Mount Mercy Kirkwood and Cornell colleges in Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon enact or reject on campus solicitations while UI ISU and UNI limit them. Businesses hawk cards through student groups at IMU earning about 200 a day. Education workshops stress read the fine print and budgeting to curb debt. Tomorrow: area colleges efforts to control sales on campus.
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Coe
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Visa
MasterCard
Discover
United States
IMU
David Grady
University Life Services
ISU Extension Service
Johnson County
Consumer Credit Counseling of
UI Resident Services
UI Office of Financial Aid
Women’s Athletics
UI Support Services
Wilcox
Lure of credit cards traps IOWA State student in debt
Iowa City woman Jen Gladon recounts how a 1997 preapproved credit card offer blossomed into a $3,700 debt. She accepted multiple cards while an ISU student in Ames, ignored early bills, and later faced collection actions while juggling low wages and tight living costs.
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I.C
Iowa City
Jen Gladon
Iowa State University
Ames
Gladon
ISU
National organic food standards to be released
The first national standards for organic food will define labeling and seal eligibility. Rules bar genetically engineered crops and irradiated ingredients and require certified farming practices, with mandatory planning and oversight by approved agencies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Christine Bruhn
Center For Consumer Research
University of California-Davis
California
Trade Association
Rural districts eye reorganizations amid funding declines
Iowa lawmakers consider a feasibility study of district sharing incentives for small districts under 250 students. Garnaville and Guttenberg exemplify whole grade sharing amid shrinking enrollments and funding, while teachers migrate to larger districts for higher pay.
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Iowa
Chuck Gipp
Decorah
State Department of Education
House Education Committee
Betty Grundberg
Guttenberg
Russ Loven
Garnavillo
Garnaville
Lee Tack
Tack
Central Community
Darwin Winker
Iowa Communications
Winke
Central
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On Campus Marketing
New Jersey
Pouls
Jeffrey Disterhoff
University of Iowa Community Credit Union
Disterhoff
Women’s Resource
Tion Center
Cathy Wilcox
Clayton County
Dave Kuehl
Elkader
Kuehl
State Education Department
Craig Strutt
MFL MarMac School Board
Department of Education
MarMac
Strutt
MFL
Monona
Farmersburg
Luana
ICN
Glenn Grawe
Jack Dunkin
Bill Martinson
Janice
Gerry Wordehoff
JoAnn Troendle
Jim Sinner
Service
Alliant Energy
Rockford
Illinois
Alliant Energy Industrial Services
Alliant-Energy.com
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