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COLLEGE PARK (Oct. 11, 2007) - "Don't be a sucker" was the rallying cry at the University of Maryland here on Thursday, as campus activists handed out literature warning students of the potential risks of having a credit card.
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Sometimes it’s too tempting for poor college students to resist. Their friends, trying to raise money for their fraternity’s charity or rugby team, pressure them to sign up for credit cards in exchange for free T-shirts or sandwiches.
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Maryland students and a state delegate applauded the release of a nationwide survey that recommends broad restrictions on credit card marketing to college students.
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