BY VICTORIA EDWARDS Daily Staff ReporterPublished March 30, 2004 With the high price of books and the long lines at conventional stores, students are being offered more up-and-coming venues where they can buy and sell not only books, but also football tickets and sublets.
Julie Davis is one college student who knows the value of a dollar. Davis is working three part-time jobs this summer to pay for her fall semester at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. She estimates it will cost her almost $7,000 in tuition, apartment rent and miscellaneous expenses.
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Glase said he took up Palkos offer, and the website UMtoday.com, which was started in December 2003, now has a couple hundred users. One of the sites features is an online marketplace, where students can bid on furniture, books and electronics. Glase said he is now actively publicizing the website, which is 100 users short of attracting advertising contracts.
