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NEWS
Page 8
THE BATTALION
Web offers money
for scholarships
Paint it black
BOSTON (AP) — An Internet site to
be launched Thursday is promising to
give away $ 10,000 a day in college schol
arship money. No essay required. No
nerve-wracking interview. Just the luck
of the draw.
The folks at FreeScholarships.com
know the sweepstakes may sound too
good to be true. But it's the latest of a
host of Websites handing out millions to
Web surfers willing to tell marketers
about themselves.
The scholarships from the new Cam-
bridge-based company are financed large
ly by marketers and advertisers who are
particularly keen on the teen-age and 20-
something markets.
And the incentives for coughing up
demographic information are great.
FreeScholarships plans to award an ad
ditional $25,000 every month and
$50,000 each quarter, in addition to the
daily giveaway of $10,000.
The money is available for college,
graduate school, even private school for
children. College grads with loans to pay
otTare also eligible, as are parents plan
ning for future college bills. Winners need
only be U.S. citizens over 13.
The Website sounds well-intentioned
enough, said Mark Cannon, deputy ex
ecutive director ol'the National Associa
tion for College Admission Counseling,
which represents guidance counselors
and admissions officers.
Still, he said, "You don't need to be a
sweepstakes winner to afford college.”
To ensure the money goes to school
and not a new car or vacation, the com
pany will send the check directly to the
college, bank or other lending program,
said Chuck Digate, the company's
founder.
Site visitors must register to be eligi
ble. Visitors cam more chances by play
ing games, answering surveys and polls,
referring friends and clicking on ads.
Winners, chosen by a computer-gen
erated random drawing, can win more
than once. The odds of hitting the jackpot
depend on how many log on.
"It’s a low-energy path for people to
get a shot at helping them pay for school,"
Digate said.
STUART VILLANUEVA"!
Juan A. Reyes. ,i painter from HEB Construction, puts a 1
coat of paint on the Texas Avenue Freebirds Wednesday.
A& M coac
at a press
Agricultural grant awarded to area busine
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AUSTIN (AP) —The Texas Depart
ment of Agriculture awarded financial
grants Wednesday for a series of promo
tions — everything from selling more
maroon carrots to teaching Polish chefs
how to serve beef in Texas-stylc dishes.
Eleven projects, totaling $220,000,
were the first to receive matching funds
under a new Go Texan Partner Program
created by the 1999 Legislature to
boost sales of agricultural products and
commodities.
Agriculture Commissioner Susan
Combs said the program offers some
good news to farmers and ranchers cop-
"This is a positive
sign that Texas
agriculture is alive,
[anti] well..."
it to the T<
— Susan Combs
Texas Agricultural Commissioner
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call
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mont. $30,000, for in-'!.: signed, seak
tions to increase rice sale- and on its u
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1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
10 Year
Life
Inception
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51.46
40.47
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31.65
12/28/90
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24.26
28.60
25.80
22.04
21.72
12/31/87
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50.65
25.14
22.64
N/A
16.17
12/27/91
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79.48
39.51
34.66
23.63
21.29
1/17/83
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102.52
47.72
43.28
N/A
33.68
12/28/92
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38.59
35.41
22.86
23.59
12/31/84
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