students in debt

Tom Waters twaters at usit.net
Thu Jun 10 11:20:54 PDT 1999


The University of Tennessee lobbied hard and successfully this year to make sure that banks could continue their credit card promotions on campus.

UT lobbyist Walter Lambert got the Senate to change a bill restricting the practice into a mere mandate for "credit counselling" by telling legislators falsely that money from UT's arrangements was going to scholarships. He mostly got away with this because he also works for both the daily paper and the TV station with the biggest audience, but the House did move forward with the original bill.

Ultimately UT was able to scuttle the bill in a deal in which they gave up their attempt to increase the legal secrecy around corporate-backed research on campus. A classic instance of Tennessee politics.

Tom

Thomas Waters twaters at usit.net 1021 East Oak Hill Avenue, Knoxville TN 37917 How many biscuits can you eat? Forty eight more and a pound of meat. This morning, this evening, right now.



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