Friday, May 2, 2003
Corps vs. IFC Baseball Game
This year’s annual Corps/Fraternity baseball game which took place on
Friday April ir was a huge success. More than 2,500 students and parents
attended the exciting game and over $6,000 was raised for a local charity.
The “Frat-Daddies” had an early lead, but were overtaken by the Corps of
Cadets toward the end of the game in an 11-6 Corps victory.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRES!
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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fast with a school finance pi* 1
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approach that could take 1
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session.
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and expand and increase #
sales tax.
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