Dollars and Sense
MONEY* BU:
ACADEMICS
Giving it up
Corporate, alumni donations increase despite rec ession
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from \rar to vrai
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MEL MARCCIO. THE GUARDIAN U Of CALIFORNIA SAN C"l .
seal Ihn .line ill Us shun term naltiie.
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whu h t\| m alls In nds leseart li hi ic iIohii. I hi l i oiiMiiatr
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projei Is. mi leased I lie i ollege doesn't lelease sepal.He
ligines. lint die lotal ol i iiijh a ate and i oijh irate lotind.itinii
Sen? DONATIONS. Page K>
Copyright copycats widespread on campus
MICMAU CIEVINCER -IV ..V
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Is this the real thing? Student entrepreneurs often rip oft
well known logos and slogans In the thriving T shirt
industry The practice is Illegal, but seldom prosecuted
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ih< i \m nu.iN IhmiLv, |h ii., |m|h'i .iiul novc liv I shins
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ioiiMin rii.il ,ul slogans mu li .is “Milhigan I In- l Inmate
t lltsrisils _i l.ikr.ill dm I1MM ails MtSoltllrlv Vutiiiiii. mill thr
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pi i iblrni mil just willi siiKlrnlN Inn mill \ null ns and iHMiksloirs “
Mn liarl IVi.ud, .i siinirnl ,ii thr l ol Norlli ( aiolin.i .n ( hapcl
Hill began selling I shills in | hr SUIIIUlci o| I d.H't thtnligll his
I omp.im I hr shills Ir.iluiril .1 iiiik k Budmisii i.m mih (hr slogans
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king ol I 11> oils In Srplrlllhi I I'IS'l. thr hi riving lomp.llis surd
IViard hil lradriii.uk miimgrmrtil anil miiMinril anilioiitirs to
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THf A. Bi MN PlAiNSMAN A. Kl W\ ;
i iglil niontli' Liu I .it If i Ilf I .lit) S t.uniK
h.itl Mink .ilxmi S r. lMHI miu .illumes I, t v. ,t
|urs mini in llt i .till s t.ivui
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1 oiiipaiis likf ilii' f \ t* 1 v hods nsn .111 \ j nsl
lull' "\fi .inti saw 1‘lf.i'f ill hi 1 bull int-.
'.11(1 Rnbfll Rent ' lit 1.ml ' l.tvfifj "Mikt
Slot NI ll|) In I lit-in '
llui !l< mil 'i use i' unii'ii. il Mom si in ii-nis
selllr 1 o|isiight t h.illt-nges oul 1 >11 mil 1
Nomi.ills wli.il happen' is ihai the\ y»el a
nasi' It-1 it-1 and the' vis. '(Tops, |'m vim ’
and dial ' 11. '.nd Robin Rollt*. t-xeiulise
duftioi o! tin- I s 11 atifiii.iik XwMiatiim
"< I i.idt-inark owners) ha noi 10 lot k |K-<>plt
up loi (billy's like llus "
See COPYRIGHT, Page 19
Students make
clothing line
a surfin’ safari
By MICHAEL SARNOWSU
IhiHuchuhit, U. of Akron
life, from the perspective of two U,
of Akron juniors, is a safari at well a* a
beach.
Jim Wagner and Todd Thompson
own and operate Scabies Expedition
Company, which offers clothing they
design and market themselves. Their
fashions - a cross between the surfwrar
style and Banana Republic - have
'really taken off.’ Thompson said.
Thompson came up with the idea for
Scabies as a high school student
freelancing for a surf company in
Huntington Beach. Calif, While doing a
show, he and a cownrker came up with
the Scabies name for a company
someday.
When he came to the U. of Akron,
Thompson used $600 his parents
fronted to prim l SO T-shirts, which sold
in less than a week. Shortly after, he
met Wagner and the two marketing
majors became partners.
Business has been good for the pair.
Scabies broke even after the first six
months of operation and grossed aboul
$12,000 in 1990.
Most of the profits so far have been
reinvested in the company, but
Thompson said starting in *92 he and
See SEABIES, Page 3£